I would like to thank all of the members who replied to my
message dated May 1, 1997, wherein I recommended that a
signature be added to their messages, including their first
name, last name, City, Province/State and Country.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that ALL of the replies
agreed with my recommendation above and some recommended
that the following information should also be included:
(a) street address
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I do not recommend this as I feel it would not be
acceptable to single female members who are
concerned that any signature could lead to them
being harassed. Male members would be equally
concerned.
(b) telephone number
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I do not recommend this for the same reason as in (a)
(c) e-mail address
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I do not recommend this because the e-mail address is
shown at ther top of the message on all of the Mailing
Lists that I am subscribed to.
If the Mailing List does not display the e-mail address
at the top of the message, then I would recommend the
"signature" include the e-mail address.
I consider an e-mail message on a Genealogy Mailing List to be
a "letter" between friends wherein one friend is requesting
assistance from the other, and all of the courtesies of letter
writing should be observed.
Kindest regards,
Ron Springer
Calgary, Alberta CANADA