A html signature could also be used as stationery.

To have the smallest email size, only use text.
Graphics or sound added to an email has to be converted to text which adds
33% to graphics or sound file size.
If you do add graphics, use jpg or gif and not bmp files.
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Ron Sommer

"JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Thank you both. I had no idea there was imposed on OE signatures a size
> limitation. Apparently I have unknowingly stayed within that limit in the
> past. It seems odd to me, though, that limitations would be placed on the
> signature component of an email but not on the 'body' of the email.
> Seemingly there is no size limitation placed on any stationery either,
> which may form the 'foundation' (for lack of a better term) of the email
> and possibly be very large.
>
> One last question -- is there any way I might compress or reduce the size
> of an email file while still maintaining its contents, e.g. what
> compressing or zipping does to regular files? Thanks.
>