[mdlug] BACK ON TOPIC OFF OFFTOPIC Sigfiles

[mike bader]

There are thunderbird add-ons to select different signatures,

mike bader

On 5/30/2009 7:53 PM, gib at juno.com wrote:
> 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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