Add a signature to your outgoing emails to save having to type the same thing over and over.

If you use Mozilla Thunderbird there’s a built-in signature feature:

You can have a plain text signature very easily.

To have a plain text signature:

1. Create a text file e.g. signature.txt and save it somewhere on your computer, like in “My Documents”
2. Open the file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad) and enter your signature, it might be:
   

   Regards,
   Joe Bloggs

3. In Thunderbird, go to Tools > Account Settings…
4. Click in the box next to “Attach this signature:” to put a check mark in the box and enable the Choose… button.
5. Browse to where you saved the signature.txt (or signature.html) file and double-click on it
6. Click on OK to close the Account Settings box

That’s it. Everytime you send an email using Thunderbird your signature…
Regards,
Joe Bloggs
… will automatically be entered for you.

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If you have a web page editor (like OOo or KompoZer) or you know how to do some simple HTML coding yourself, you can create a rich text signature (e.g. with bold, italics or colour). I’ll post instructions for doing this next time. In another post I’ll explain the vCard feature.