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4 Jan 2022, 04:44 PM | #1 |
The "e" in e-mail
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What do you put in your e-mail signature?
I recently saw "he/him/his" in someone's e-mail signature, and this was a first for me - I hadn't seen or heard of this practice before.
A quick google on the subject found this: https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit...o-d3dc942c8743 Maybe I've lead a sheltered life and am of an older age, but this seems to be a very strange thing to do. However, if you are corresponding by e-mail with someone you don't know, and their first name could mean they're either male or female, I suppose this could be a good idea. If you just have someone's name without a photo, it could be easy to confuse their gender. It could be very useful here on this forum, where someone has just a forum name - I usually make a guess (from the user's posts, reading between the lines, attitudes, etc) whether or not someone was male or female. Perhaps that's just me, I'm (inadvertently) assigning a gender, where it's not, or it shouldn't, be necessary. I don't think I'm breaking any forum rules here, but I'm sure someone would soon let me know. |
4 Jan 2022, 05:46 PM | #2 |
The "e" in e-mail
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4 Jan 2022, 06:03 PM | #3 |
Cornerstone of the Community
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In my personal emails I simple end with my name.
On my main account and a couple other I add a gpg signature. On processional accounts: Name Title Organization I'll not comment much about this pronoun thing except to say it will never be in my signature block. |
4 Jan 2022, 08:33 PM | #4 |
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I put my name and my email address in my signature. Despite the address being readily visible if you open the email, at least on most email clients, I find it is best to put it below my name or else people never make note of it in their contacts. I have some regular correspondents who continue to send me emails to an address I haven't used as my main address in more than a decade, because they never bother to update their contacts. That's one reason I try to maintain lots of old addresses as much as possible, even if they only receive an email once in awhile. Last year I revived an old address I used almost 20 years ago and instantly emails started coming in from people and businesses I hadn't heard from in all that time. When writing emails to a person of unknown gender identity I try to use gender neutral words. The best greeting to start any email is "Hi First Name" even on business emails.
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4 Jan 2022, 09:49 PM | #5 |
The "e" in e-mail
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5 Jan 2022, 03:43 PM | #7 |
Master of the @
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I have nothing in mine........ Its just blank at the end of my email
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