[horde] Couple of Items - Signature When Replying, Not Authorized To Use IMP

[Simon Wilson]

----- Message from Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> ---------
    Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:35:47 -0600
    From: Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
Subject: Re: [horde] Couple of Items - Signature When Replying, Not  
Authorized To Use IMP
      To: horde at lists.horde.org


> Quoting Brian Spraker <spraker at yahoo.com>:
>
>> A couple of items that I've ran into now with the upgrade to the  
>> latest version of Horde 5.
>>
>> #1 - Signatures when replying.  I understand from previous threads  
>> - signatures will not show up when making an e-mail and the  
>> signature is appended once an e-mail is sent.
>>
>> However, I have individuals complaining that when they reply to a  
>> message, their signature is appended at the very bottom of the  
>> e-mail.  They "top post" in an e-mail (which seems to be the most  
>> common way and most accepted).  In Horde 4 when the signature  
>> showed up, it would appear at the top of the e-mail and would let  
>> the person reply just above it.
>
> This is so wrong, I feel I don't even need to discuss it further.   
> (Not that I use it as an example of "right behavior", but even Gmail  
> gets this right.)
>
> I'm going to keep the whole top-posting argument out of this.   
> That's incorrect behavior in its own right.
>
> But even accepting top-posting, the idea that I would potentially  
> have to wade through multiple signatures just to figure out the  
> content the person is responding to makes this argument a non-starter.
>
> As I have mentioned many times before: signatures are the LEAST  
> IMPORTANT information in any e-mail.  You don't need signature  
> information 99% of the time.  In the rare case you do, you know  
> where to find it - at the very bottom of the message.  This  
> information has no business living with the "interesting" part of  
> the message - the body.
>
>> With that being said, is there any fix that would ensure that the  
>> person's signature is appended after their response instead of at  
>> the very bottom of the e-mail when doing replies and forwards?
>
> No.
>
> michael
>

One of the things I actually like about Outlook is the ability to turn  
off Signature for replies. They know who you are, you are replying,  
not sending a new email - signature is rarely needed on replies.

I hate (as per Michael's comment) reading email trails in Outlook  
where people have it set to use Signatures on replies, and trawling  
through huge html signatures in the middle of top-posting email trails.

Could an enhancement request be for an Imp pref to not append sigs on replies?

Simon.


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