Signature Problems and Sloppy Formatting

[Steve]

I am trying to use Outlook 2003 to send business email. I just want clean
looking messages. When I view a sent message or someone replies to one I've
sent, the original text looks really messy. There are line breaks where I
wouldn't expect them to be, etc. My automatic signature appears to have
been double spaced. What's up? I have tried using Word 2003 as editor,
Plain Text, and Rich Text. What would be the cleanest most business
friendly way to setup Outlook? Simple is good.

TIA
Steve

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Well, plain text will probably stay plain text forever & hence stay
formatted as you sent it, but you can't make it look very pretty.

 

[Steve]

Plain text seems to work pretty well but when I include my email address in
a signature it doesn't create a hyperlink unless I put mailto: in front of
it. Is this normal? A web site address turns into a hyperlink using plain
text. I don't know? It just seems like it used to be easier with older
versions of outlook.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Brian Tillman]

Plain text seems to work pretty well but when I include my email
address in a signature it doesn't create a hyperlink unless I put
mailto: in front of it. Is this normal?

It depends totally on the capability of the receiving mail agent. If it is
programmed to recognize email addresses embedded in text without the mailto
tag, then it will.