Adding HTML Email Signatures

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GMail

  1. GMail does not natively support HTML Signatures, for this we need to install a userscript.
  2. You should see a new box underneath your folders called HTML Signatures.
  3. Click New Signature to add a new HTML Signature.
  4. Paste your HTML Signature into the large text field and save it.
  5. To insert your signature into a new message, simply click on it’s name.

Yahoo! Mail

  1. Select Mail Options from Options.
  2. Navigate to Signature.
  3. Select Show a signature on all outgoing messages.
  4. Select Rich Text and paste your HTML Signature in the text field.

Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, AOL or Yahoo! mail – using a free tool called Wisestamp

  1. Navigate to Signature.
  2. Install WiseStamp email signature for Chrome, Firefox or Thunderbird..
  3. Open the WiseStamp editor and click the ‘html’ button
  4. Paste your HTML Signature code and click ‘Update’ and ‘OK’ to save

Windows Live Hotmail

  1. Select More Options from Options.
  2. Click on Personal e-mail Signature.
  3. Use the drop-down which by default shows Rich Text and select Edit in HTML.
  4. Paste your HTML Signature in the text field and Save it.

AOL Webmail

  1. Navigate to your Settings.
  2. Select Compose from the left sidebar.
  3. Select Use Signature from the drop-down box.
  4. Paste your HTML Signature in the text field and Save.

Windows Mail (Outlook Express)

  1. Run notepad and paste your signature. Save the file as signature.html anywhere you wish.
  2. From the menu, go to Tools > Options….
  3. Navigate to the Signatures tab.
  4. Under Edit Signature, Select File and select the file signature.html that we just made, and you’re done!

Outlook 2003

  1. Browse to Tools > Options through the menu.
  2. Select the Mail Format tab. Ensure that your Mail Format is set to HTML by using the drop-down box.
  3. Click the Signatures.. button.
  4. Select New.., followed by Advanced Edit.. and paste your HTML signature.
  5. Save it.

Outlook 2007

  1. Outlook 2007 doesn’t support HTML Signatures, so we’ll have to work around it.
  2. Run notepad and paste your signature. Save the file as signature.html anywhere you wish.
  3. Double-click on the file you just saved to open it in your broswer.
  4. Use Ctrl+A to select all the contents of your signature and Ctrl+C to copy it to your clipboard.
  5. Browse to Tools > Options through the menu.
  6. Select the Mail Format tab. Ensure that your Mail Format is set to HTML by using the drop-down box.
  7. Click the Signatures.. button.
  8. Select New.. and name your new signature.
  9. In the text field, use Ctrl+V to paste your signature, and you’re done!

Microsoft Entourage

  1. Entourage doesn’t support HTML signatures by default, however Message Template X is a free Entourage script allows you to have HTML signature functionality.

Apple Mail

  1. Run a text editor and paste your signature. Save the file as signature.html anywhere you wish.
  2. Double-click on the file you just saved to open it in your broswer.
  3. Use Ctrl+A to select all the contents of your signature and Ctrl+C to copy it to your clipboard.
  4. Go to Mail > Preferences, then click the Signatures tab.
  5. Click the Add Signature button; a text area will slide open.
  6. In the text field, use Ctrl+V to paste your signature, and you’re done!

MobileMe

  1. We’re sorry, but MobileMe doesn’t support HTML signatures.
  2. You could try sending feedback to Apple, requesting support for HTML signatures.

Eudora

  1. Select Tools > Signatures.. from the menu.
  2. Right-click anywhere inside the signature window and select New.. from the context menu.
  3. Enter the name of the new signature.
  4. Run the following: “%appdata%\Qualcomm\Eudora\Sigs\” (without quotes).
  5. Open the file having the same name as your signature in notepad and paste the HTML Signature.
  6. Save and you’re done!

Thunderbird

  1. Run a text editor (notepad, if you’re on Windows) and paste your signature. Save the file as signature.htmlanywhere you wish.
  2. From the menu, go to Tools > Account Settings.
  3. Select the account you wish to add the signature to from the left pane.
  4. Tick Attach this signature and choose the file, signature.html you just saved, and press OK.

iPhone Mail

  1. We’re sorry, but iPhone OS’s Mail application doesn’t support HTML signatures.
  2. You could try sending feedback to Apple, requesting support for HTML signatures.

Lotus Notes

  1. Run a text editor (notepad, if you’re on Windows) and paste your signature. Save the file as signature.htmlanywhere you wish.
  2. From the Inbox, click Tools > Preferences.
  3. Navigate to the Signature tab.
  4. Click HTML, and close the file, signature.html you just saved, and you’re done!

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