Email signature

How it is used

Used for names, roles and contact details; this visible text block is different from a cryptographic digital signature.

Example sentences

1. Please update your email signature with the new office telephone number.

   The change concerns reusable contact details appended to messages.

2. The temporary assistant should use an email signature that clearly states her role.

   The signature helps recipients identify the sender's workplace role.

Common collocations

• update an email signature
• standard email signature
• email signature block

Related terms

• replyTo answer a message, question, or request in speech or writing.
• email threadA series of connected email messages on the same subject, shown together in date order.

More terms: Email & Correspondence

• attachment
• cc
• reply all
• out-of-office
• subject line
• forward
• bcc
• enclosure
• letterhead
• mailing address
• salutation
• follow-up email