"Warning: The signature file specified is not a valid text-file."

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Dear Windows Mail users, I am trying to insert a new electronic signature in
my email but i keep receiving the message "Warning: The signature file
specified is not a valid text-file." Sure it is not a text file, there is a
picture in it, which is the logo of the company where I work...I have spent
days now trying to sort this problem out but with no results...I tried saving
it in word, XMS, HTML, but it appears that it must be only a text file, but
text files do not read pictures...

I would really appreciated if someone could give me some indications.

I must say that I never had these type of problems, plus many more, when I
used to work with XP and the old Outlook...

Many thanks,
Alex001
 
If you want an image in the signature then you have to code for it in HTML:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<IMG src="c:\myimages\myimage.jpg">
</BODY>
</HTML>

you can copy that into Notepad and then edit the path to the image and add
any text you want and then save it as an htm file and then supply that as
the file for the signature.

steve
 
I tried that but didn't know how to save in an html format. Also not sure
how to input the data in the example below. Vista for dummies?? Can anyone
help, thanks..
Leah
 
alex001 said:
Dear Windows Mail users, I am trying to insert a new electronic signature in
my email but i keep receiving the message "Warning: The signature file
specified is not a valid text-file." Sure it is not a text file, there is a
picture in it, which is the logo of the company where I work...I have spent
days now trying to sort this problem out but with no results...I tried saving
it in word, XMS, HTML, but it appears that it must be only a text file, but
text files do not read pictures...

I would really appreciated if someone could give me some indications.

I must say that I never had these type of problems, plus many more, when I
used to work with XP and the old Outlook...

Many thanks,
Alex001
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Dear Alex,

I too have been trying for days to load a HTML copy of my signature for the
company I work for onto my emails. I too can't load it because it comes up
with the same message. I have even tried to reload back to outlook express
only to find that I can't do that now.
This is not good enough, for windows at all. Thois should be a basic
function. If anyone can come up with an answer it would be greatly
appreciated. As it seems that I'm stuck with this situation at the moment.
 
You need to provide a link to an image. You cannot provide the image itself in the signature.

Copy this and paste it into Notepad and then edit it and save it as an htm file, and then designate it as your signature file.

<HTML>
<BODY>
<img src="file://myimages\myimage.gif">
</BODY>
</HTML>

steve
 
Hey Steve:

I know you are trying to help...Any chance you can be a bit more specific
when you say "edit it"...I copied the stuff to the note path, but can get
past that...I know it may be basic, but can't figure it out. Thanks man!
 
Edwin R said:
Hey Steve:

I know you are trying to help...Any chance you can be a bit more specific
when you say "edit it"...I copied the stuff to the note path, but can get
past that...I know it may be basic, but can't figure it out. Thanks man!
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Edit the line <img src="file://myimages\myimage.gif">
to the correct path to your image.
 
Notepad is text editor that allows you to edit text at will.

If you have this:

you need to change the src of the IMG tag to reflect the location of the image on your hard drive.

and I forgot the drive letter, so change it and add the full path to the image:

<IMG src="file:\\c:\myimages\myimage.gif">

steve
 
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