Most people will argue that your signature should not include your email address. It’s overkill; it’s redundant. Sure, for one-on-one conversations it makes make no sense: you just emailed them. <\/p>\n
But, if you’re forwarding an email or get involved in a thread later, your email client usually does not include full email addresses in the quoted reply\/forward content. <\/p>\n
Thus, you see “Jim Smith” was looped in early on but don’t have his email address to loop him back in. Or you are forwarded a message that needs follow up but all it says down below is “From: Mark Johnson (Acme Co).” What now, Mark?<\/p>\n
Plus, you may have a dozen different accounts that end up at the same inbox. Adding your email address in your signature helps you communicate your preferred address and avoid misdirection in the future. <\/p>\n
Ensuring your email address is somewhere in your initial message avoids these situations. No matter how much we use it, email is hard sometimes… let’s make it a little easier for each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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