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I was having a useful discussion on email signatures with @Aditya over Twitter. For those who don’t know, most people who email using their PDA or other handheld devices (fine, let’s count those smartphones as well!) add a signature saying “Sent from blah blah Device”. I for one had one for my iPAQ which said “Sent from my iPAQ”. However, I still use it at times when I am on move and using instant messengers; wireless connectivity.

Aditya asked why would anyone add an annoying text like that at the end. Although I don’t use it anymore (trust my typing), I still feel it’s a good way to notifying the receiver that the sender is on the move and may have typed it it in a hurry (ignore the typos, grammer, etc); more like a courtesy text. It’s also inbuilt into various mobile emailing clients.

I would love to hear other opinions on this but then again I rarely get comments on the blog I did note a  fellow twitter user’s opinion on it: http://twitter.com/inko9nito/statuses/871467586

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