Re: A request
David King wrote:
>
> However, if I don't know how to create a .sig file, then I'm still in the
> same boat. I have known about them for years, but Netscape's help file is
> particularly obtuse on the subject and I have never figured out how to do
> it.
>
> David - who understood computers were going to make his life SIMPLER -
> King
Hi David,
Yeah, we have all been "caught" by that canard about computers making
life easier, eh? :-)
To make a .sig file. Use any text editor that can create a pure .txt
(i.e. ASCII) file - Notepad is entirely adequate - open a new file and
type the text you wish to appear below your signature, changing to a new
line as necessary (e.g. you want to keep your lines quite short to fit
in with email format).
It is "good Netiquette" to restrict your file to a maximum of four
lines.
Save this file in any convenient folder (the Netscape one is
appropriate).
Use Windows Explorer to access the file and change the extension from
.txt to .sig. (Don't try to do this when you save the file originally,
you will end up with your file called <filename.sig.txt> if you do!
Notepad ALWAYS puts .txt on the end of files it creates.)
Open Netscape, go to Edit/Preferences/Mail & Newsgroups/Identity
In the small window this opens, down at or near the bottom, you will
find a space where you can enter the path and filename of your signature
file. Once you have done this, the sig file contents will appear on
every email you write (if it is inappropriate for a specific post, you
can delete the text from the Composition window).
Excuse me for sending a copy of this back to the List, but there may be
others who would also like to know the answer but didn't want to risk
appearing dumb by asking - as you done, which is not dumb at all!
AFAIK, very similar instructions apply to Internet Explorer /mutatis
mutandis/.
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
