Programattically setting Outlook signatures (Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2000)

[Chris]

I have a script to build signatures based on AD information(written with
help from the 'hey scripting guy' article from October 2006 for setting up
outlook e-mail signatures, which for some reason is not available on the
microsoft website at the moment, however, here's a link to a google cache of
the page:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cach...spx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk&client=firefox-a).

This works great for Outlook 2003 and 2007, pulling data from AD, building
the signature and setting it for new and reply messages.

For Outlook 2000 I have used the code at this site:
http://telnetport25.blogspot.com/2007/07/update-to-adding-outlook-signatures.html
which builds the three signatures, but it does not set the signature as
default for new messages and replies.

Is there any way to set the OL2000 default signature programatically or via
GPO for new messages and replies? I have tried with registry settings and
the Office 2000 administrative template but haven't yet found a solution.

Many thanks in advance for anyone's help.

Chris.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook 2000 uses a completely different signature mechanism from later versions. If WordMail is the editor, the signature is in an AutoText entry named Email Signature in the Normal.dot templat. If WordMail is not the editor, the signature setting is stored in the registry. Set the signature name manually, then do a search on that name to find it.

 

[Chris]

Sue,

Many thanks for your prompt response, I have found the key.

For the benefit of anyone else needing the same - for my setup this is a
string value named 001e0361 which holds just the signature name and is found
under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<outlook profile
name>\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046\

It appears to be the same for all users on three different citrix servers
running Outlook 2003 sp3

Regards,

Chris.


Outlook 2000 uses a completely different signature mechanism from later
versions. If WordMail is the editor, the signature is in an AutoText entry
named Email Signature in the Normal.dot templat. If WordMail is not the
editor, the signature setting is stored in the registry. Set the signature
name manually, then do a search on that name to find it.