Default signatures with multiple E-mail accounts

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I'm using Outlook 2003 (as part of Office 2003 Professional Addition) and I
have set up a number of E-mail accounts. My default E-mail account has a
defined signature and a number of my other E-mail accounts have different
signatures. When I create a new mail message I get an untitled message box
(I'm not using Word as my editor) appearing for my default E-mail account and
this has the appropriate signature. Well that's fine if I want to create a
mail with my default E-mail account.

However, if I want to create an E-mail using another E-mail account I click
on the new mail button, get an untitled mail message box (with signature of
my default E-mail account) and I then have to click on the Accounts button to
select another E-mail account. This is fine except that the signature is not
updated. Instead I have to delete the signature that was proposed via my
default account and replace it with the appropriate signature for the E-mail
account that I am now using.

I'm sure I'm missing something - I have set up default signatures for each
of my E-mail accounts but what's the point of this if the proposed signature
will always be that of the default E-mail account and I have to change it
manually. Can someone please offer some advice.
 
What you're missing is that the feature that changes the signature when you switch accounts works only when Word is the editor, because it depends on a Word style to locate the signature in the text and swap it out.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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