In linux.debian.user, it is written: > > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 09:21:44AM -0500, Indulekha wrote: >> In linux.debian.user, Richard <rich...@g8jvm.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 14:02:12 +0300 >> > Mika Suomalainen <mika.henrik.mai...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > The other thing Mika, apart from that huge chunk of signature, why on >> > earth ask for a return receipt. >>=20 >> It does tend to announce to the recipient that the sender has=20 >> a wildly exaggerated sense of self-importance, which I suppose=20 >> could be construed as useful. :) > > "Because I damned well want to" is a perfectly valid reason for signing > emails/posts. The level of judgementalism (yeah, I know it's not a word > but, it's descriptive) I see exhibited here on this subject implies a=20 > certain level of low self esteem. >
Actually, in this particular post I was referring to return receipts. Sorry, thought that was clear from the context. Anyway, I never tell people they should or shouldn't sign. In fact, if so many others were not voicing their opinions on the matter I'd have never said a word. Any hostility expressed towards gpg sigs on mailing lists is almost certainly due to the inconsiderate result of signing email meant for the general public -- i.e. big, ugly blocks of non-human-readable text. As for "low self-esteem", I'm fairly certain that belongs to the guys playing secret agent man on an email list. :) In any event, I do support your freedom to choose. -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120407234454.GA7641@radhesyama