On Nov 25, apearce@academy.net.au wrote: > Jenny Wong asked: > > >why are there so many people who sign their mesgs differently > >to the name of the account? (ie. use other people's accounts) [...] > I think this is a reflection on our age, and lack of independence. The > person whose name appears on the message is usually a parent. I have > observed this phenomenon on other lists too....often a woman will be using > an e-mail account set up in her husband's name. I know that with my > provider, it costs about $25 to attach a name to the account....so people > are understandably loath to pay an extra $25 just so that someone else in > the family can get the correct name on their messages. > > I hope this clarifies the issue for you, Although most people use modern mailers like Pegasus, Microsoft Mail or Eudora. If you guys have a look around the options settings there'll be somewhere where you can type your name in and be yourself at last. :-) As long as you don't change the actual address, and set the name back before Mum / Dad / Boyfriend / Brother next uses it there's absolutely no harm in doing it... -- M a t t S a u n d e r s http://www.yoyo.org/ 0973 479515 (mobile) 0171-681 4026 (work) -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@lists.yoyo.org" |