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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:41:45 -0800
From: "Greg Albrecht" <gregoryba@gmail.com>
To: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
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On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> wrote:
>
> > "Top posting" is only one issue.  Others of great importance are
> > trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
> > not writing one-line paragraphs.  Your .sig is a good example of
> > things that people should remove from replies.
> >
> > Greg
>
> Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether
> I add it or not, and also the #@$%^%# stupid corporate disclaimer also
> (over which I have no control).... sigh
>
> mjt (no .sig)

since i seem to be in the mood to muddy the waters today:

have you considered using a mail address outside of your corporation?
one which doesn't automatically add that disclaimer. i've never been
fond of using my work email address for anything outside of work, but
that's me. maybe this is an obvious answer but it is one way to please
the etiquette overlords.

-g

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