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Gmail HTML Signatures

Automatically inserts HTML signatures into your Gmail messages based on which address you are sending from. Works for Compose Message and Reply/Forward.

Current Version: 1.07 - Last updated January 30, 2008 - Version History

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Details:

This is a script for the Greasemonkey Firefox add-on that will automatically insert an HTML signature into your Gmail messages based on the email address that you are sending from. You can create one signature for each account you have set up under "Accounts" in the "Settings" tab.ld work for both compose message and reply/forward.

Features:

Works for Compose Mail, Reply, and Forward
Support for single or multiple email addresses
Create a different signature for each email address you use in your gmail account
Signature automatically inserted into message above quoted text
Signature is automatically replaced when you change the address you are sending from
Easy setup interface

Future Versions (suggestions & to do):

Otpion to have signature inserted after quoted text instead of before
Real-time signature preview while editing signature HTML
Multiple signatures per email (friends version, business version, etc.)
Fix reply/forward for users that only use one address
Fix for gmail google apps for domains (thanks Blaine Moore)
Fix for gmail premiere accounts (thanks Paul Dillinger)

Setup & Installation:

The first thing that you will need to do if you have not done so already is install the Greasemonkey Firefox add-on. Once you have done that, go to the download/install page and click on the grey "Install this script" box in the upper right hand corner of the page. Now go to your gmail page, or reload it if you already had it open.

You can tell that the script is loaded and running by the "HTML Sigs" box in the left column of your gmail window. Clicking on "Setup Instructions" in this box will provide you with up to date setup instructions.

Click on "Compose Mail" to go to the page that allows you to send mail and look for the "Create Signature" link. If you only have one email address set up in your Gmail account, this link will say "Set default gmail address" instead, and will then change to "Create Signature" once you have entered your Gmail address. Clicking on this link will open an interface that allows you to enter your signature. Remember that this box takes HTML, so make sure that you include <br /> at the end of the line if you want to create a new line.

It is always best to include any CSS in style attributes as in the example above. External <style> tags are often not recognized by email clients. When you are done editing your signature, click "Create Signature". Your signature will be inserted into the message and the "Create Signature" will change to a blue "Edit Signature" link.

Upgrading:

Make sure you save your signatures in a text file somewhere in case they do not automatically carry over to the new version. If you have any trouble, uninstall all versions of this script and perform a fresh install.

License Information

Gmail 2.0 Multiple HTML Signatures by Jerome Dane - Blank Canvas is licensed
under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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