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E-mail Signatures

 
An e-mail signature is a short block of text at the end of a message identifying the sender and providing additional information such as postal address, phone & fax number, information about the sender’s post at his institution etc.

To set up an e-mail signature in Mozilla Thunderbird you need to create a text file containing your details and then configure Thunderbird to append this text file to all your new messages.

  1. In Mozilla Thunderbird, click 'Write' button. The composition window will be displayed.
  2. In the body, type the text that will form part of your signature:

  1. Click 'Save' button.
  2. Choose 'File…' This will open the Export to Text dialog box.
  3. Browse to the location on your computer where the signature file will be saved.
  4. In the 'File name:' field type a name for your signature file e.g. sig.txt.
  5. Click 'Save' button.
  6. Close the composition window.
  7. Click 'Tools' menu.
  8. Click 'Account Settings…' The Account Settings dialog box is displayed.
  9. Click the name of the account e.g. University Account to which the signature will be added.
  10. Tick the checkbox 'Attach this Signature'.
  11. Click 'Choose…' button.
  12. Browse to the location where the signature text file has been saved (step 5).
  13. Click 'Open' button. The path where the signature text file was saved will be displayed in the field below 'Attach this Signature' in the Account Settings dialog box.
  14. Click 'OK' button to close the Account Settings dialog box.

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Last updated: 13-Aug-07

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