This Super User question asks something similar, but it was related to Outlook and without an applicable answer.
Is there a way to to store a signature preference on a per contact basis? Or does anyone know of an extension to do something like this?
If you write to your mother, child, co-worker, vendor, or customer they all don't all expect the same thing. A custom field can be assigned to a contact, could that or another field be used somehow?
I just want to assign a specific signature to a user. Very similar to the way a custom ringtone can be assigned to a contact on a phone.
Best Answer
Signatures are tied to the
from:
address you're using. You can use so-called "plus addressing" to define multiple different addresses that are actually just your address and assign signatures to each.Here's an example:
Settings | Accounts and Import
Email address:
field, putusername+mom@gmail.com
Settings | General
and go down the the "Signature" sectionNow, when you send a message to Mom, just be sure to change the
from:
address to be the special address for Mom. Then your custom signature will be included.One nice feature is that when Mom replies to that address, assuming you have turned on "When replying to a message: Reply from the same address the message was sent to" when you reply back this address will already be selected.