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156. Send a Message

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You can create a signature file (a text file that typically contains your name, address, and phone number) and have its contents added to all your messages automatically. A signature file saves you the trouble of adding common information at the bottom of your email messages. After creating the text file in Writer (be sure to save the file in text format with the .txt file extension), choose

Tools, Account Settings , and click the name of the email account for which you created the signature. Enable the

Attach this signature option, click

Choose , select your text file, and click

Open .158 Attach a File to a Message for help. Click the

Send button to send the message. If prompted, select the message format to use: text, HTML, or both. Copies of messages you send are placed in the

Sent folder unless you've configured Thunderbird to do something else with your sent messages. To configure Thunderbird to behave differently, choose

Tools, Account Settings , display the

Copies & Folders page for the account you want to change, and in the

When sending messages, automatically section, choose the option you want to apply to messages you send.

Optionally, instead of clicking

Send , you can click

Save , which saves the message in the

Drafts folder. Later you can change to the

Drafts folder by selecting it from the

Folders list in the main Thunderbird window, double-click the message to open it, make additional edits, and click

Send to send it.

You can also choose

File, Send Later instead of clicking

Send . This command places the message in the

Unsent Messages folder. To send such messages, choose

File, Send Unsent Messages from the main Thunderbird menu.