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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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OE Signatures
I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which I
use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after the edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too large; it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file would probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) had previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? It's only 5kb in size. OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. Thanks. 
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
JE Timothy wrote:
> I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which I > use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after the > edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too large; > it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my > security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file would > probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) had > previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on > here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE > signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm > certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? > It's only 5kb in size. > > OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. Thanks. > > Limit is 4k per sig. Anything bigger will, by default, be truncated. You haven't messed up anything. Alias
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
Hi Timothy,
Alias has pointed out the 4K limit. This apparently is a legacy of OE4 when signatures were expected to be text files only. A workaround would be to reference the graphic from a Web folder, thus reducing the file by the size of the graphic. It would be added when the recipient opened the message and not be included with the message file. An example of this is given below (between the lines). There is some unnecessary information added by FrontPage. Note that "alt=" is followed by text that will show with a mouse over of the graphic. (.htm file) ------------------------------------------- <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>This is Ward Bond</title> </head> <body> <p> <img border="0" src='http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/wardbond.jpg' alt='Wagon Master' width="190" height="198"></p> <p> <font color="#FF3300"><b> This is Ward Bond</b></font></p> </body> -------------------------------------------- -- Tim K. aka Kuay Tim MS-MVP - Outlook Express Lynnwood, WA * "JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%23yIfg8u9FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which I use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after the edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too large; it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file would probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) had previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? It's only 5kb in size. OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. Thanks.
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
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.
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
What happened to the closing html tag, </html>?
-- Ron Sommer "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message news:u3roZsv9FHA.600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi Timothy, > > Alias has pointed out the 4K limit. This apparently is a legacy of OE4 > when > signatures were expected to be text files only. > > A workaround would be to reference the graphic from a Web folder, thus > reducing the file by the size of the graphic. It would be added when the > recipient opened the message and not be included with the message file. > > An example of this is given below (between the lines). There is some > unnecessary information added by FrontPage. Note that "alt=" is followed > by > text that will show with a mouse over of the graphic. > (.htm file) > ------------------------------------------- > <html> > > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> > <title>This is Ward Bond</title> > </head> > > <body> > > <p> > <img border="0" src='http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/wardbond.jpg' > alt='Wagon > > Master' > width="190" height="198"></p> > <p> <font color="#FF3300"><b> > This > > is > Ward Bond</b></font></p> > > </body> > -------------------------------------------- > > -- > Tim K. > aka Kuay Tim > MS-MVP - Outlook Express > Lynnwood, WA > * > "JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:%23yIfg8u9FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which I > use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after > the > edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too large; > it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my > security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file would > probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) had > previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on > here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE > signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm > certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? > It's only 5kb in size. > > OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. > Thanks. > > >
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
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. -- Ron Sommer "JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%23gLrSWw9FHA.2816@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > 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. >
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
That's the way FrontPage saved the file. The signature worked without it so
I didn't add it. Perhaps someone can answer the question of whether it can be critical when used in a message. -- Tim K. aka Kuay Tim MS-MVP - Outlook Express Lynnwood, WA * "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message news:%23MCRMjy9FHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... What happened to the closing html tag, </html>? -- Ron Sommer "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message news:u3roZsv9FHA.600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi Timothy, > > Alias has pointed out the 4K limit. This apparently is a legacy of OE4 > when > signatures were expected to be text files only. > > A workaround would be to reference the graphic from a Web folder, thus > reducing the file by the size of the graphic. It would be added when the > recipient opened the message and not be included with the message file. > > An example of this is given below (between the lines). There is some > unnecessary information added by FrontPage. Note that "alt=" is followed > by > text that will show with a mouse over of the graphic. > (.htm file) > ------------------------------------------- > <html> > > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> > <title>This is Ward Bond</title> > </head> > > <body> > > <p> > <img border="0" src='http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/wardbond.jpg' > alt='Wagon > > Master' > width="190" height="198"></p> > <p> <font color="#FF3300"><b> > This > > is > Ward Bond</b></font></p> > > </body> > -------------------------------------------- > > -- > Tim K. > aka Kuay Tim > MS-MVP - Outlook Express > Lynnwood, WA > * > "JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:%23yIfg8u9FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which I > use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after > the > edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too large; > it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my > security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file would > probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) had > previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on > here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE > signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm > certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? > It's only 5kb in size. > > OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. > Thanks. > > >
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01-05-2006, 04:46 PM
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Re: OE Signatures
IE and Mozilla display the file without the </html> tag.
When used as a signature or stationery, the file works. I used the file for a signature and stationery at the same time and there were no problems. A </html> tag is included in the email. -- Ron Sommer "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23KS$%23O09FHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > That's the way FrontPage saved the file. The signature worked without it > so > I didn't add it. Perhaps someone can answer the question of whether it can > be critical when used in a message. > > -- > Tim K. > aka Kuay Tim > MS-MVP - Outlook Express > Lynnwood, WA > * > "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message > news:%23MCRMjy9FHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > What happened to the closing html tag, </html>? > -- > Ron Sommer > > "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message > news:u3roZsv9FHA.600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >> Hi Timothy, >> >> Alias has pointed out the 4K limit. This apparently is a legacy of OE4 >> when >> signatures were expected to be text files only. >> >> A workaround would be to reference the graphic from a Web folder, thus >> reducing the file by the size of the graphic. It would be added when the >> recipient opened the message and not be included with the message file. >> >> An example of this is given below (between the lines). There is some >> unnecessary information added by FrontPage. Note that "alt=" is followed >> by >> text that will show with a mouse over of the graphic. >> (.htm file) >> ------------------------------------------- >> <html> >> >> <head> >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; >> charset=windows-1252"> >> <title>This is Ward Bond</title> >> </head> >> >> <body> >> >> <p> >> <img border="0" src='http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/wardbond.jpg' >> alt='Wagon >> >> Master' >> width="190" height="198"></p> >> <p> <font color="#FF3300"><b> >> This >> >> is >> Ward Bond</b></font></p> >> >> </body> >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> Tim K. >> aka Kuay Tim >> MS-MVP - Outlook Express >> Lynnwood, WA >> * >> "JE Timothy" <jenkins_t@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> news:%23yIfg8u9FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> I recently edited an html file (by adding telephone numbers to it) which >> I >> use as an OE signature file. When I attempted to use the signature after >> the >> edit I received the following error message: "Signature file is too >> large; >> it will be truncated". Then another message appeared telling me that my >> security settings would not allow Active-X activity and that my file >> would >> probably not appear properly. Sure enough, where the picture (graphic) >> had >> previously appeared, there was only a small white box. What is going on >> here? Is there a limit to the size of .html file one may use in an OE >> signature? I've never experienced problems like this in the past and I'm >> certain I have made other edits before. Have I ruined my signature file? >> It's only 5kb in size. >> >> OE version 6.0 running on WinXP (post SP2) with all current updates. >> Thanks. >> >> >> > > >
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