how do i turn off "replace email signature"

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Keith G Hicks

I have several email address accounts that I use (Outlook 2003). One of
them of course is my default send address and that's what is used when I
create a new message. It has a signature section with it. However, I often
don't want to send from that account so I typically go into the body of the
message, delete the signature info that's there and type my new message.
Then (and I know this is backwards) I go to the "accounts" drop down and
select one of the other accounts to send from. The other accounts don't
have a signature. But when I select one the body of my message gets deleted
(of course it's replacing it with the non-existent signature of the account
I just selected). So I go to the EDIT menu and choose "undo replace email
signature". I know I could reverse my process of typing and then choosing
the account but soemtimes I forget. It's really annoying to see a message
just disappear like that. I can't find a setting that lets me turn off the
replacement of the signature to such an extreme. It's pretty annoying. Does
anyone know of such a setting?

THanks,

Keith
 
Either don't do it backwards, or type the new message *above* the signature,
then delete the signature. What you're doing now places your new typing in
the signature block itself, hence the replacement.
 
Alternatively, you can NOT delete the signature, type your message above it,
as Sue said, but instead of deleting it, change your account; the signature
disappears.

Otherwise, for a different signature, go to tools, options, mail format tab,
and under signatures at the bottom, set the signatures you want to associate
with the other account. Then when you change your account, the new signature
associated with the other account will appear in place of the old one.
 
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