Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Signature files (LONG) Message-ID: <73.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 00:26:09 GMT References: <2182@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> Reply-To: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 35 > Just out of curiosity, is there any reason why I should have a .sig at all? > It would just be a repeat of the Reply-To line I suppose. Woah here. I disagree!!! 1. On my software, if I want to reply to something it SOMETIMES picks up your reply-to (if it came across), and other times it picks up something different from what I want. NEVER trust your e-mail package to ALWAYS get it right. After all, your message might have gotten munged between you and me. 2. If I need to type in your e-mail address to reply to you (which is frequent in my system), most of the time all the addressing info has scrolled off the screen before I get to the TO: line on my answer. Putting your e-mail address on a .sig at the bottom of the file allows me to type it in right then and there. 3. Related to (1.) is the fact that A. A reply-to line is not always in- cluded (my system doesn't add it unless I specifically ask for it), and B. if it isn't, the FROM: tag may either not be a correct path back to you, or it is not the most efficient/effective path back to you. My case in point again: the From line is thomas@mvac23.uucp but the most efficient route back is via mvac23!thomas@udel.edu (not at all obvious). Summary: ADD a .sig with your e-mail addresses for as many networks as you know (within reason, of course ;-). - tom ============================================================================== Internet: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu | Notice: System or | will be going down mvac23%thomas@udel.edu | at 4:45pm today for uucp: {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas| a disk crash. Location: Newark, DE, USA | ==============================================================================