* Gary Johnson <garyj...@spocom.com> [20090410 22:55]: > On 2009-04-10, "J. Limon" <jli...@eml.cc> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:54:51PM -0700, Ravi Uday wrote: > > > hi > > > how can you make mutt enter the signature at 'cursor' position instead > > > of appending it at the end of mail > > > Ravi > > > > What's the point of a sig *not* at the end of an email? That would > > make it something completely different wouldn't it? > > The rules for signatures are different in some corporate > environments, so it's really nice that mutt allows the 'sig_on_top' > option. I set 'sig_on_top', 'indent_string', 'header' and > 'attribution' one way for "Outlook-style" replies to senders within > the company I work for, and another way for normal "Internet-style" > replies to everyone else.
Indeed there is intolerance in corporate environments towards the "proper" e-mail style as 'defined' in netiquette documents. Things like appalling quoting style, 20 line signatures including pictures, never trimming the e-mails you respond to etc etc ad nauseum is the defacto corporate standard. The times I have the misfortune in having to use Outlook (previous job for example), I trawled through the config of Outlook to change absolutely everything to get outgoing e-mails to conform to netiquette. It can be done, but takes time and effort. Sometimes, having a reputation for being a "weird Linux geek" gives you license to do things that others would not be able to get away with. ;) And believe me, the few people that question you about having received a properly formatted e-mail will after a thorough explanation and pointing towards netiquette documents stop questioning it. (Some even alter their writing style slightly, at least by my experience.) (And yes, I apologize for being off-topic...) -- /Anders
