sigfile

English

Etymology

From sig +‎ file.

Noun

sigfile (plural sigfiles)

1. (Internet) A text file containing a sig (e-mail or newsgroup signature).
   • 1994, BILL, “help with my sigfile”, in bit.listserv.help-net (Usenet):

     Can anyone please tell me why I get an 'output from your job etc' message back from bitnet everytime^[sic] I send a message out? Is there a problem with my sigfile or does everyone get them?

   • 2002, Rebecca Blood, The Weblog Handbook, page 81:

     You've seen sigfiles: the chunk of information at the end of an email.

   • 2005, Randy Allen Harris, Voice Interaction Design, page 209:

     How do you read abbreviations (IMHO)? Quoted text? Headers? Sigfiles? Emoticons?