signatures for other people's emails

[Peter Lebbing]

The usual way it works here would be, in your example, for the dean to 
send the recipients a message with "Please consider the request in the 
attached message", and your message would be attached. That way, it is 
the dean who requests something, and the PhD would be inclined to read 
it.

HTH,

Peter.

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