After inserting a signature/email template, a blank line is inserted at the start.
Delete it. This is because signatures come after the message content.Step-by-step Create email templates in Mail
1
Create an email
Open the Mail app and click the toolbar
button to create a new email. Just enter it as
you normally would, but don’t enter an address
and don’t bother to enter a subject.4
Add a signature
Go to Mail>Preferences>Signatures.
Select the email account to use and then click
the ‘+’ button to add a new signature. Make
the name descriptive, but brief.2
Include a signature
Create a signature to go at the end of
the email using the formatting features in the
new email editor. Select words or phrases,
Ctrl+click them and add links if needed.5
Paste the email
Clear the checkbox below the signature,
then click in the signature box and press
Cmd+V to paste in the email you created. This
is your email template or standard reply.3
Create and copy
Be creative with your email and use all
the features, like bullet points, images and
other formatting. This is your email template or
standard reply. Select it and copy it.6
Create more templates
Return to Mail and repeat the process.
Create an email, create a template or reply,
insert Xs or blanks where needed, then copy it
and paste it as a new email signature.Repeat the tutorial steps as many times
as you need so that you have all the email
templates or standard replies to queries
stored as signatures. It is useful to have
a default signature to use with an email
account in Mail>Preferences>Signatures.
Pick the default in the Choose Signature
list. You might want to set the default email
signature to None or create a plain and
simple one to prevent templates being
inserted with every new email or reply.Use email
templates
1
Select a template
Whether you are creating a new email
or replying, the process is the same. With
the default signature set to None, go to the
Signature list and select a template or reply.2
Switch templates
The Mail app can tell the signature from
other content and if the template or reply is not
the one you want, just return to the Signature
menu and select a different one.