ZOMG everyone hates the sig pile. Like, if your signature and disclaimer boilerplate is longer than most of your emails, your company is DOING IT WRONG. I find

ZOMG everyone hates the sig pile. Like, if your signature and disclaimer boilerplate is longer than most of your emails, your company is DOING IT WRONG. I find restating context, even briefly, is nearly always worthwhile. You never want to make folks scroll down to see the rest of the chain if you can avoid it.