[Freeipa-users] Links in mailing-list footer

Petr Spacek pspacek at redhat.com
Thu Jun 19 07:38:43 UTC 2014


On 18.6.2014 14:52, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 09:30 +0200, Petr Spacek wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I wonder if we could improve mailing list footer for freeipa-users.
>>
>> It can be configured in mailig list administration in section "Non-digest
>> options".
>>
>> Currently the footer looks like:
>> "_______________________________________________
>> Freeipa-users mailing list
>> Freeipa-users at redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users"
>>
>>
>> What about something more useful?
>>
>> "--
>> Freeipa-users at redhat.com mailing list
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
>> http://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation | http://www.freeipa.org/page/Demo"
>>
>> The most important change is replacing
>> "_______________________________________________"
>> with
>> "--"
>>
>> "-- " is usually interpreted by e-mail clients as "beginning of signature" and
>> automatically stripped from replies.
>>
>> It would prevent mailing list signatures from cumulating in replies like this:
>
> Good idea, I change the footer, and made it more sober, let me know if
> you like it when you see it.

The text seems good but the signature is not perfect. It contains only "--" 
instead of "-- ". The space is important, e-mail clients will not cut the 
signature if the trailing space is missing.

-- 
Petr^2 Spacek




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