On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:20:57PM +0200, Anders Rayner-Karlsson wrote: > * 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
I stand corrected. I didn't know these things for I am a lowly university student. :) -- "If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good."
