Comments on: The E-Mail Signature: Waste Of Space? http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Krunchd - Weird Name But Very Useful | PCMechhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-18656 Krunchd - Weird Name But Very Useful | PCMech Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:47:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-18656 [...] may remember me stating in the past that I have an aversion to e-mail signatures. Well, I found something that is the sure-fire cure to those overly long e-mail [...] [...] may remember me stating in the past that I have an aversion to e-mail signatures. Well, I found something that is the sure-fire cure to those overly long e-mail [...]

]]> By: Retro: How To Make A Cool ASCII Signature | PCMechhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-15785 Retro: How To Make A Cool ASCII Signature | PCMech Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:22:45 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-15785 [...] of the very few e-mail signatures that I don’t consider a complete waste of space is ASCII art. This is because getting a signature where letters form a picture or cartoon-like [...] [...] of the very few e-mail signatures that I don’t consider a complete waste of space is ASCII art. This is because getting a signature where letters form a picture or cartoon-like [...]

]]> By: Robhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-14168 Rob Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-14168 ? No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced ? No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

]]> By: Chris Brownhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12328 Chris Brown Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12328 One thing I really like is when people put their phone number in their email signature. Why? Because when I'm out of the office and I read their email and have to give them a quick call, I'm stuck looking up their phone number. I use a motorola Q for my email reader/cell phone when I'm traveling to a clients or going to some meeting. Just being able to click on their phone number is really handy.Just a thought. Chris Brown One thing I really like is when people put their phone number in their email signature. Why? Because when I’m out of the office and I read their email and have to give them a quick call, I’m stuck looking up their phone number. I use a motorola Q for my email reader/cell phone when I’m traveling to a clients or going to some meeting. Just being able to click on their phone number is really handy.

Just a thought.
Chris Brown

]]> By: Drewhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12279 Drew Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:45:15 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12279 True, it is kind of a waste. But a 1000+ employee company has the $ to pay for the servers so I don't care about that part :) But if you are talking about wasted data/bandwidth, think about the amount of useless crap on YouTube that thousands of people watch. That adds up a lot quicker than a couple of hundred or even thousand email signature. Add those videos up over the course of a year and around 720Mb's is a minuscule amount. True, it is kind of a waste. But a 1000+ employee company has the $ to pay for the servers so I don’t care about that part :)
But if you are talking about wasted data/bandwidth, think about the amount of useless crap on YouTube that thousands of people watch. That adds up a lot quicker than a couple of hundred or even thousand email signature.
Add those videos up over the course of a year and around 720Mb’s is a minuscule amount.

]]> By: Charl Jouberthttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12268 Charl Joubert Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:43:01 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12268 Is it not also a waste of data to transmit? I mean in the case of long, unnecessary sigs. Yes I know we're talking a few kbytes (I might be wrong) of info per sig here. But put it this way, in the case of Drew's 1000+ employee company, if each employee sent a mail a day, thats about a meg or two per day of crap. which leads to about 60 megs of useless stuff per company per month. Which is about 720 megs a year. And how many companies are out there like that wasting a gig a year?Yes its a small amount but I'm sure the less the net has to deal with the better for everyone out there :P Is it not also a waste of data to transmit? I mean in the case of long, unnecessary sigs. Yes I know we’re talking a few kbytes (I might be wrong) of info per sig here. But put it this way, in the case of Drew’s 1000+ employee company, if each employee sent a mail a day, thats about a meg or two per day of crap. which leads to about 60 megs of useless stuff per company per month. Which is about 720 megs a year. And how many companies are out there like that wasting a gig a year?

Yes its a small amount but I’m sure the less the net has to deal with the better for everyone out there :P

]]> By: Drewhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12265 Drew Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:11:32 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12265 I have a signature on my Live mail through the Live Mail client but I only use it if sending out professional emails of some importance. Other than that, I have one for work that has my name, title & store number, direct contact phone number, email address. That way, whether I'm sending an email to someone within my store or to friends I used to work with at the same company in Canada, it has my other contact information - not just my email address. I don't believe it's a waste of space unless you make it a waste of space. It's not a necessary requirement for personal emails but for business related emails, it's an extremely useful tool for up to date contact information. As far as putting the email address in the signature, it IS necessary as it's much easier to find a signature if you have ever had an email go from person to person, redirected, forwarded on etc. all to try and find information for something or to get something done that many people are involved in. For any that have worked for a company of more than 1000 employees, you'll no doubt agree it makes life much easier. I have a signature on my Live mail through the Live Mail client but I only use it if sending out professional emails of some importance.
Other than that, I have one for work that has my name, title & store number, direct contact phone number, email address.
That way, whether I’m sending an email to someone within my store or to friends I used to work with at the same company in Canada, it has my other contact information – not just my email address.
I don’t believe it’s a waste of space unless you make it a waste of space. It’s not a necessary requirement for personal emails but for business related emails, it’s an extremely useful tool for up to date contact information.
As far as putting the email address in the signature, it IS necessary as it’s much easier to find a signature if you have ever had an email go from person to person, redirected, forwarded on etc. all to try and find information for something or to get something done that many people are involved in. For any that have worked for a company of more than 1000 employees, you’ll no doubt agree it makes life much easier.

]]> By: perksterhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12251 perkster Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12251 The reason people put their email addresses in their signatures is that when someone forwards your email to a friend or colleague it will likely show whatever name they have you in their address book as and not the actual email address so it allows people to then add you to their contacts who didn't have it and weren't an addressee of your original email. Granted that's a rare occurrence but still, that's why companies do it. The reason people put their email addresses in their signatures is that when someone forwards your email to a friend or colleague it will likely show whatever name they have you in their address book as and not the actual email address so it allows people to then add you to their contacts who didn’t have it and weren’t an addressee of your original email. Granted that’s a rare occurrence but still, that’s why companies do it.

]]> By: Jason Faulknerhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12248 Jason Faulkner Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:05:15 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-e-mail-signature-waste-of-space/#comment-12248 I posted a tip about this quite some time ago: http://www.pcmech.com/article/signature-courtesy/The only thing I would add to your list is to remove "Scanned By AV Program..." at the bottom. Nobody cares and they probably have their own AV program anyway.Good post. I posted a tip about this quite some time ago:
http://www.pcmech.com/article/signature-courtesy/

The only thing I would add to your list is to remove “Scanned By AV Program…” at the bottom. Nobody cares and they probably have their own AV program anyway.

Good post.

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