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Once you have set up your email account(s) on your new Blackberry, you will quickly realize you are not only communicating with family and friends, you are also serving as a Blackberry disciple, sending free advertisements for RIM in each of your email footers. Trailing each email message you send from your Blackberry will be the words “Sent from my Blackberry”.

If you want to publicize the fact that you are not at your desk, then keep the default signature file intact. On the other hand, if you want to give the illusion of being deskbound while you’re actually on the golf course, you will want to change your signature to match your regular one.

To change your Blackberry signature, visit one of these locations, based on which carrier you use:

https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=sprint – Sprint

http://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=mycingular – Cingular / AT&T

https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw – Verizon

http://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=rogers – Rogers

https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=earthlink – EarthLink

If you do not see your carrier listed above, go to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&suggon=0&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&q=site:bis.na.blackberry.com&start=0&sa=N for a Google search for all the different Carrier pages that the Blackberry site has to offer. There are well over 100 carriers available.

Once you have accessed the Blackberry page for your carrier (per the links above) you will need to log in. Enter your User Name and Password and click Log In.

Once you have logged in, the Email Accounts screen displays. Each email address that you previously set up on your Blackberry is displayed in alphabetical order.

NOTE: In addition to altering the Signature for your email accounts, you can add additional email accounts from this screen. To add additional email accounts to be used by your Blackberry, click the Set Up Account button and follow the on-screen directions.

To change the signature for an email account, click the Edit icon to the right of the desired email address. The General Settings screen for the selected email account displays.

Highlight the default “Sent from my Blackberry” text in the Signature field and delete it. You can now enter your new signature. It is recommended that you copy your existing signature from your desktop email account so that your Blackberry signature is identical.

TIP: To quickly pull up your existing email signature from your desktop email program, simply click New to start a new email message. You can then highlight the signature in the new/blank email message and press Ctrl+C on your keyboard to copy the signature to your clipboard. You can then paste it into the Signature field of the General Settings screen by pressing Ctrl+V on your keyboard.

Once you have revised the Signature field, click Save. A message displays “Email account successfully updated.” Click OK to dismiss the message.

You may now test your revised signature settings by sending a test email to yourself from your Blackberry. You should now see your updated signature in your test email that is sent, rather than the free advertisement for RIM. Now you can email with confidence, whether you’re on the golf course, in the bathroom, or even if you do happen to be sitting at your desk.