medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Postles, Dr D.A. had written in part:
>>I'd like to get the feeling of the list about advertisements in some
>>messages appended automatically by e-mail service providers...
>> Is there any means by which
>>correspondents can delete such messages before they are sent?
and Dr. Gordon Arthur responded in part:
... I'm pretty sure senders can't do much about them.
> As I understand it, the servers automatically add it to all outgoing mail
> from their accounts.
Yes, some webmail providers earn money by selling advertising which goes
at the bottom of all outgoing messages, or (as in this case) they
advertise themselves in some fashion which they hope will eventually
bring in money less directly. Microsoft owns Hotmail, so messages sent
from Hotmail accounts will usually (always?) have MS advertisements
appended.
Although I don't like the idea of those advertisement, I have to admit
that I don't notice them anymore; to me they're the textual equivalent
of computer fans or refrigerator compressors: present but unregistered
except when pointed out. I'm perfectly happy to continue to put up with
them.
If anyone on the list would like an invitation for a Gmail account:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about.html
I'd be glad to send one; just write me off-list. Gmail doesn't put ads
at the bottom of messages sent, only at the bottom of web pages when you
check your mail. Its interface is much less cluttered and offensive than
Yahoo mail's (I don't use Hotmail and so can't compare it), messages are
threaded, you get over 2.5GB of storage space -- and the size is
continuously increasing -- and it's free.
> I hope users do not find the PGP branding on my mails offensive:
Not at all. It's almost as easy to ignore as the ads and it's a clever
way to avoid the appearance of spamming, at least as long as your
correspondents have come to expect a PGP signature.
John
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*** John McChesney-Young ** panis~at~pacbell.net ** Berkeley,
California, U.S.A. ***
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