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From: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (Six o'clock News)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: elm and .signature files
Message-ID: <13595@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 14 May 91 14:02:45 GMT
References: <1991May10.162551.2250@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991May10.185112.28744@DSI.COM>
Reply-To: ggurman@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article <1991May10.185112.28744@DSI.COM> syd@DSI.COM writes:
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>>As a newcomer to elm, I find the way it handles .signature
>>files to be, well, regrettable.
>>Unlike mm and rn/trn, elm adds the contents of one's
>>.signature file to the editable message;
>The reason Dave left the sig in the editable portion of the message
>was to allow it to be edited also.  Now I must admit I rarely
>edit my sig as part of the message.  But that was his intention.
From: ggurman@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gail Gurman)
Path: cory.Berkeley.EDU!ggurman

Personally, I would like the ability to designate certain people for whom
my .signature does NOT get appended.  I have a very simple .sig that simply
tells people my address.  My friends already know my address and have aliases
for me, so they don't need the information.  As it is right now, I delete
my .sig more often than not.

Needless to say, I'm glad that elm doesn't automatically append the .sig
after I'm done editing.  Perhaps, however, this could be an option for
those who do.  Maybe it could come just after the optional list of
NOSIG aliases in the .elmrc?

Gail
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