On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:15:10 -0500 (EST), Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Michael Kraus wrote: > > > Yes, I've noticed. Unfortunately if I leave off my .sig (as I did in > > the original message of this thread), the mail server decides to > > append an even longer signature to my email messages. :( > > > > Sorry, it's my company's policy - and I'm tired of the abuse I get > > from this list about it. It really doesn't take that much to ignore > > it. > > It really wouldn't be that hard to subscribe from a Gmail or Hotmail > account either though, and then the problem evaporates. > > By using an account that unavoidably adds spam to your mail, you are, > errr, spamming us. In that light, why are you surprised that people get > annoyed at it? > > There are lots and lots and lots of free mail accounts you can sign up > for that will append little or no spam to your outgoing mail. If you > want people to quit bugging you about it, why not try one of them? > > -- > Chris Devers
Most free put an add at the bottom, too. What annoys me are the crazy disclaimers. But they are corporate policy in a lot of places, and it's crazy to think that people should keep a separate e-mail account just for this list. Let's face it, this isn't about spam: this is about violating some people's sesibility regarding a completely arbitrary customary 4-line sig limit developed in a completely different forum (usenet) 20 years ago when (80 x 4 = 320) bytes was a lot of disk space and bandwidth to waste on frivolity. Today, though, nobody is going to miss .3k, and it's not frivolus--or at least it's not an instance of user-defined frivoloity--his legal department requires it. Half the people on this list are too young to remember 4-line sigs anyway. C'mon, cut the guy some slack. And then, maybe, explian how sending an e-mail to the entire list actively plugging two specific service providers in the body of your message is less spamish than than a completely ignorable sig that just sits at the bottom of them message. Anyway, this is just getting silly. Many of us may miss the "old days," but the internet we work on now is dominated by coporate legal and marketing departments, not by kibo, and we can't spend too much of our time beating our heads against it...too hard to see through the blood. Just my $.02, YMMV --j -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
