email signatures
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- tesmith
Do's and don'ts?
I see the value of nice ones but dislike when there are attachments involved.
- bjladams0
i hate all the logos and smily faces. i prefer just plain text.
i even hate it when it says "save a tree, dont print this unless you have to" hate is a strong word... i just really dislike unneeded jargon.
- Glitterati_Duane0
Hate attachments in signatures too. When I get multiple emails from clients a day that contain attachments that I do need the crappy logo gifs always tag along
- manonthestreet0
informative text only
- set0
- jamble0
Mine is along these lines. Don't mind a bit of info but graphics are annoying because they show as attachments.
Name
Job title
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Company
Tel
Web
Address
- Ranger0
You can sort out logos correctly and they won't bother you as attachments but they are completely unnecessary. They make emails longer, use colour to print, too often are done wrong and attached. A few back and forward emails between a manager and client before sending over a useful logo or picture to me and I find myself trying to figure which attachment is which. Not the end of the world but makes my day just that little bit shittier.
- d_rek0
I think it shows better email etiquette and is much more tasteful to use plain text. There are many reasons not to use an attached piece of artwork for a signature as well... but I wont get into all of them.
I've argued with my CD and a few clients about this not all that long ago - it was about having the email signature be 'branded'. The arguement was for having their logo in the email - but really they did not have a reliable way outside of simply attaching the artwork to the email. They didn't have reliable webserver to have a hosted signature either, so that was out of the question.
In the end I was able to convince CD/client that you could still keep the signature 'branded' through color and type with plain text. I think the solution ended up being much more elegant, not to mention practical, than attaching a logo/artwork to your email.
- stoplying0
"Please consider the environment before printing this email"
A nice sentiment, but GTFO already, hippy.
- pinkfloyd0
I think having a light logo gives more credibility.
- ghandolf0
A ridiculous one I get several copies of, every day...
"CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
This e-mail message, including any attachments, is intended for the sole use of the named recipient(s) and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not a named addressee you are prohibited, under criminal penalty by the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, from reviewing, using, retransmitting, disseminating or distributing this message in any form. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete or destroy all copies of the original message.E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
THEN... the company name, address, phone, fax, etc... follows.
- Sandman_19820
We have line 'Think before you print' below our email signatures at work. A colleague changed his to 'Drink before you think' which went unnoticed for about 3 months :-)
- set0
MASSIVE LOGO
Name Surname
Email
Website
Phone Number
AddressEmail Disclaimer: This email is sent from the offices of ***** Limited. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and maybe unlawful. In view of the provisions the Human Rights Act 1998 the directors of ***** Limited do not monitor all the firm’s outgoing e-mails. The directors accept no liability for the contents of e-mails unconnected with the affairs of the firm or its clients.
- instrmntl0
Always leave a daily inspirational quote to let everyone know you're deeper than them. And have an attached logo, because it's awesome getting an image in your inbox every time you get an email from someone.
- doesnotexist0
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Paul
- zarkonite0
don't forget to add your email address to your signature, in case the recipient is a complete moron.
- doesnotexist0
first email usually has everything
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name
title | company
email | phoneafter that it's just a first name or even nothing. gotta counter these guys with paragraphs of legal.