Microsoft Office Outlook

[Mathew]

Hello (weather is great here)
I am trying to create an attractive footer for my emails. I am using office outlook and running several account off the same pc eg info@ sales@ and would like a separate footer’s for each one. Can this be done using Microsoft or should I use a second peace of software? If this can be achieved will the software be able to read what account I am sending from and automatically apply the correct footer?

Mat

 

[Ozzy]

I dont know about Outlook, but taking into account all the bugs and security flaws in Outlook I would recommend moving to Thunderbird for your emil which does just what you need very well !

 

[Rob Holmes]

Well an alternative to both is Calypso.

I have used Calypso for a couple of years - I tried Thunderbird about a year ago but it didn't compare!

http://rosecitysoftware.com/calypso/

Rob

 

[Mathew]

Iam realy trying to hold onto microsoft office outlook has any one used www.plaxo.com is there sister software out there like this????

 

[gary]

I find Plaxo irritating as someone on the receiving end of endless emails asking me to confirm or update my details - it may be useful to the user, but not to anyone else!

You can create a number of different signatures for Outlook under Tools/Options, Mail Format, Signature Picker.

 

[Rob Holmes]

I detest being contacted by Plaxo to update my details with them. I never seems to take no for an answer.

Rob

 

[Deleted member 3454]

Hi Mat

I use Outlook 2003 and you can do what you want to in that version - not certain about previous versions but think you can.

This is taken from the Outlook 2003 online help files:

From the main Microsoft Outlook window, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
In the Compose in this message format list, click the message format that you want to use the signature with.
Under Signature, click Signatures, and then click New.
In the Enter a name for your new signature box, enter a name.
Under Choose how to create your signature, select the option you want.
Click Next.
In the Signature text box, type the text you want to include in the signature.
You can also paste text to this box from another document.

To change the paragraph or font format, select the text, click Font or Paragraph, and then select the options you want. These options are not available if you use plain text as your message format.
To add an electronic business card— vCard— to the signature, under vCard options, select a vCard from the list, or click New vCard from Contact.
Click Finish when you are done editing the new signature.
Once you've created a signature, you can insert a signature in a message.

 

[buying_it]

I have to say I think outlook 2003 is really very good. I get a bad taste in my mouth saying it but; MS done good when they released it.

It is even reasonably secure - but the killer features are the mail management functionality - the only thing that comes close to it is Opera M2 email. If only it had the calendar, contact & synch support that Outlook offers.

Andy

 

[www.1n0.co.uk]

I have to say I think outlook 2003 is really very good. I get a bad taste in my mouth saying it but; MS done good when they released it.

It is even reasonably secure - but the killer features are the mail management functionality - the only thing that comes close to it is Opera M2 email. If only it had the calendar, contact & synch support that Outlook offers.

Andy

You can make a smart looking signature using adobe illustrator/photoshop. Save the graphic as a .gif and then save as html in your web editor (e.g. front page/dreamweaver). This can be used directly by outlook when you are in html email mode.

Try it.

Any problems let me know and I can try and help.

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[BrightSparke]

Hi Matthew:

I've been with Outlook for years (was even a beta tester of the first version). Still using it all these years later.

'afraid the contributor towards the end is mistaken - yes, you can create good signatures with Outlook 2003 (have it and all the other versions back to Windows 98/Office) but you can't AUTOMATICALLY vary your signature based on the e-mail persona you're using. It's a know flaw - unless you manually change your signature, i.e. have one for sales@, support@, it won't work. Sorry.

May I suggest - if your business is people based - and networking is key to your business (or social) life, try my product - Cortege (see my signature/profile). It uses Outlook services for e-mail and contacts, but provides an interface that's so much more (even if I say so myself) than a simple Contacts folder - with the usual A-Z.

You can also instantly send e-mails to categories, branches of your network, etc.

I'm not knocking Outlook, Cortege builds on it - but Microsoft have become too emerged in technology - appropriate technology should be arranged around people - not people around technology.

Peter

 

[SmallBizSoftware]

I dont know about Outlook, but taking into account all the bugs and security flaws in Outlook I would recommend moving to Thunderbird for your emil which does just what you need very well !

I would stick with Outlook as it is the most prevalent mail programme in the UK, in my opinion, which means that there are likely to be less problems due to interoperability. Also, MS are known for issuing security updates on a regular basis. Whilst 'security through obscurity' has been a solution favoured by geeks (no offence Ozzy) for several years, other operating systems and apps are likely to have just as many flaws and vulnerabilities (talking generally, I have no experience of Thunderbird) but they are just less publicicsed and therefore fixes are not as quickly forthcoming.

Who wants to kick off the Windows vs *nix discussion?

Graham

 

[VeryMark]

You can use the Autotext feature in Outlook to insert anything you want anywhere in an email or any other document. I use this for different signatures and other standard text - it even drops in my scanned in signature with text at the end of faxes I prepare in Word.

You simply set up the Autotext you want with an appropriate code - so that in my case typing "esig" for example and pressing Return inserts one signature and "ebig" another. (You need to use an alphanumeric combination you aren't likely to type in for any other reason.)