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Signatures and Receipts
Ypu can add your own electronic signature in your messages. You can also request for receipts that your email has been received by the recipient. This guide will show you how to set them up.
A Signature is not necessarily your name but is a bit of text that is added automatically at the end of e-mail messages you send out.
Let us see the various aspects related with Signatures and Receipt.
To create a message Signature:
- Select Tools> Options from the menu.
- Click Mail format Tab > Signatures button.
- The create Signature dialog box opens.
- Click on new button to create a Signature.
- Type the name for the new Signature and click the Next button.
- You can also choose from the existing Signatures.
- Type in the Signature text into the text area of the edit Signature dialog box.
- You can also attach a vCard from the drop down menu.
- Click the finish button.
You can view the Signature in the create Signature dialog box.
You can edit, remove or create additional Signatures.
- Click ok to return to Options dialog box.
- If you have selected a default Signature in the mail format Tab it will be automatically included in the message.
To set up a Message Receipt:
- Select Tools > Options > Preferences tab.
- Click the Email options Tab.
- Select the Tracking options button in the e-Mail options dialog box.
- Click the two check boxes labeled "Read receipt" and delivery receipt".
- Click the radio button labeled "Never send a response" If you do not want other people to be able to get such a receipt from you.
- Click the OK button to return to the E-mail Options dialog box.
