Signature files

[Guest]

I created a .html signature file using MS Word. I then added the signature in
Windows Mail, referring to the correct file. However, when I tried to use the
signature, Mail said the file was too large.

I then reopened the file in MS Word, copied the entire contents, went back
to Windows Mail, Tools, Options, Signatures, and pasted the contents as a new
Signature locally stored in Mail. It worked perfectly.

So, the question is: What are the limitations on Signature file sizes or
other aspects of their use.

 

[mikeyhsd]

limit is supposed to be 4k.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I created a .html signature file using MS Word. I then added the signature in
Windows Mail, referring to the correct file. However, when I tried to use the
signature, Mail said the file was too large.

I then reopened the file in MS Word, copied the entire contents, went back
to Windows Mail, Tools, Options, Signatures, and pasted the contents as a new
Signature locally stored in Mail. It worked perfectly.

So, the question is: What are the limitations on Signature file sizes or
other aspects of their use.

 

[Guest]

Mikey,

Right on and thank you very much!

It wasn't obvious because the file contents are less than 350 characters.
However, opening it with a text editor reveals all the MS Office formatting
junk for all the styles in my "normal.dot"--not too many, actually, but they
added up to a couple of K or so which, plus the things that needed (at least,
I think so) to be there, brought it up to about 5k and change. Eliminating a
few unknown styles in the text editor shrunk it enough to work.

Thanks again!

PS--Microsoft, please add this to the Help for the topic in Windows Vista!!

 

[Guest]

In my immediately prior reply, "unknown" should read "unused"!

Sorry for the death of brain! <grin>

 

[Steve Cochran]

In Word you can use Save As | Filtered HTML to get rid of some of that crap
too.

steve