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May 06, 2011

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Rockfish

I saw an email signature with a link to their law school's faculty profile page. That seemed okay - but beyond that it seems a little lame, trying to turn your signature line into an advertisement or a promtion. The link to the profile page seemed okay though - maybe b/c it was a school (employer) sponsered link, or b/c it was only one thing and it eliminated the clutter. (And, at the school's faculty webpage, there was an option to go to the SSRN page and all that stuff.)

James Grimmelmann

My suggestion -- which is very close to what I myself do -- is to purchase jacquelinelipton.com, point to it in your signature, and then put all of the discretionary items (e.g., SSRN link) there. That way you can save space and attention by making your signature primarily consist of contact information.

Bridget Crawford

I sometimes add my snail mail address and phone number to an email, if I'm writing someone whom I don't know, but otherwise don't have an email signature. It does seem a bit unnecessary.

Patrick S. O'Donnell

Patrick S. O'Donnell
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Philosophy
Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

plus: my phone number, a link to my new SSRN page, three e-mail addresses (one at the school above), and links to the three blogs I belong to.

This only applies to an outgoing message: in correspondence, the signature does not appear.

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