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WLM multiple signatures for replies (not new messages) for one account
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows Live Mail
Subject: Using multiple signatures IN REPLIES for one windows live mail account.
Can someone please tell me which settings I need to change to make windows live mail let me select from various signatures I have set up for just one windows live mail account WHEN I AM REPLYING to email?
WLM will only let me either assign a default signature to the specific account or if I check the box to NOT use a signature and try to add one via the insert dropdown box, the signatures are greyed out.
I went to Tools | Options | Signatures and UNCHECKED the box that says "Add signatures to all outgoing messages".
Then, I clicked the default signature and clicked "Advanced". I checked the box for the account I wanted the default signature associated with, because the "Advanced Signature Settings" dialog box says,
"Check the account(s) for which you would like to use signature ADF graphical (my sig name). Only one signature may be selected for an account, and accounts with no signature will use the default signature."
I clicked OK, Apply and OK.
Then, I tried to reply to a message. I placed the cursor in the message body and clicked "insert" and the word "signature" was bold. I could only select it, instead of it showing a choice of the other signatures I have set up.
When I CREATE A NEW MESSAGE, the signature option works the way I want it to. Meaning, I can select whatever signature I want.
Before anyone asks why I need to do this, I have to acknowledge customers orders, then I have to give them updates and then the tracking numbers. I have specific "signatures" for all of this. I just have to enter their name and the tracking number and any other details.
Yes, I use email templates (saved in my drafts folder) but that is not the solution. Too much copying and pasting! I always was able to select from several signatures in Outlook Express whether it was a reply or a new email message.
Thanks,
Steph
Last edited by huntforit; 21 Aug 2010 at 09:53. Reason: to include the email client I am using