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PompeyThree wrote: and then any further messages should just be the body of reply with no "Hi Scott/Neil"
Agree entirely there, establish the formalities in the first exchange and then they are not needed from then on. I just think the formalities should contain the senders name at the bottom that first time too.
Even worse when they bother typing Regards or some such and then let the sig pick up the rest. There is no regard there.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Hi PompeyThree,
Only the first email instance should say Hi. The rest can start with the person's name to let them know where to start off next. No need to Hi them every time.
Bassam
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I hate it when people sign their name and then their email signature provides their name again. This is redundant, anachronistic, and pointless. This "double signing" is annoyingly grating to me, and I'm not sure why as it seems like only a minor issue. For example,
Regards,
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Big Company Ltd.
33 Big Street
phone 3141592653589
Please don't do this!
// mght ToDo:
// Put Signature Here
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chriselst wrote: I hate ones that include the email address like the email doesn't know where it's come from.
Strangely enough that's the one thing I really want on emails.
It's not rare than I need to share documents/projects online with colleagues and inevitably this is done by email address within the online application.
So invariably it ends up with me finding an email the person sent and trying to extract their email address or trying to do the same from the Outlook address book(working in Cambridge means that many people have foreign names either because they are not British or because their parents were called Featherstonhaugh - pronounced Fanshaw).
Because of the 'everything is connected' attitude of some software designers it's sometimes blinking difficult to extract something as simple as an email address from a contact.
[Edit 'of' changed to 'or']
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 1-Mar-16 8:48am.
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I could not agree more with the second part.
AND
I also hate emails address in emails.
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Following the famous hacking, Sony now fax or courier paper copies of all potentially sensitive documents as a matter of policy. Fax may well be back! Sorry!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I love email signatures.
Whenever I need to call someone I check my mailbox and their most recent mail probably has their number in it.
Way faster than going through the phone book on our devices 
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Phone numbers are acceptable.
Although you have to be careful.
A few years ago I was downloading a trial of some software, they required a phone number so I clicked on an email from a colleague and use the phone number.
Didn't realise it was her direct number, I didn't realise anyone in the company had a direct number, just assumed it would be the switchboard number.
She spent weeks fielding sales calls for me.
Which was probably better for me than them having the switchboard number, as they would have just patched the calls straight through.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.
Someone once asked me, why don't I just put my name in my sig-line, and that is exactly the reason why.
Marc
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I'm there with you brother. I've sent replies with the other person's signature deleted. I've sent my own obnoxious signature in caps and large fonts and nothing works.
I hate getting a chain of emails all with signatures, especially from a coworker 5 feet away.
I hate the disclaimer at the bottom that says to delete if you are not the intended recipient.
I hate when they have to put their credentials on there. Jane Doe, PMP or John Doe, CSM
The place I work at, nearly everyone uses them and they think it's professional. My bosses is near 20 lines, with a logo with it and now other people are starting to do it.
I'm at the point that I stop talking to people or sending the emails because I hate signatures so much.
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I may have used signatures back in my early Usenet days, but I've been sig-free now for longer than some people on this site have been alive.
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I hate the multi-paragraph corporate disclaimer "signatures" written by lawyers for huge multi-nationals. 
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.
Says the guy with a signature on the bottom of his message that didn't sign his name...
Hogan
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it
I don't understand this one : Do you type your name everytime because you do not want to include it in your standard sig ??
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Every time I want to include it, yes, it is 5 characters, doesn't take me long.
Having your name in your sig only is like using a name stamp to sign birthday cards.
It is impersonal, and IMHO more insulting than not signing at all.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I have only my name in my sig, so you would not even tell the difference.
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Where I currently work(leaving at the end of the month), it is company policy that anyone with a PHD has to include either "Dr" at the beginning of their name or PHD after their name.
The rest of us plebs with ordinary bachelor's degrees or (heaven forbid - do you sense my sarcasm?) those who have never been blessed with an academic qualification from a university have nothing after our names.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I do not understand your problem.
Rage, Dr.
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You should insist on GOB [Grumpy Old B'tard] at least 
veni bibi saltavi
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Oi! Less of the 'old' please 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Why don't you like Comic Sans?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I've seen other rants against Comic Sans - but the post seemed to be begging for some. Just a taste.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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You didn't sign it.
Dave.
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Don't get me started on signatures. In our company you cannot even fight the bloody disclaimer they put on every email! A one line email is usually 20 lines of signature and disclaimer. Now imagine if a dumb-sh*t dares to reply to all, it get multiplied to eternity and beyond!
I hate email and everything that comes with it, specially when somebody writes back "Thanks". No matter how polite it is, its bullshit. Take the phone or use instant messaging, that's why we have implemented it and pay a shitload of money for stuff that people request but never use.
I'm grumpy too.
Have a nice day
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