I realize that the great majority of people view their e-mails in HTML but some of us still prefer plain-text and none of the e-mail signatures highlighted in the article would be viewable by me.<p>From RFC 1855 [0], "Netiquette Guidelines":<p><pre><code> If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb
is no longer than 4 lines.
</code></pre>
My .signature is two lines (not counting the "dash-dash-space" delimiter): my full name and e-mail on line one and my title and phone number on line two. If you need other information about me or my company, you can send me an e-mail or give me a call to get it.<p>A huge pet peeve of mine is the legal disclaimers and I will often respond to an e-mail that includes one with my own that's similar to the one mentioned in the article, just to be a snarky asshole.<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt" rel="nofollow">https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt</a>