Signature Prefs: Stuck on 'NONE'

Have you defined a signature for the email account in question? To do that click on the + sign below the second column, give the signature a name and then create your signature details in the right column/window.

Chris

It could be that the file SignaturesByAccount.plist is corrupt and might be the reason you can't get your signatures working. What you could do is close Mail, delete the files that are in the folder ~/Library/Mail/Signatures then launch Mail again and see if you can create your signatures. Mail will recreate the SignaturesByAccount.plist when you create your signature(s).

Chris

I'm having a similar problem. I can create a signature, but it won't save. The only thing that saves is the middle column. The actual signature block disappears. Where do you find the folder ~/Library/Mail/Signatures in order to delete the SignaturesByAccount.plist?

When you open Finder click on your "home" icon on the left sidebar (the one with the little house). The click on Library then Mail then Signatures

The character "~" when used on these Discussions in the format ~/Library/Mail/Signatures is effectively a shorthand version of /Users/<yourusername>. So rather than listing the folder as /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Mail/Signatures it is simpler to use ~/Library/Mail/Signatures

Chris

What worked for me was
1. Delete plist file as stated above.
2. selecting the email account for signatures, not the all signatures icon.
3. Add signature, then the one I just created shows up below instead of the none.

I, too, ran into this problem after upgrading to Snow Leopard. I had other email issues with Mail after the upgrade (wouldn't send/received, would close immediately after I sent a reply). Apple helped me fix the mail issues, but later found I couldn't get the "signatures: NONE" drop-down to activate (my signatures were never lost, I just couldn't get them to work). I followed Daniel's and 2point5's advice and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

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