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  • what happened to your "Sig"?

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to August Abolins on Fri Mar 13 20:53:00 2020
    Hello Martin!

    ** 11.03.20 - 09:34, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:


    Yes, it sure does work but what happened to your "Sig"?


    I was just wondering... maybe Sigs are over-rated and redundant these
    days. I mean, the name is clarly in the From. So, why is a Sig
    necessary?

    Sometimes it's a bother to see the same ol' (esp. long-winded) sigs from
    the same people.

    I used to use:

    ___ ___ _ _____ ___ _ _____ ______
    / \ | | |/ || | |/ _||_ _|
    / ^ \| | || (--|| | |\_ \ | |
    |__|__||_____|\_____||_____||_____/ |__| ...abo...@visavis.cam.org

    * DeLuxe2 1.25 #10137 * VIS-a-VIS Communications * Sveiks Latviet!


    Even I could get pretty tired of seeing that all the time.


    ../|ug

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  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to August Abolins on Sat Mar 14 09:26:00 2020
    Hello August!

    *** 13.03.20 at 20:53, August Abolins wrote to August Abolins:

    Yes, it sure does work but what happened to your "Sig"?

    I was just wondering... maybe Sigs are over-rated and redundant these days. I mean, the name is clarly in the From. So, why is a Sig necessary?

    It isn't absolutely necessary but it's normal custom and practice to
    "sign" your posts, just as it is to sign a letter :)

    [snip]
    ../|ug

    There it is :-)

    And here's mine .....

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Martin Foster on Sun Mar 15 18:13:00 2020
    Hello Martin!

    ** 14.03.20 - 09:26, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

    I was just wondering... maybe Sigs are over-rated and redundant these
    days. I mean, the name is clearly in the From. So, why is a Sig
    necessary?

    It isn't absolutely necessary but it's normal custom and practice to
    "sign" your posts, just as it is to sign a letter :)

    Netmail/Email posts are different from letters though.

    WRT a letter, the FROM info is usually on the envelope which can get misplaced or discarded. On personal letters, we don't duplicate our full names and addresses in the actual letter. So, a sig provides the necessary id/reminder who it's from.

    WRT email/netmail, all our FROM+address info is visible all the time.
    Hence, no need to add the same name at the end of a message.

    BUT, OK.. they do serve to add a kind of "personality" to a message.
    Relying on the FROM name can look too formal.


    ../|ug

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