Re: signature
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:20:57PM +0200, Anders Rayner-Karlsson wrote:
> * Gary Johnson <garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxx> [20090410 22:55]:
> > On 2009-04-10, "J. Limon" <jlimon@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:54:51PM -0700, Ravi Uday wrote:
> > > > hi
> > > > how can you make mutt enter the signature at 'cursor' position instead
> > > > of appending it at the end of mail
> > > > Ravi
> > >
> > > What's the point of a sig *not* at the end of an email? That would
> > > make it something completely different wouldn't it?
> >
> > The rules for signatures are different in some corporate
> > environments, so it's really nice that mutt allows the 'sig_on_top'
> > option. I set 'sig_on_top', 'indent_string', 'header' and
> > 'attribution' one way for "Outlook-style" replies to senders within
> > the company I work for, and another way for normal "Internet-style"
> > replies to everyone else.
>
> Indeed there is intolerance in corporate environments towards the
> "proper" e-mail style as 'defined' in netiquette documents. Things
> like appalling quoting style, 20 line signatures including pictures,
> never trimming the e-mails you respond to etc etc ad nauseum is the
> defacto corporate standard.
>
> The times I have the misfortune in having to use Outlook (previous job
> for example), I trawled through the config of Outlook to change
> absolutely everything to get outgoing e-mails to conform to
> netiquette. It can be done, but takes time and effort.
>
> Sometimes, having a reputation for being a "weird Linux geek" gives
> you license to do things that others would not be able to get away
> with. ;) And believe me, the few people that question you about having
> received a properly formatted e-mail will after a thorough explanation
> and pointing towards netiquette documents stop questioning it. (Some
> even alter their writing style slightly, at least by my experience.)
>
> (And yes, I apologize for being off-topic...)
>
> --
> /Anders
I stand corrected. I didn't know these things for I am a lowly university
student. :)
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