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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Joe,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> What the hell is this?????! If =
there's a
way to take that off, please do it! I've seen this on others posts as =
well, so
I'm not picking on you D.L.<G></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A friend of mine -- one of the early =
architects of
the Internet (besides Al Gore, I guess) -- told me that the accepted
"netiquette" was to have no more than 4 short lines below the
signature. I don't know if this convention has changed over the =
past 7 or
8 years since she told me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A proper (but fictitious) sig might be =
as
follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pianos 'R' Us</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.pianosrus.com">www.pianosrus.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"You can tune a piano, but you can't =
tuna
fish."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>or perhaps...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pianos 'R' Us</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1234 56th St, My Town, TX =
78901</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>608-555-1212 voice; 608-555-1313 =
fax</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.pianosrus.com">www.pianosrus.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course that's rather =
congested. I
personally would see no harm to the convention that if it doesn't fit on =
a
standard, uncluttered business card, it certainly doesn't belong at =
the
bottom of an email. Also on my "excluded" list would be any sort =
of
business graphics, as they eat a lot of storage room, irrespective of =
whether
the recipient has a high-speed or standard dial-up connect.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, I hope it would not be too =
intrusive on
this list to include links to parallel businesses in the signature area, =
provided they are simple links, and not an "infomercials." =
The reason
is that lists like these are a great way to draw web crawler traffic, as =
they
are so heavily indexed. IMO, if you have a web site, you are smart =
to put
the link at the bottom of every one of your posts, so as to get your =
site well
indexed by Google et al.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(pianotech's self-appointed, pro
tem Emily Post <grin>)</FONT></DIV>
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