Do you have an email signature?

I'm debating whether or not to include an email signature on my outgoing messages. I would list my positions (I have two part-time jobs) my major, my minor, and my year of graduation.

Does this seem tacky or gaudy to anyone? I think for communications with teachers and bosses it'd be good.

Do you have an opinion on signatures?

 

[GasX]

I use one at work, but for personal e-mail it might be a bit over the top. I suppose it might be a good idea to have one that you can manually add when corresponding with professors / prospective employers...

 

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I use one at work, but for personal e-mail it might be a bit over the top. I suppose it might be a good idea to have one that you can manually add when corresponding with professors / prospective employers...

I wouldn't use it with friends but for official type stuff I think it'd be nice to let people know whom they're corresponding with. I only use one email address (my school email acts as my personal and professional address).

 

[minendo]

Required to have one at work. Don't have one on my personal accounts.

 

[TMPadmin]

We have a standard sig at work. I use just my name for my personal accounts.

 

[phonemonkey]

I use:

----
<name>

 

[Aharami]

have one for work. not for personal email

 

[RossMAN]

At work it's required with a little legal mumbo jumbo.

On my primary personal domain I use the URL as my sig.

On my private domain I use my real name, address and cell phone number but only a few people have that e-mail addy.

 

[Danman]

Use one at work, but not on my personal e-mail accounts.

 

[labrat25]

i use the "m2 email..." from opera...

for yours i'd say just use it for official type emails (profs, bosses, etc)... i think your friends and family either know your major or don't care

 

[azazyel]

What possible reason would you have to have to list, "positions (I have two part-time jobs) my major, my minor, and my year of graduation"?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: cashman
Use one at work, but not on my personal e-mail accounts.

Me too.

 

[Amused]

I tried signing my E-mail but it fscked up my monitor.

 

[LAUST]

I think they are lame, name is enough.

 

[edmundoab]

its not a necessity in a personal account, so its really just a matter of preference

 

[DurocShark]

Only at work do I have one... Bunch of legal mumbo jumbo.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: LAUST
some quote they think make em cool

Kinda like your sig?

 

[AdamSnow]

I use one for my work. Do not use one for my personal email.

 

[HokieESM]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I'm debating whether or not to include an email signature on my outgoing messages. I would list my positions (I have two part-time jobs) my major, my minor, and my year of graduation.

Does this seem tacky or gaudy to anyone? I think for communications with teachers and bosses it'd be good.

Do you have an opinion on signatures?

Personal opinion: anything over about 5 or 6 lines of text starts to get really obnoxious. Listing your school and your major might be reasonable (preferably on one line--I don't think your minor is really relevant to most people) with a '04 or '05 in parentheses (if you want to include your graduation date). Make sure to include your full name and email address. If your jobs aren't relevant to the career you want to pursue, leave them off... also, be careful putting jobs on there next to your university name (if its a common job, people will think you work for the university).

And yes, I use one. Very simple--name, job title, department, university, email addy.

 

[amdskip]

I do at work, not really required but everyone does it.

 

Originally posted by: HokieESM

Originally posted by: jumpr
I'm debating whether or not to include an email signature on my outgoing messages. I would list my positions (I have two part-time jobs) my major, my minor, and my year of graduation.

Does this seem tacky or gaudy to anyone? I think for communications with teachers and bosses it'd be good.

Do you have an opinion on signatures?

Personal opinion: anything over about 5 or 6 lines of text starts to get really obnoxious. Listing your school and your major might be reasonable (preferably on one line--I don't think your minor is really relevant to most people) with a '04 or '05 in parentheses (if you want to include your graduation date). Make sure to include your full name and email address. If your jobs aren't relevant to the career you want to pursue, leave them off... also, be careful putting jobs on there next to your university name (if its a common job, people will think you work for the university).

And yes, I use one. Very simple--name, job title, department, university, email addy.

Both of my jobs are university positions, so I'm in the clear there. I'll work on making it as short as possible though. Thanks.