On 02 Jul 2008 13:28:47 +0100 (BST), Ian Jackson
wrote:

I agree that people should use a proper sig separator, of course.

OOI, what application do you use for newsgroups? If you have a post to
reply to which has an "official" signature, presumably you don't see
it when you compose a reply. When you have just the name typed at the
end, surely you do. And if you're bottom-posting, surely you will snip
it when you see it. It's not very hard.

You might be surprised at how many people in other groups prefer to
type their name. It's not uncommon. Just the name, no links, no
irrelevant quotes, no other data. There's no point in insisting that
"that's the way it's done" when experience will tell you that there
are many places where it is. What about people who don't use a sig
file at all? Do you object to that? And what if one of those people
who doesn't normally use one then decides to append their name?

Frankly I think anyone who finds that offensive or can't cope is
anally-retentive (with or without hyphen)

Linda ff