Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!jgd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu From: jgd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (John G Dobnick,EMS E380,4142295727,) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Signature functionality change Message-ID: <2653@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> Date: 27 May 89 04:43:15 GMT References: <204@grc.UUCP> Sender: news@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Lines: 37 In article <204@grc.UUCP>, don@grc.UUCP (Donald D. Woelz) says: > > I have just applied patches 1 thru 8 and recompiled ELM. I noticed > a change in the operation of ELM almost immediately. I no longer > see my .signature lines in the message I am editing. They appear > to now be appended when I actually send the message. > > I consider this to be a major return to the dark ages. I sometimes > edit my signature for various reasons. I can no longer do that > on a mesage by message basis. Is there some new configuration > parameter or elmrc parameter that will get this to behave in the > same way that it has in the past? Why was this changed in the first > place? I was just about to post a "low grade simmer" (or a mini-flame), but Don phrased it much more succinctly than I was about to. (Which is why I included most of his message up there -- and it was fairly short to boot.) I also think this change in Elm behavior is a serious mistake. I too have valid reasons to edit my .signature file on a message by message basis, and thus have to cope with more than the two allowable signature file formats (by Elm's way of thinking, at least -- local and/or remote). Life (and e-mail) is more complex than that. Please reconsider this situation, or at the very least add a (yet another) configuration tag to the emlrc file to restore Elm's previous behavior. Thank you. -- John G Dobnick, local Elm guinea pig and promoter of Elm. Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu UUCP: !uwvax!uwmcsd1!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire