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How to Add a Signature to Your Webmail Account

This guide shows how to add a signature to your emails in webmail. You open webmail from cPanel.

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What is an email signature?

An email signature is a small block of text at the end of each email. It is like signing a letter. It often has your name, job title, website and phone number. Webmail is a way to read and send email in a web browser. cPanel is the control panel of your hosting account.

Steps in Roundcube

Roundcube is the webmail program most people use in cPanel. The steps are below.

Screenshot: Roundcube is the webmail program most people use in cPanel. The steps are below.
  1. Log in to cPanel. You can reach it from the Services menu in your client area.
  2. Open Email Accounts in the Email section.
    Email Accounts in the EMAIL section
  3. Click Check Email next to your address.
    Check Email button
  4. Choose Roundcube if asked.
    Roundcube interface
  5. Click Settings in the left menu.
  6. Click Identities.
  7. Click your email address in the list.
  8. Find the Signature box.
    use-webmail- signature
  9. Type your signature. For example, your name, role and website.
  10. Click the HTML signature option if you want bold text or links. Otherwise leave it as plain text.
  11. Click Save.

Make it appear automatically

  1. Click Settings again, then Preferences.
  2. Click Composing Messages.
  3. Find Automatically add signature.
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
    Screenshot: Find Automatically add signature .
  4. Pick always to add it to every email. Pick never to add it by hand.
  5. Click Save.

Sample signature

Sam Taylor
Support Assistant
www.example.com

This is just a sample. Change it to your own details.

Test it

  1. Click Compose.
  2. Check that the signature is in the new message.
  3. Send a test to yourself.
Tip: Keep it short. Three or four lines is enough. Big pictures can make mail slow or land in spam.

If you cannot find the settings, open a support ticket.

Quick recap

  • A signature is text added at the end of each email.
    Screenshot: A signature is text added at the end of each email.
    Screenshot: A signature is text added at the end of each email.
  • In Roundcube, use Settings then Identities.
  • Type your signature and save.
  • Choose to add it automatically in Composing Messages.