Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!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: New Elm behavior Message-ID: <2654@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> Date: 27 May 89 05:05:49 GMT References: <133@dsinc.DSI.COM> Sender: news@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Lines: 31 From article <133@dsinc.DSI.COM>, by syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein): > Before I get inundated with postings and mail, at PL8, Elm has > a different appearance in regards to signatures. For whatever the reason this change was made, it *is* an obvious (to the user) change. I merely observe here that *some* of our users will be *extremely* upset about this -- *any* change to *anything* annoys them. Change makes them think that we, the technical support staff, are *not* doing our jobs properly, but instead are just out to gratuitously irritate them. They're wrong, of course, but they still think that way. Unfortunately, these are also the users who run the place and control the purse strings around here. Need I say more? [And now for something complete different: A serious question. Why can't the "builtin editor" append the signature file in the same manner that the "external editor" does? Spoken as by one who has not read the Elm code, as indeed I have not.] -- John G Dobnick, Elm proponent and all around good guy! 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