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How long can your signature be, what information should it include, and is there a standard way to separate the signature from the mail email text? Find out about these and other email signature netiquette issues.
Keep Your Email Signature to 5 Lines of Text
"Signature" is a synonym for brief and unobtrusive — or at least it should be, because overly long signatures in emails are an annoyance.
No Need for Street Addresses in Email Signatures
Come visit me, everybody! Unless you want everybody and the whole world to know where you live, don't include your street address in your email signature.
Use the Standard Email Signature Delimiter
Sign your signature correctly by employing the standard signature delimiter in your emails

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