I just finished writing an Outlook Express 6 HTML signature file. The
problematic (relevant) portion of the code immediately follows:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
Sincerely, BRBRMike

When I run this code through IE7, the output is fine. However, when I run
the code through Outlook Express 6 and produce a signature within an email,
the beginning of the email looks like this (notice the characters preceding
"Sincerely"):

 Sincerely,

Mike

When I look back at the source code produced (compiled?) by the email
program, it shows me this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIV /DIV
DIV
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE

Where did the (DIV /DIVDIV) come from? Why did it get added and how
can I stop it? It's a pain in the neck to keep removing the funny characters
 from my salutation line.

Any help provided will be much appreciated.

--
Sincerely,

Mike

How are you creating the sig?

Note: HTML Signatures must be less than 4KB.

Open a New Message window and create your signature. (Insert graphic &
text). Click the Source Tab. (View | Source Edit if not already checked).
Highlight the entire source code and copy / paste into Notepad. File | Save
As and in the File Name field, save as an htm file, (i.e. Sig1.htm). It will
be saved to My Documents by default. Go to Tools | Options | Signatures.
Click: File | Browse and Insert your saved signature | Apply. You can rename
it now if you wish.

Of course, if the recipient is reading in Plain Text, they won't see it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I just finished writing an Outlook Express 6 HTML signature file. The
problematic (relevant) portion of the code immediately follows:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
Sincerely, BRBRMike

When I run this code through IE7, the output is fine. However, when I run
the code through Outlook Express 6 and produce a signature within an
email,
the beginning of the email looks like this (notice the characters
preceding
"Sincerely"):

 Sincerely,

Mike

When I look back at the source code produced (compiled?) by the email
program, it shows me this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIV /DIV
DIV
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE

Where did the (DIV /DIVDIV) come from? Why did it get added and
how
can I stop it? It's a pain in the neck to keep removing the funny
characters
 from my salutation line.

Any help provided will be much appreciated.

--
Sincerely,

Mike

You can't have a STYLE element in the BODY. The HTML is messed up.

All you need is:

HTML
BODY
Sincerely,BRBR
Mike
/BODY
/HTML

I don't know what you are composing with, but keep it simple as the above.
Just copy that into a new Notepad window and then edit it and save it as an
htm file and then use that for the signature file.

steve

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I just finished writing an Outlook Express 6 HTML signature file. The
problematic (relevant) portion of the code immediately follows:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
Sincerely, BRBRMike

When I run this code through IE7, the output is fine. However, when I run
the code through Outlook Express 6 and produce a signature within an
email,
the beginning of the email looks like this (notice the characters
preceding
"Sincerely"):

 Sincerely,

Mike

When I look back at the source code produced (compiled?) by the email
program, it shows me this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIV /DIV
DIV
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE

Where did the (DIV /DIVDIV) come from? Why did it get added and
how
can I stop it? It's a pain in the neck to keep removing the funny
characters
 from my salutation line.

Any help provided will be much appreciated.

--
Sincerely,

Mike

Bruce,

Major thanks for your help with the Signature file. I tried everything you
recommended, except I didn't save each updated signature file to a new
notepad file. I Kept using the old file for corrections. Other than that, I
don't know what I did wrong; but, nonetheless, I thank you for your help, for
now it is doing what I want it to do.

Mike

--
Sincerely,

Mike


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

How are you creating the sig?

Note: HTML Signatures must be less than 4KB.

Open a New Message window and create your signature. (Insert graphic &
text). Click the Source Tab. (View | Source Edit if not already checked).
Highlight the entire source code and copy / paste into Notepad. File | Save
As and in the File Name field, save as an htm file, (i.e. Sig1.htm). It will
be saved to My Documents by default. Go to Tools | Options | Signatures.
Click: File | Browse and Insert your saved signature | Apply. You can rename
it now if you wish.

Of course, if the recipient is reading in Plain Text, they won't see it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I just finished writing an Outlook Express 6 HTML signature file. The
problematic (relevant) portion of the code immediately follows:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
Sincerely, BRBRMike

When I run this code through IE7, the output is fine. However, when I run
the code through Outlook Express 6 and produce a signature within an
email,
the beginning of the email looks like this (notice the characters
preceding
"Sincerely"):

 Sincerely,

Mike

When I look back at the source code produced (compiled?) by the email
program, it shows me this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIV /DIV
DIV
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE

Where did the (DIV /DIVDIV) come from? Why did it get added and
how
can I stop it? It's a pain in the neck to keep removing the funny
characters
 from my salutation line.

