Signature problem

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Hello,

I got a problem with my signature.

Currently, this is what i have in outlook, or any other mail client :

Hello,

xxxxx

Sincerely,

Name

I delete xxxxx and start typing my message.

But evolution insert a "-- " on top of this.
So i have an extra job to delete these characters.
Is it possible to remove this "-- " and just insert my signature on top of mail ?

Thank you

2

Hi,
it’s a signature delimiter and it is supposed to be there. It helps the
mail clients to recognize where the actual message body ends and on
reply these can remove everything below it (which clearly breaks when
you place the signature above the body text).

You can disable adding the signature delimiter with a command from
a terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail composer-no-signature-delim true

Whether to use top-posting is in the Edit->Preferences->Composer
Preferences->Replies and Forwards section.

Bye,
Milan
3

If your signature starts with “Hello”, then you have a very uncommon understanding of what a Signature actually is.

4
This is not an answer to your question, and I don't wish to be offensive, but as your first language may not be English you might not be aware that it is never correct to write 'i' (lower case) as the first person singular. It's *always* 'I' (upper case), no exceptions, even when it's not the first word in a sentence. In other words, it acts as a proper noun (a name).

Other languages of course have other conventions, but that’s a hard and
fast rule in grammatical English outside some poetry. I only mention
this because I’ve seen you do it in several posts, so it’s presumably
not a typo.

Regards

poc

5

gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail composer-no-signature-delim true

Thank you for the tip.
That’s close but that still insert a new line…
Since I’m running with source, maybe I can make a patch myself ?

If your signature starts with “Hello”, then you have a very uncommon understanding of what a Signature actually is.

Well, all people I know are doing this. And for decades.
No need to type always the same things with every mail.
When you type “hello” multiple times per day, it become boring and annoying.
In mail clients, the closest thing to achieve that is signature.
Maybe it is better to call that a reply template ?
I see that I can save templates, but I didn’t found how to make one default.
Is it possible ?
(Also, I have this option when I select reply, but not reply to all)

6

Understood. And right, english is not my main language.

7

People do a lot of things for decades that don’t make sense [anymore]. Evolution has message templates: Message Templates . :slight_smile:

8

Since I’m running with source, maybe I can make a patch myself ?

Maybe, or you can write a simple JavaScript composer plugin, which will
remove the first empty line <div><br></div>, then you do not need to
modify the sources. A bit about such plugins is here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/wikis/Extensions#preview-and-webkit-editor-plugins
It can be tricky, though, because the signatures are loaded
asynchronously.

Maybe it is better to call that a reply template ?

Right, it’s more a template, than a signature.

I see that I can save templates, but I didn’t found how to make
one default.

There is no concept of a default template. Try the Alternative Reply,
it remembers plenty of things.

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Yes, it’s a template, not a signature. Signatures are only added at the
end of a message.

poc