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OLEXP: Signature File Size Limitation in Outlook Express

Article ID: 165806

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q165806

SYMPTOMS

When you are using a signature file with a mail or news message in Outlook Express, you may receive the following error message:

Warning: Your signature file is too large. It has been truncated, please make the file smaller.

CAUSE

Your signature file is larger than the 4K size limitation.

RESOLUTION

Make your signature file smaller or use the text option rather than an HTML file.

MORE INFORMATION

Before the option to use an HTML file for a signature was available, there was rarely a need for a signature file to be larger than 4K. With the addition of this ability, file sizes may exceed this 4k value.

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