Does anyone specify their pronouns in email?

Just had an email from a person with first name Alison. Underneath it said pronouns she/her. No shit - you're a woman. I deduced that from your first name but I don't actually care what gender or whatever you claim to be we're just doing business. Don't know whether the pronoun bit is the organisation policy or something she chooses to add.

Had to answer professionally but was so tempted to say if you want to bring pronouns in to the equation wouldn't it be way cooler to be them/they

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

I don't. Not in ordinary posts but a lot of forms do as for your title, many from a menu.

What I find more awkward is where someone uses a name originating in a language I don't know, such as an Asian one, without a title, because I don't know how to address the sender properly in return.

I want to be polite and treat them with respect but don't know if the person is a man or woman; and in some cultures the family name precedes the individual name.

(As in Chinese names: the present premier is Chairman Xi because Xi is his surname. I learnt that from a scientific paper headed with a brief note on the etiquette, because its authors were British and Chinese - opposite name orders).

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@ArishMell In the civil service we had a style manual which recommended the best way of addressing people from different cultures. It was really interesting. These days best practice is to write the whole name in full, which looks terrible and as though the reply has come from a machine (which may be the intention).