Evolution adds ‘Sent from Ubuntu’ signature by default

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 20, 2010

“The Evolution package in Ubuntu 10.10 was patched to apply a
signature of “Sent from Ubuntu” for new users (as implemented in
bug #615300). This bug report is the mirror to that report and
requests removal/reversion.

“Rationale: Evolution definitely shouldn’t add this signature by
default. A large number of users are against having such an
unprofessional looking, rude, obnoxious and useless signature
enabled by default. Evolution should let the user choose whether
they wish to boast about their Operating System. The signature
should be added only if the user approves the addition, since a lot
of people have many different reasons not to include this
signature.

“The upload that added the “Sent from Ubuntu” signature occurred
at T-minus six weeks before release.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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