[mdlug] BACK ON TOPIC OFF OFFTOPIC Sigfiles

[gib at juno.com]

How about if we put this back into a technical discussion.  

1. Are there mail clients that will allow you to send signature files that are customized to the recipients rules?

2. Is there mail services that will enforce signature rules?

3. Are there generally accepted rules that can be considered?

---------- Original Message ----------
From: mike bader <mdbader at flash.net>
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Subject: Re: [mdlug] OFF OFFTOPIC  Sigfiles
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:01:17 -0400

In mine, I allow one or two text lines, no graphics, no links, no 
politics or religion.

Mike Bader

On 5/29/2009 6:37 PM, Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> Michael Corral wrote:
>    
>> 2009-05-29, Monsieur Dan Pritts a ecrit:
>>      
>>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:58:39PM -0400, Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
>>>        
>>>> BTW: . "No one here cares
>>>> about your political views (or those of anyone else).", is not actually an
>>>> accurate treatment as that would exclude me. I care about the political
>>>> opinion of each and every one of you.
>>>>          
>>> It's also an untrue statement on the face of it.
>>>
>>> If the writer didn't care about your political views, they wouldn't
>>> care what you have in your signature file.
>>>        
>> Not true at all. I'd say the same thing whether a signature was an ad
>> for the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Loony
>> Party, etc. Explicit calls to join a political party (of any stripe)
>> should be left off this list, in my opinion, whether they are part of
>> a signature or the main body of an email. It's just in bad taste.
>>
>> For example, MDLUG list moderator Garry Stahl has a pro-Libertarian bit
>> on his website (<http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/Politicks/whatis.html>),
>> but I've never seen an explicit call to join the Libertarian Party in
>> his posts to the list (please don't start now, Garry! :).
>>
>> Michael
>>      
>
> I disagree with you here Michael. I regard signatures like  bumper
> stickers. I wouldn't expect anyone to take a sticker off their car to
> come to a meeting, and I don't expect anyone to change their sigfile
> just to  post to our list. If you disagree with one that you see write
> your own in reply. Or just ignore it. Personally I find the commercial
> advertisements that some mail services affix more objectionable than
> anyone's considered opinion. But it's really not worth taking issue with.
>
> Too much issue has been take as it is.
>
> Raymond McLaughlin
>
>
>
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