[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: mobbing @mplayer-lists !

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 02:48:22PM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> 
> Enrico Weigelt <weigelt at metux.de> writes:
> 
> > The background was, that he disliked my signature - which was too long
> > for him - and so he wrote me a mail where he threatened to kick me off
> > the mplayer-lists immediately if I post any single mail with this 
> > signature. He defamed my signature - which just contained my contact 
> > information - as "spam" and demanded me to cut it down.
> 
> Refer to RFC 1855 Section 2.1.1:
> 
>     - If you include a signature keep it short.  Rule of thumb
>       is no longer than 4 lines.  Remember that many people pay for
>       connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is,
>       the more they pay.

Not to mention that the long sig was an ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS
EMPLOYER. That's blatent spam.

Rich