I think what Mr. Lanza is referring to is not a signature line, but
what appears in your email address.

signing on as "Niccole Cook,[log in to unmask]" is far easier for me to
ID when I scan my inbox than just [log in to unmask]

The latter provides little information, especially if it were an AOL
or Yahoo address, in which case you could not even verify the
identity of the sender. At least we with professional affiliations
can be found; but anyone can obtain a hotmail account and post with
anonymity.

alessandra phillips




>If I understand your question correctly, the reason that many people do not
>post with a "formal name" is that many of us (lurkers and posters alike) are
>often students.  Therefore, lacking any professional affiliation, signature
>lines are habitually forgotten.
>
>We are often encouraged and sometimes required to sign on to this list for
>courses.  Students will many times just sign on using their personal mail
>accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.), as I did when I signed as a requirement for
>my Museum Studies class last spring.  Of course, a student's personal
>account is very informal, as is the majority of email traffic even from
>professionals.
>
>Now that I actually have a real job in a museum (and am also still a
>student-count me as one of the lucky ones), I no longer use my personal
>email address to post, and of course I have a "professional" signature line.
>
>
>
>Niccole Cook
>**************************************************
>Development Associate
>Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
>Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
>1212 Smallman Street
>Pittsburgh, PA  15222
>www.pghhistory.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From:   Digital World Trade [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Friday, November 30, 2001 8:44 AM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>Subject:        Re: Odd Mail
>
>Although I find this list to be one of the most professional and
>enlightening online, I see too many posting without a formal name.
>Personally I am not comfortable receiving e-mail from unknown sources.
>
>May I ask why people are allowed to post to this list without a contact
>name? I have seen some post here by using just a created e-mail address ID
>as their signature name [although these same will often give advice or
>critical comment.]
>
>Regards,
>Mr. Nicola Linza
>
>Founder and Managing Director
>CDP Cultural Disaster Protection
>Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CulturalDisasterProtection
>Cultural Disaster Protection supports cultural disaster prevention,
>response, and recovery.
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