English

Noun

sigfile ‎(plural sigfiles)

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

     Can anyone please tell me why I get an 'output from your job etc' message back from bitnet everytime 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?