An e-mail signature is a block of text that is appended to the end of an e-mail
message you send. Generally, a signature is used to provide the recipient with
your name, e-mail address, business contact information, or
Web siteURL. Some
people, however, will use a signature to sign off their e-mail message with a
closing statement, funny quote or other message. A signature file, or sig as it
is often called, can easily be created in most e-mail clients. You will have
the option to always attach the signature to all outgoing e-mails, or add the
signature in specific outgoing e-mails.
Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Article - Getting Rid of Spam Spam has become ubiquitous - one of the facts of life, like taxes. Until strong anti-spam laws are passed and actually enforced, spam proliferation will continue because it's proven to reach a mass audience. If it didn't work, spammers wouldn't waste their time.
Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Article - The History of the @ Sign In 1972, Ray Tomlinson sent the first electronic message, now known as e-mail, using the @ symbol to indicate the location or institution of the e-mail recipient. Tomlinson, using a Model 33 Teletype device, understood that he needed to use a symbol that would not appear in anyone's name so that there was no confusion.
Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Article - Why E-Mails Bounce In computer jargon, a bounced e-mail is one that never arrives in the recipient's inbox and is sent back, or bounced back, to the sender with an error message that indicates to the sender that the e-mail was never successfully transmitted. But what happens when someone sends an e-mail out into cyberspace, and why do e-mails sometimes bounce back?
