Best Outlook Signature ?

[mzinz165]

I've gotten bored with my current outlook signature, so I figured I would come to AT for some inspiration.

I guess the only problem is that we can't use fonts/colors on the forum.... I wonder if there's any way around that? Anyone know of a site where you can just upload some HTML text for public viewing?

 

[geno]

I remember when we could use colors, that was a fun...month.

 

[MaxDepth]

I heard there was this thing called ASCII Art. Might be worth a look?

 

[mzinz165]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
I heard there was this thing called ASCII Art. Might be worth a look?

It needs to be a professional signature. I'm more just looking for what fonts/color schemes look nice.

 

[clamum]

Just pretend you're writing HTML.

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-color: #003366; font-weight: bold;">clamum</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Neffer, ATOT</span>

 

[RichUK]

Is this for work?

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: mzinz165

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
I heard there was this thing called ASCII Art. Might be worth a look?

It needs to be a professional signature. I'm more just looking for what fonts/color schemes look nice.

Fonts? Color schemes? It's god damned email, use plain text.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: mzinz165

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
I heard there was this thing called ASCII Art. Might be worth a look?

It needs to be a professional signature. I'm more just looking for what fonts/color schemes look nice.

Each letter uses an alternating color with Wingdings font.

 

[Vehemence]

dNor
Executive Neffer
dnor@proneffers.net

 

[torpid]

This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: torpid
This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

IMO simple signatures can be helpful. My co-workers (and most clients I interact with) all use signatures, but they usually just have the person's name, title, company, and phone numbers which can be handy for contacting someone. But when you start making text all different colors and sizes and whatnot, or adding some stupid quotation by someone, then it's overboard.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: torpid
This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

IMO simple signatures can be helpful. My co-workers (and most clients I interact with) all use signatures, but they usually just have the person's name, title, company, and phone numbers which can be handy for contacting someone. But when you start making text all different colors and sizes and whatnot, or adding some stupid quotation by someone, then it's overboard.

Those should be appended automatically by the exchange server if required.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: torpid
This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

IMO simple signatures can be helpful. My co-workers (and most clients I interact with) all use signatures, but they usually just have the person's name, title, company, and phone numbers which can be handy for contacting someone. But when you start making text all different colors and sizes and whatnot, or adding some stupid quotation by someone, then it's overboard.

Those should be appended automatically by the exchange server if required.

Even though I work for a top 5 insurance company, they still send out emails saying we are "required" to put the departments mission statement in the sig with our name, title, phone, etc

I still don't have a signature on my emails. If an internal person wants to know my extension they can find it by my contact info in Outlook. If they want to know the mission statement they can go to our departments website. If it's an external person, they either know me personally (and have all that already) or I provide it.

Signatures=stupid if they have anything other then name, title, company, and phone number in plain text (non-colored plain text...)

 

[mzinz165]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: torpid
This is a trick question. The best outlook signature is no outlook signature.

IMO simple signatures can be helpful. My co-workers (and most clients I interact with) all use signatures, but they usually just have the person's name, title, company, and phone numbers which can be handy for contacting someone. But when you start making text all different colors and sizes and whatnot, or adding some stupid quotation by someone, then it's overboard.

Those should be appended automatically by the exchange server if required.

Even though I work for a top 5 insurance company, they still send out emails saying we are "required" to put the departments mission statement in the sig with our name, title, phone, etc

I still don't have a signature on my emails. If an internal person wants to know my extension they can find it by my contact info in Outlook. If they want to know the mission statement they can go to our departments website. If it's an external person, they either know me personally (and have all that already) or I provide it.

Signatures=stupid if they have anything other then name, title, company, and phone number in plain text (non-colored plain text...)

I agree for the most part. When I receive emails with these signatures with images and all different size fonts it pisses me off, but I still think that you can have a professional looking email with fairly neutral colors and one font size - what I'm looking for.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Thanks,
Dan

---
Dan Lee
Network Support
Mxxxxx xxxxxxx and xxxxxx, LLC - http://www.xxxxxxx.com/
813.86x.xxxx - Direct
813.42x.xxxx - Receptionist
813.42x.xxxx - Fax
Dan.Lee@xxxx.com


That's my signature. I put "Thanks, Dan" because almost every email I send I say thanks in it. Saves me a step. Everything under the --- is mandatory sigs for sending and replying in IT. Its all in Tahoma, same size, and a navy color darker than typical navy.

 

[ivan2]

the less the signature, the more important you seem.

 

[robphelan]

Mine is

Name
Title
Email (with no underline)

all centered and it light silver - almost looks like a watermark.

 

[nerp]

n/m.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: ivan2
the less the signature, the more important you seem.

Mine is 20 lines

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Mine is a picture of my penis.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Mine is a picture of my penis.

Send me an email :lips:

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: mzinz165

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
I heard there was this thing called ASCII Art. Might be worth a look?

It needs to be a professional signature. I'm more just looking for what fonts/color schemes look nice.

Fonts? Color schemes? It's god damned email, use plain text.

Thank you! I can't stand getting "professional" emails with flashing text or even worse, some embedded video or .gif in the "signature." First off, most firewalls/AV programs block that crap anyway. Secondly, it is not professional at all.

Here's what your Outlook sig should say:

John. Q. Smith
Sales Rep, International Sales
XYZ Company
(123) 456-7890 x:123
john.smith@xyz.com

That's_it. Your name, title and contact info.

 

[acheron]

All my work sig says is:

--
Name
Organization
Phone Number


And I send all emails in plain text. HTML email is a tool of the devil.