Subj : what happened to your "Sig"?
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 15 2020 18:13:00

Hello Martin!

** 14.03.20 - 09:26, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> I was just wondering...  maybe Sigs are over-rated and redundant these
 AA>> days.  I mean, the name is clearly in the From.  So, why is a Sig
 AA>> necessary?

 MF>It isn't absolutely necessary but it's normal custom and practice to
 MF>"sign" your posts, just as it is to sign a letter :)

Netmail/Email posts are different from letters though.

WRT a letter, the FROM info is usually on the envelope which can get  
misplaced or discarded. On personal letters, we don't duplicate our full  
names and addresses in the actual letter. So, a sig provides the necessary  
id/reminder who it's from.

WRT email/netmail, all our FROM+address info is visible all the time.   
Hence, no need to add the same name at the end of a message.

BUT, OK.. they do serve to add a kind of "personality" to a message.   
Relying on the FROM name can look too formal.


  ../|ug

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