Not signing emails

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I read one of those lists the other day, about all these famous people supposed to have AS. One (as you probably already have heard) is Bill Gates, and some guy who used to work for him gave as one reason to suspect him being "on the spectrum" was that he didn't sign email.
I try to remember to sign them when communicating with "important" people, but it always feels funny.
Anyone else think it's just plain stupid to have to sign an email? Seems so redundant, you send someone an email, they see who it's from before they open it, and it;s also there on the same page when they do read it.

Oh, BTW, don't know if Gates is, and don't care, and anybody who worked for him was not in the position to "correct" his email etiquette.

There are enough people with a shared mail address. Then a good signature is necessary.
Strange habit, especially when they leave each other or get divorced.

I never heard of signing an email. Everyone I got email from doesn't signature their emails. I only get that from businesses. Never from old friends, new friends, relatives, college teachers, fellow students, random people from the internet, and some of their friends to.

I hate when people share emails and Facebook accounts. No, your name isn't Bobandlaura. The whole "becoming one" thing is a not to be taken literal!

I hate signing them, and actually usually debate whether I should or not. It does seem stupid to me too. I sort of figure it's a left over custom from hand-written letters.

That's odd... I do sign mine, as do many other people from this forum who have messaged me in the past. For me, it's like an ending point to an e-mail, like a routine - a signature is what makes an e-mail an e-mail. If I don't sign it, it's just a couple of loose sentences. That's how I see it.

In business, it is an expectation to use proper form, especially when making new contacts, etc...

In general, people know who sent the email because they know my email address which is attached... why would you sign twice for someone who already knows you?

honestly never thought about it cuz my e-mails have always had a built in signature...

I hate shared email addresses too - especially if it is for a business. It seems really unprofessional to me.
With regard to signatures, I guess it is usually obvious who it came from, though if it was a formal email you might sign it "yours faithfully", and if it was to a friend or colleague who you knew well you might just write "cheers", or something like that.