I figured the original intent of these signatures was just free
advertising. I first noticed them when I'd see signatures like "This
email message was scanned for viruses by some anti-virus application." I
personally don't feel any more secure seeing a message like this since
it would be trivial for a virus to insert this line itself. I do see
some value in letting people know you're sending a message from a device
where you may not be comfortable with text input.
On 13/11/16 12:26, Tim Chase wrote:
On November 13, 2016, Jeffery Mewtamer wrote:
Honestly, I've never understood the "sent from x" meme. Like anyone
really gives a damn whether you were on your smartphone, or home
computer, or a school computer when you typed a message.
The original intent of the "sent from my iPhone/Blackberry/Palm/whatever"
was to convey "I'm typing this on a device where input is difficult,
so please forgive spelling & grammar errors and please excuse the
terseness of the reply."
It sorta morphed into a bragging about the technologically
advanced device you had, and then has since adopted a bit of a jokey
feel about it. So I've seen jokes about old hardware such as "Sent
from my PDP-11" or "Sent from my Apple II". There are also jokey
ones about Internet of Things devices such as "Sent from my
toaster/refrigerator".
But yeah, at this point in history, nobody really cares from which
device you send email. They all do it. (grins)
-tim
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