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   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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