RE: [Sheflug] Signature File Info.

["David Morris" <nospam [at] allvac.co.uk>]

>
> I'm curious as to the appropriate length of a sig file.  I've always
> been tortured into making it 4 lines or less...
>
> Can someone clarify for me please.


The following (especially the last comment) is noted from the computer terms
dictionary at Imperial college:

"The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII
logo or one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote, fool file, the); but
large sigs are a waste of bandwidth, and it has been observed that the size
of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's prestige on
the net. "

However, RFC1855 (Netiquette) says the following:


    - If you include a signature keep it short.  Rule of thumb
      is no longer than 4 lines.  Remember that many people pay for
      connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is,
      the more they pay.

It's also generally adopted convention (implemented by many proper email
clients - and I except the one I'm using from that list :-) that a sig
should be seperated from the rest of the message by two hyphens followed by
a space. Clients then pick this up and don't quote the sig on replies. I use
Turnpike at home, and that does a good job of managing that little job. Just
because I've got a less than ideal mailer doesn't stop me being net-friendly
though!


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David Morris
IT Manager, ALLVAC Ltd, Sheffield, UK
work: david [at] allvac.co.uk              http://www.allvac.co.uk
home: david [at] brassedoff.net            http://www.davidm.demon.co.uk


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