[horde] Signature

[Vilius Šumskas]

Hi,

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 9:13:00 PM, you wrote:

> On 6 November 2012 13:51, Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> wrote:
>> Quoting Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de>:
>>
>>> Zitat von Ole Wolf <wolf at blazingangles.com>:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Andreas Mauser <andreas at mauser.info>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the idea. It seems to be the only workaround(?) for now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any chance that there will be a checkbox in the future to set/unset the
>>>>> signature?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure whether I'd consider it a workaround or something worthy of
>>>> a
>>>> checkbox. Most email clients that I've used simply append the signature
>>>> in
>>>> the compose window so you could delete it if necessary; IMP used to do
>>>> that, too, so it's probably a design decision. In any event, I don't feel
>>>> entirely comfortable about the implied inclusion of the signature that
>>>> IMP
>>>> H5 applies. I would prefer to see what's being sent in the email.
>>>
>>>
>>> I would also prefer to be able to choose whether I want the signature an
>>> what signature I want. Should one make an enhancement on bugs.horde.org for
>>> that?
>>
>>
>> No - it's not happening ever.  This has already been discussed and rejected.
>>
>> If you want to send a message without signatures, set-up a separate
>> identity.

> In principle I agree with you - in fact, I think signatures are on the
> whole completely useless and irrelevant and as much sense as stupid
> legal disclaimers.

> However, the world functions on a certain amount of perception - and
> therefore some people require a signature to believe in the
> professionalism or some other quality of the sender.  Thus, whilst new
> messages sometimes require a signature I have yet to see the case
> where a signature is required or needed on a reply (except by people
> too simple to understand the concept or full of their own importance).

> I've yet to win a design or functionality argument with any member of
> the Horde team, so I don't expect to win this one, but a the ideal
> solution for me as an administrator is a check box (either ticked or
> not ticked by default in the compose preferences) that inserts or
> removes the signature would be the perfect solution.

> Thanks.

> Simon

As  a  person  using signatures extensively I must oppose this at some
level.

The  signatures are not only used in professional cases. The signature
can  be  as short as one word. In your case for example it is "Simon".
But it *is* signature.

If you need to enable/disable signature per message basis, just create
two  profiles,  one  with  signature  and  another  without. Switching
profiles is as fast as clicking a checkbox.

What  other  useful feature I see from the discussion is that it would
be  great  to  have  one  profile for New Messages and one profile for
Replies/Forwards.   This   way   all   new  messages  will  have  full
professional signature and replies just simple "Simon".

Personally  I  have  5  profiles:  1) a signature in my native language with full
contacts,  2)  the same in english with full contacts, 3) and 4) basic
signature for replies in both languages, 5) a signature for friends.

-- 
 Vilius