Any help provided will be much appreciated.

--
Sincerely,

Mike

Well, whatever worked, you're welcome. s.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mike" wrote in message
...
Bruce,

Major thanks for your help with the Signature file. I tried everything
you
recommended, except I didn't save each updated signature file to a new
notepad file. I Kept using the old file for corrections. Other than that,
I
don't know what I did wrong; but, nonetheless, I thank you for your help,
for
now it is doing what I want it to do.

Mike

--
Sincerely,

Mike


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

How are you creating the sig?

Note: HTML Signatures must be less than 4KB.

Open a New Message window and create your signature. (Insert graphic &
text). Click the Source Tab. (View | Source Edit if not already checked).
Highlight the entire source code and copy / paste into Notepad. File |
Save
As and in the File Name field, save as an htm file, (i.e. Sig1.htm). It
will
be saved to My Documents by default. Go to Tools | Options | Signatures.
Click: File | Browse and Insert your saved signature | Apply. You can
rename
it now if you wish.

Of course, if the recipient is reading in Plain Text, they won't see it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I just finished writing an Outlook Express 6 HTML signature file. The
problematic (relevant) portion of the code immediately follows:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
Sincerely, BRBRMike

When I run this code through IE7, the output is fine. However, when I
run
the code through Outlook Express 6 and produce a signature within an
email,
the beginning of the email looks like this (notice the characters
preceding
"Sincerely"):

 Sincerely,

Mike

When I look back at the source code produced (compiled?) by the email
program, it shows me this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIV /DIV
DIV
META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE

Where did the (DIV /DIVDIV) come from? Why did it get added
and
how
can I stop it? It's a pain in the neck to keep removing the funny
characters
 from my salutation line.

Any help provided will be much appreciated.

--
Sincerely,

Mike

Can somebody please help me before I break my keyboard. This signature problem
is driving me crazy. I have exactly the same problem as Mike, and I have
tried
everything written in this thread, nothing helps. I changed my signature to
as
simple as possible, saved it as a htm file, and still exactly the same
problem of
that weird foreign characters in the beginning of the mail. It adds the
following
characters to the mail.

DIV

Why the hell does it do that? I tried basically everything I can think of,
read up
as much as possible, it just looks like a bug to me. This is how my html
document
looks like:

HTML
BODY
Fernando de Bruyn
/BODY
/HTML

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance
Fernando de Bruyn

I don't know whose problem you are referring to. So we'll just start
from the beginning.

Do NOT use Word to create a signature. Use Notepad. Word adds all
sorts of garbage. Open your saved signature in Notepad to see what it
looks like.

Even your example has more than it should. Your signature is not a
stand-alone document. It will be inserted into one. So the HTML and
BODY tags don't apply.

In fact, your signature could be as little as

Fernando de Bruyn

If you like, you can add font tags to change the size, color, font,
etc., such as

FONT face=Billboard color=#ff0000 size=5Fernando de Bruyn/FONT/DIV

Also, In OE5+ you should use "Western European (ISO)" for Encoding.
Places to check this:
- Tools, Options, Send, International
- Tools, Options, Read, Font
- Tools, Options, Read, International
- When composing a message, look in Format, Encoding

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Fernando de Bruyn" Fernando de wrote
in message ...
Can somebody please help me before I break my keyboard. This
signature problem
is driving me crazy. I have exactly the same problem as Mike, and I
have
tried
everything written in this thread, nothing helps. I changed my
signature to
as
simple as possible, saved it as a htm file, and still exactly the same
problem of
that weird foreign characters in the beginning of the mail. It adds
the
following
characters to the mail.

DIV

Why the hell does it do that? I tried basically everything I can
think of,
read up
as much as possible, it just looks like a bug to me. This is how my
html
document
looks like:

HTML
BODY
Fernando de Bruyn
/BODY
/HTML

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance
Fernando de Bruyn

If you have the closing /DIV tag include the DIV tag.
DIVFONT face=Billboard color=#ff0000 size=5Fernando de
Bruyn/FONT/DIV
--
Ronald Sommer

