Re: [Sheflug] Re: MySQL

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:59:41AM +0000, Brett Royles wrote:
> does this mean i can use my sig or not
> i just want to know why is it annoying richard?

Richard is probably applying usenet conventions...

> our school thinks it looks professional, and i am only posting plain 
> text , so its not like i am posting HTML
> I am wondering why people are so petty about how people post to a mailing 
> list, i thought a mailing list was for discussion and not for making fun 
> of people.

Email arouses very strong emotions in many :)

Your sig is currently this:

> Brett Royles
> IT Support
> King Edward VII School
> Glossop Road
> Sheffield
> S10 2PW
> TEL : 0114 2662518
> FAX : 0114 2687690
> MOB : 0777 3888220

A better version would be:
-- 
Brett Royles (IT Support)
King Edward VII School, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2PW
T: (0114) 2662518   F: (0114) 2687690   M: (0777) 3888220


Usually, you have a sig separator ("-- " on it's own line), this allows 
mail clients to remove your sig when people reply to you, which is
immediately nice. It's also less than four lines long, which is the
convention - doesn't make the scroll bars smaller, etc.

It's just a convention, but will endear you to people and using '-- ' 
properly (noting the space after it) makes you look l33t.

Cheers,

Alex.

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