Mr. Biggs: I sincerely apologize for my faulty memory. However, if you reread my text, I did not point fingers at you or others, but to some mail server rules (RFC?). I have enough e-mail accounts and friends to do some experiments. I do believe that the results will show that, in today's environment, especially when people are using their mobile devices as PCs, that the signature location rule means anything.
John -----Original Message----- From: Pete Biggs <p...@biggs.org.uk> To: evolution-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Evolution] Signature placed in wrong position Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2016 11:27:00 +0100 On Sat, 2016-10-01 at 18:31 -0400, Dr. John H. Lauterbach wrote: > > In 3.20.5 and at least several earlier versions, signature on newly > > composed e-mails goes (apparently automatically) end. If you are > > replying to an e-mail, evolution seems to want to put it at the > > bottom of the original e-mail, instead of at the end of my reply > > text. Numerous, numerous times a day I have to cut out my > > signature and place it where I want to. Ah yes Dr Lauterbach, that would be a rehash of the thread starting at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2016-July/msg00072.html > > When I first complained about this, the gurus on this list wrote > > back that it had to do with the way some mail servers handle > > signature. I have had my replies with my signature attached where > > I want it go through several big organization e-mail servers > > without a problem. And you were told by "the gurus" that it is nothing to do with servers, it's a function of the user's mail program - the MUA. Please don't misrepresent what people say. > > Quite frankly, I want the signature where I want it and only where > > I want it. So, did you read all the emails in the previous thread? A "signature" in the context of email has a very specific meaning - it's a block of information containing contact details, most of which is disposable and so the convention is that anything after the "-- " can be removed. It's all defined in the relevant RFCs. The option to put the signature above quoted text is a perversion that people who are used to Outlook wanted. What you want is a salutation - try saving what you want it to say in a file and then Insert -> Text file in the composer. You can even insert an HTML file (since you seem to insist on posting in HTML). Perhaps a better enhancement, rather than trying to pervert signatures, is the ability to insert stock phrases and text blocks in the composer. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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