[TriLUG] Email: HTML, replies, signatures, and signing

[Chess Griffin]

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:02:32 -0500
James Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I've been playing around with email configuration and wondered if
> others would mind sharing opinions.
> 
> HTML?  I've never written HTML email till now mostly as a result of
> using Pine in college.  It seems like pretty much everyone can accept
> it and I find that when I reply and leave quoted text in my reply it's
> pretty damned ugly.

I cannot stand HTML email.  It drives me crazy.  I only use plain text.

> 
> Replies?  Reply above the quote or below?  I've tried not to top-post,
> but it's annoying to others to reply below the quote, I suspect.
> 

Below, unless replying point by point as I am now.  :-)  I think
non-techie people tend to top-post, but it's another pet peeve of
mine.  I always reply below even to the non-techies.

> 
> Signatures? Email signature below the quote when replying or above?  I
> have been replying above the quote and placing the signature below,
> but that seems difficult for some to figure out.

Since I reply below the quote, I put the signature below.

> 
> Signing?  I've been signing in-line and probably annoying people with
> the SHA-1 hash crap at the start of my email.  Almost no one knows
> what it means.  Yesterday I started signing with PGP/Mime, which is
> perhaps a little less obnoxious.  Any thoughts on signing and in-line
> versus PGP/Mime?
> 

I have signed with PGP/Mime for years and it seems to work out ok.

-- 
Chess Griffin
GPG Public Key:  0x84F0D7B6
http://www.chessgriffin.com
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