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
:I don't know whose problem you are referring to. So we'll just start
: from the beginning.
:
: Do NOT use Word to create a signature. Use Notepad. Word adds all
: sorts of garbage. Open your saved signature in Notepad to see what it
: looks like.
:
: Even your example has more than it should. Your signature is not a
: stand-alone document. It will be inserted into one. So the HTML and
: BODY tags don't apply.
:
: In fact, your signature could be as little as
:
: Fernando de Bruyn
:
: If you like, you can add font tags to change the size, color, font,
: etc., such as
:
: FONT face=Billboard color=#ff0000 size=5Fernando de Bruyn/FONT/DIV
:
: Also, In OE5+ you should use "Western European (ISO)" for Encoding.
: Places to check this:
: - Tools, Options, Send, International
: - Tools, Options, Read, Font
: - Tools, Options, Read, International
: - When composing a message, look in Format, Encoding
:
: --
:
: Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
:
:
: "Fernando de Bruyn" Fernando de wrote
: in message ...
: Can somebody please help me before I break my keyboard. This
: signature problem
: is driving me crazy. I have exactly the same problem as Mike, and I
: have
: tried
: everything written in this thread, nothing helps. I changed my
: signature to
: as
: simple as possible, saved it as a htm file, and still exactly the same
: problem of
: that weird foreign characters in the beginning of the mail. It adds
: the
: following
: characters to the mail.
:
: DIV
:
: Why the hell does it do that? I tried basically everything I can
: think of,
: read up
: as much as possible, it just looks like a bug to me. This is how my
: html
: document
: looks like:
:
: HTML
: BODY
: Fernando de Bruyn
: /BODY
: /HTML
:
: Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance
: Fernando de Bruyn
:
:

sabago11
"Fernando de Bruyn" Fernando de escribió
en el mensaje ...
Can somebody please help me before I break my keyboard. This signature
problem
is driving me crazy. I have exactly the same problem as Mike, and I have
tried
everything written in this thread, nothing helps. I changed my signature
to
as
simple as possible, saved it as a htm file, and still exactly the same
problem of
that weird foreign characters in the beginning of the mail. It adds the
following
characters to the mail.

DIV

Why the hell does it do that? I tried basically everything I can think
of,
read up
as much as possible, it just looks like a bug to me. This is how my html
document
looks like:

HTML
BODY
Fernando de Bruyn
/BODY
/HTML

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance
Fernando de Bruyn

Okay, sorry, I thought you could see the whole thread. Let me explain
my problem from the beginning. I want to add a html signature to my
Outlook Express 6.0 mail. I create a HTML document sig1.html with the
following content:

HTML
BODYFernando de Bruyn/BODY
/HTML

As you can see, it is a very simple html document, nothing fancy, no font,
etc. I made it this simple on purpose to see if it would work. Anyway,
I go through the normal procedure of adding a signture, select the HTML
document, accept, etc. Now, I try to send a new mail, and it adds my
newly created signature, BUT, it also adds a couple of weird characters
to the beginning of the mail. It looks like this:

 Fernando de Bruyn

The source of the newly created email looks like this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTMLHEAD
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR
STYLE/STYLE
/HEAD
BODY bgColor=#ffffff
DIVFONT face=Arial size=2/FONT /DIV
DIV Fernando de Bruyn /DIV/BODY/HTML

I have no idea why Outlook Express is adding the  to the beggining of
my signature, and I want it out. Can anybody please help me?

Thanks in advance,
Fernando


"Michael Santovec" wrote:

I don't know whose problem you are referring to. So we'll just start
from the beginning.

Do NOT use Word to create a signature. Use Notepad. Word adds all
sorts of garbage. Open your saved signature in Notepad to see what it
looks like.

Even your example has more than it should. Your signature is not a
stand-alone document. It will be inserted into one. So the HTML and
BODY tags don't apply.

In fact, your signature could be as little as

Fernando de Bruyn

If you like, you can add font tags to change the size, color, font,
etc., such as

FONT face=Billboard color=#ff0000 size=5Fernando de Bruyn/FONT/DIV

Also, In OE5+ you should use "Western European (ISO)" for Encoding.
Places to check this:
- Tools, Options, Send, International
- Tools, Options, Read, Font
- Tools, Options, Read, International
- When composing a message, look in Format, Encoding

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Fernando de Bruyn" Fernando de wrote
in message ...
Can somebody please help me before I break my keyboard. This
signature problem
is driving me crazy. I have exactly the same problem as Mike, and I
have
tried
everything written in this thread, nothing helps. I changed my
signature to
as
simple as possible, saved it as a htm file, and still exactly the same
problem of
that weird foreign characters in the beginning of the mail. It adds
the
following
characters to the mail.

DIV

Why the hell does it do that? I tried basically everything I can
think of,
read up
as much as possible, it just looks like a bug to me. This is how my
html
document
looks like:

HTML
BODY
Fernando de Bruyn
/BODY
/HTML

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance
Fernando de Bruyn