Outlook 2007: Change Signature vs. Change Mail Account

[Kenneth Wong]

My colleague complained that she can't change mail account when she click
"Signature" to change signature, and then she send email with wrong signature
recently. I am doubted and confused that she may click wrong button - she
should click "account" to change mail account and signature simutaneously.

However, she insists that the button "Signature" can change mail account and
signature simultaneously. Now I have 2 questions for this issue above:

1. I tested the button "Signature" and then I found this sometimes can
change the signature and mail account simutaneously, but after all, the
button can only change the signature, I repeated to test many times. Thus, is
there a bug for the buttons of "Signature" and "Account"?

2. In my knowledge, the button "Signature" should be the funstion to change
signature ONLY, but is there a hidden function to change mail account too?

I hope I can get any replies for settling this meal-out complaint, thanks a
lot.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

It is an option introduced in Outlook 2003.

You can assign a different signature to each account and, using Outlook 2003
with Word as the editor, change the sending account by changing an assigned
signature.

In Outlook 2007, you can skip the Word as editor part as it uses a stub of
Word as the editor by default.

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After furious head scratching, Kenneth Wong asked:

| My colleague complained that she can't change mail account when she
| click "Signature" to change signature, and then she send email with
| wrong signature recently. I am doubted and confused that she may
| click wrong button - she should click "account" to change mail
| account and signature simutaneously.
|
| However, she insists that the button "Signature" can change mail
| account and signature simultaneously. Now I have 2 questions for this
| issue above:
|
| 1. I tested the button "Signature" and then I found this sometimes can
| change the signature and mail account simutaneously, but after all,
| the button can only change the signature, I repeated to test many
| times. Thus, is there a bug for the buttons of "Signature" and
| "Account"?
|
| 2. In my knowledge, the button "Signature" should be the funstion to
| change signature ONLY, but is there a hidden function to change mail
| account too?
|
| I hope I can get any replies for settling this meal-out complaint,
| thanks a lot.

 

[Kenneth Wong]

I try to make my questions easy to understand:

1. My colleague think clicking "Signature" button can change signature and
mail account simultaneously, is she right?

2. She said soemone can do it as the previous question said. In fact, is it
correct?

3. Why I repeat to test the button of "Signature" many times, but I can't
still do described as my colleague said?

Please reply as soon as possible to settle, thanks a lot.

Best regards,
Kenneth Wong

 

[Gordon]

I try to make my questions easy to understand:

1. My colleague think clicking "Signature" button can change signature and
mail account simultaneously, is she right?

No - it's the other way around. Changing the signature does not change the
account. Changing the account will change the signature if that account has
had a signature attached to it.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Incorrect, the signature controls the sending account.

Create 2 accounts in Outlook, say a POP3 mail (ISP) and a GMail account. Go
into the signatures and create 2 separate signatures and associate each one
with a unique account. Okay out.

Set one signature as the default for outgoing mail on either POP3 or GMail.

Start a new mail message. Right click on the signature and watch the
sending account change.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| message || I try to make my questions easy to understand:
||
|| 1. My colleague think clicking "Signature" button can change
|| signature and mail account simultaneously, is she right?
|
| No - it's the other way around. Changing the signature does not
| change the account. Changing the account will change the signature if
| that account has had a signature attached to it.

 

[Gordon]

Incorrect, the signature controls the sending account.

Create 2 accounts in Outlook, say a POP3 mail (ISP) and a GMail account.
Go
into the signatures and create 2 separate signatures and associate each
one
with a unique account. Okay out.

Set one signature as the default for outgoing mail on either POP3 or
GMail.

Start a new mail message. Right click on the signature and watch the
sending account change.

Nope, doesn't happen here. Outlook 2007 on Win 7 RC.
I right-click on the sig, change it, but when I click on the Account button,
the account associated with the previous sig is still checked...

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Don't click the account button, just send the message.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| || Incorrect, the signature controls the sending account.
||
|| Create 2 accounts in Outlook, say a POP3 mail (ISP) and a GMail
|| account. Go
|| into the signatures and create 2 separate signatures and associate
|| each one
|| with a unique account. Okay out.
||
|| Set one signature as the default for outgoing mail on either POP3 or
|| GMail.
||
|| Start a new mail message. Right click on the signature and watch the
|| sending account change.
||
|
| Nope, doesn't happen here. Outlook 2007 on Win 7 RC.
| I right-click on the sig, change it, but when I click on the Account
| button, the account associated with the previous sig is still
| checked...