<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="guide" id="mail-composer-mail-signatures"> <info> <desc>Using email signatures at the bottom of a message you send.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="index#mail-composing" /> <revision pkgversion="3.0.2" version="0.2" date="2011-07-30" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> </info> <title>Working with email signatures</title> <p>A signature consists of one or more lines of text (or even a picture) that will be added at the end of an email that you send. It can contain contact information or other things. A signature always begins with two dashes and a space (<code>-- </code>).</p> <note><p>The term "signature" is also differently used in terms of <link xref="mail-encryption">encryption</link>.</p></note> </page>