Default signatures with multiple E-mail accounts

[jonprc]

I'm using Outlook 2003 (as part of Office 2003 Professional Addition) and I
have set up a number of E-mail accounts. My default E-mail account has a
defined signature and a number of my other E-mail accounts have different
signatures. When I create a new mail message I get an untitled message box
(I'm not using Word as my editor) appearing for my default E-mail account and
this has the appropriate signature. Well that's fine if I want to create a
mail with my default E-mail account.

However, if I want to create an E-mail using another E-mail account I click
on the new mail button, get an untitled mail message box (with signature of
my default E-mail account) and I then have to click on the Accounts button to
select another E-mail account. This is fine except that the signature is not
updated. Instead I have to delete the signature that was proposed via my
default account and replace it with the appropriate signature for the E-mail
account that I am now using.

I'm sure I'm missing something - I have set up default signatures for each
of my E-mail accounts but what's the point of this if the proposed signature
will always be that of the default E-mail account and I have to change it
manually. Can someone please offer some advice.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What you're missing is that the feature that changes the signature when you switch accounts works only when Word is the editor, because it depends on a Word style to locate the signature in the text and swap it out.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers