Signatures...

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

On 30/01/2010 09:39, marc wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>
>   
>> Johnneylee,
>>
>> On 29/01/2010 18:12, Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
>>     
>>> Can we possibly not have 30 line signatures please? It's really
>>> annoying and completely unprofessional.
>>> It's feels like someone is applying for a job sending me their full
>>> resume in a signature.  
>>>       
>> Unfortunately, I have to correct you here. It's VERY professional. Most
>> marketing, sales, business development professionals include all / most
>> of their contact details in their .sig, and sometimes the company logo
>> in a bitmap. My company actually has templates for all employees with
>> such signatures including bitmaps. We are ASKED to use them in e-mail.
>>
>> The you have the "legalese" that sometimes gets automatically added
>> which says that the mail is company confidential blah blah blah.
>>
>> So... It's completely professional.
>>
>> But completely un-geeky. And not suited to pay-per-byte connexions that
>> used to be in place last century (and, I understand, still in place in
>> some areas on the planet).
>>     
> ROFL
>
> I read an excellent blog earlier this week about how the word
> 'professional' means what 'amatuer' meant less than ten years ago.
>
> But if your definition of 'professional' means arogant, antisocial,
> selfish droid, then I see your point
No. It means "somebody who uses mail as part of his daily work, and, as
such, has to adhere to the rules set forth by his employer".

Gilles.