Backstabber Report

Adding A Bradley Manning Link / Banner To Your Emails

If you found your way here from BradleyManning.org, then you are obviously interested in helping Brad by placing a link at the bottom of your emails to make them appear like this:

If you are unfamiliar with how to do this, you will find it isn’t that difficult. Just follow the directions and you should be done in less than 10 minutes, even if you have few computer skills.

Note: This method will automatically insert the banner and link in any email you compose.

There are other methods where you can choose the option of inserting a banner and link when you create an email. Those instructions, including instructions for installing a banner on the most widely used email programs can be found at mailsigs.com.

Currently, the only instructions here are for those who use  Mozilla Thunderbird as their email program. If you use a PC (not MAC), I would suggest downloading the FREE Mozilla Thunderbird program. Personally, I’ve used it for many years and find it much less susceptible to attacks than Outlook Express and other PC mail programs.

If you decide to use one of the alternative methods or have a different email program than given here and do not want to download Mozilla Thunderbird, you will need a banner image to use for your emails. (Everyone else, please follow “Directions” below.)

If you need a banner, this banner can be transferred to your computer for those who opt to use something else, other than what I am providing. Right click on the banner and Save the image to your computer. You will need to remember the location of where your computer saved it.

Directions for Thunderbird eMails

First, you will need to create an HTML file for use in your signature. It’s easy.

Click “Start” on your desktop.

Place your pointer on “All Programs”,  then “Accessories”, and locate “Notepad”, which you open by clicking it.

Notepad will open a new window. This is where you will place the banner and link code.

Copy and paste the following code into the notepad window, at the top left:

<a href=”http://www.bradleymanning.org”><img moz-do-not-send=”false” src=”http://backstabberreport.com/images/BradManning480x60.gif”></a><br>
<h5>Want to add this banner to your own emails? <a href=”http://backstabberreport.com/add-email-siggy/”>Click Here</a></h5>

Note: If you do not want others to get these directions do not copy that portion of the code that begins with “<h5>”

Now you need to save your file to your computer.

On the Notepad window Left Click “File”, the put your pointer on “Save As” and Left Click.

This will open a dialogue box.

From the Drop-down menu, select “My Documents”

Now you need to name the file you are saving.

For simplicity, name it “signature.html”

IMPORTANT! Do not forget to add the “.html” at the end.

NOW CLICK ON THE “SAVE” BUTTON (located on the lower right, in the pic above)

We’re almost done and you just completed the hardest part. Now, let’s get it in your emails!

To attach the signature to your email account, using your Thunderbird email program go to Tools and click Account Settings…. Highlight the email account for which you want a signature. (Mine is shown as “Personal.” Yours may be named differently.)

Once highlighted, Click the Choose… button, and navigate to the “My Documents” file and then locate the “signature” file you just created and click on it.

Then click “Open” to dismiss the “Choose a file” box.

Then click “OK” to dismiss the Account Settings box.

CONGRATULATIONS!

From now on, each email you send using this email account will automatically contain the content of the signature file you created.

The Two Hyphens Above Your Email Signature in Thunderbird (–)

Thunderbird’s two-hyphen-above-signature qualifies for a FAQ (frequently asked question). Many don’t want these two hyphens to be inserted above their email signature.

Thunderbird automatically adds “–” (two hyphens / dashes / minus signs) above the content of the email signature file (“signature block”) to follow an Internet standard (“convention”). This is also the case with HTML signatures.

There is currently now way to prevent Thunderbird from inserting two hyphens above your signature block, apparently not even with the about:config editor.