On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Patrick just had to get this off his chest:
* Theo v. Werkhoven
[03-22-03 17:56]: On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Mitch just had to get this off his chest:
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This message will be signed with the new key, so those who were complaining about the length of my signature, how does it look, now?
Only three lines. That at least should keep people happy.
I do not understand your numerology. There are 14 lines in his 'sig'.
We were talking about his GPG/PGP signature only. I for one do not even see the raw sigs, only that the mail is signed (I had to do a special search in Maildir/cur/ to read the raw message).
I do *not* believe that gpg signing is a bad thing, but should be utilized when *necessary*, not wholesale.
I lock my toolshed but leave the box of birdseed outside unlocked. A
Unless there is a bird-hater around who uses your birdseed to poison the poor birdies..
typewritten name at the bottom of some documents is sufficient, but a signature is required for others. I would prefer that prisons were locked but hospitals allowed mostly unfettered access.
Prisons are locked only in one way (usually) and mental hostpitals are just as locked as prisons (usually). The problem with analogies is that they're never fully adequate to clarify a point.
As I recall from the early readings, an accepted (at lease was accepted) standard for a sig was a *max* of four lines. HTML is for
A sig that is hidden by my MUA doesn't really count as extra IMHO.
web pages, not email, quotes should be trimmed to relevant material and you should respond *after* a question, not before.
All of this is obeyed afaik. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 27N , 4 29 45E. SuSE 8.0 x86 Kernel k_Athlon 2.4.19-4GB See headers for PGP/GPG info.