Mail: Signature separator

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Mail: Signature separator

Hi !

The de facto industry standard for separating the signature from the body of the mail is '-- ' (dash dash space). Most email programs either automatically add this before signatures (generally with an empty line above), or allow the user to set this as an optional parameter, thus not having to add this manually to all signatures.

I might have overlooked this in the parameter settings, but I haven't been able to find a solution, and searches across multiple fora, including this one, have not been successful either. Could someone point me to the answer of whether, and if yes, how this can be done ?

If not, is there a specific reason why Apple Mail does not provide this option ? Would it be possible to include it ?

Best wishes,

Moritz

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.3

Posted on May 10, 2023 8:29 AM

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mlennert Author

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May 10, 2023 8:52 AM in response to leroydouglas

Hi, thanks for your response !

leroydouglas wrote:

As far as I remember you can add in to your sig whatever you care to see...

Yes, I have not trouble adding a separator manually, even in simple text mode. It just is a bit tedious to have to add the same separator to all my signatures, and to not forget to add it again when a signature is updated. As it's always the same it would be nice to leave this task to Mail. All other email clients I have used before do this.

You can submit your Apple feedback if you think there should be some option included,

direct to the product team here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html

Thanks for the pointer. I submitted my request there.

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May 10, 2023 8:41 AM in response to mlennert

mlennert wrote:

Hi !

The de facto industry standard for separating the signature from the body of the mail is '-- ' (dash dash space). Most email programs either automatically add this before signatures (generally with an empty line above), or allow the user to set this as an optional parameter, thus not having to add this manually to all signatures.

I might have overlooked this in the parameter settings, but I haven't been able to find a solution, and searches across multiple fora, including this one, have not been successful either. Could someone point me to the answer of whether, and if yes, how this can be done ?

If not, is there a specific reason why Apple Mail does not provide this option ? Would it be possible to include it ?

Best wishes,

Moritz

I created 4 signatures so long ago I do not remeber the default, however I did set it up with HTML sig.

As far as I remember you can add in to your sig whatever you care to see...

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You can submit your Apple feedback if you think there should be some option included,

direct to the product team here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html

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