Delete signature in reply email not working

Hi all,

I want to have my signature automatically deleted in my reply emails. I
found this website: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/signatures.html
and followed the instruction noted there (put --<space><return> in the sig).

However, this solution doesn¹t work for me and Entourage is inserting my
default signature in all reply emails. I¹m using Entourage 2004 v11.3.3.

Any input/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Keita

Diane
Wed Feb 14 23:42:47 CST 2007

On 2/14/07 7:06 PM, in article C1F93883.390A%info@designofficezen.com,
"Design Office Zen" <info@designofficezen.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to have my signature automatically deleted in my reply emails. I
> found this website: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/signatures.html
> and followed the instruction noted there (put --<space><return> in the sig).
>
> However, this solution doesn¹t work for me and Entourage is inserting my
> default signature in all reply emails. I¹m using Entourage 2004 v11.3.3.
>
> Any input/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Keita
>
You didn't use the --<space><return> in the above message.

I think perhaps you are misunderstanding what it means to remove in a reply.
When someone replies to your message your signature will not be included in
the text quoted. I think what you are wanting is no signature when YOU reply
to someone. If this is the case, that's not possible with an Entourage
setting.

Other options would be to use a script, or use an application like TypeIt4Me
or SpellCatcherX that uses shortcuts to insert text. That way you can insert
into the message the signature you want to use rather than having Entourage
use a default signature.

For example. I can type a "d" and get this sig:

--
Diane

If I type "dmvp" I get the signature below. Because of dual sigs in this
message some of the text will not show up if you select reply.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

Mickey
Sat Feb 17 15:15:15 CST 2007

You can do this using a script:
On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.
Paste the following in:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
reply to (get current messages)
set signature type of window 1 to none
end tell

Then, go File > Save As. Call the script "Reply without Quoting
Characters", and save the script to ~/Documents/Microsoft User
Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/. You can easily set a keyboard shortcut
to the script by adding a code to the end of the filename at this step (add
\mcR to set the keyboard shortcut to Command-Control-R). Read here for more
on that:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>

Then, in Entourage, when you want to reply to a message, simply select the
message, and select the script from the script menu (to the right of the
"Help" menu), or press the keyboard shortcut. A reply will then be created
with no signature.

(Note: "~" stands for your home folder, usually located in /Users/<Your
User>/.)

On 2/14/07 9:06 PM, in article C1F93883.390A%info@designofficezen.com,
"Design Office Zen" <info@designofficezen.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to have my signature automatically deleted in my reply emails. I
> found this website: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/signatures.html
> and followed the instruction noted there (put --<space><return> in the sig).
>
> However, this solution doesn¹t work for me and Entourage is inserting my
> default signature in all reply emails. I¹m using Entourage 2004 v11.3.3.
>
> Any input/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Keita
>

--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/>