Adolsign is a tool to create AD-aware Outlook signature files.

• Do you use Outlook ?
• Is your environment Active Directory enabled ?
• Do you want to offer your users mail signature templates according to your corporate design guidelines ?
• Do you want to produce vCards from Active Directory information?
• Do you want to create signature packages centrally and distribute them via distribution channels like e-mail or web-pages ?

If you answer yes to the questions above, you may benefit of adolsign's functionality. Adolsign can scan signature templates in html, rtf or plain text format, replace scan codes with equivalent fields in Active Directory, and places processed templates into Outlook's signature directory.

Adolsign is capable of generating vCard files, as well as processing multiple signatures via group membership. Marking one signature as Outlook default is also possible. Adolsign can help you to create ready-to-install signature packages for distribution via e-mail, web-pages or other channels.

All the functionality above is available as a command-line utility, making deployment easy via login/startup scripts or software distribution systems. A demo version is available for download. It can scan only first name, last name and title in your templates and produces some initial messages during startup. If you would like to use adolsign on a permanent basis, you have to register and buy a corporate license ($129) with unlimited users. Registration has also following benefits :

• Can handle 25 different scan codes out-of-the-box (customizable)
• No initial messages during startup
• No time limit on usage
• Life-of-product technical support
• Free upgrades in the first year
• Notices of major upgrades

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Usage

adolsign [--signature signature] [--vcard] [[--addfile file] ...] [--username user] [--makepackage] [--default [ signature ] ] [ --newdefault [ signature ] ] [ --replydefault [signature] ] [--verbose] [--help]

--signature signature

Outlook signature represented by three files signature.htm, signature.rtf or signature.txt. Adolsign searches those files for scan codes and replace them with equivalent fields from Active Directory. Following scan codes are supported (customizable via configuration file):

field_login, field_fullname, field_firstname, field_lastname, field_othername, field_title, field_company, field_department, field_office, field_telephone, field_homephone, field_mobilephone, field_fax, field_email, field_street, field_pobox, field_city, field_postal, field_country, field_description, field_division, field_state, field_employeeid, field_homepage, field_initials

--vcard

Generates a vCard which is attached to the signature generated.

--addfile file

Copies extra file file to the signatures directory directly or via an installer package. This option could be useful if you want to copy additional files like images. It can be specified multiple times.

--username name

Adolsign uses name for user name lookup instead of the name of the current user. Useful for offline package creation.

--makepackage

Make an installer package instead of copying signature files to Outlook signature directory. This option alows you to create signature packages offline and send them via e-mail or other distribution channels.

--default [signature]

Make signature default for new and reply/forward messages. The last loaded signature is used if signature is not specified. No need to specify signature if adolsign handles only one.

--newdefault [signature]

Make signature default for new messages. Same behaviour as option --default if signature is not specified.

--replydefault [signature]

Make signature default for reply/forward messages. Same behaviour as option --default if signature is not specified.

--verbose

produce progress messages. Default is OFF.

--help

Produces this message.

Examples

 adolsign --signature \\myserver\netlogon\mysign --vcard

adolsign will look for at least one of the files mysign.txt, mysign.rtf or mysign.htm in \\myserver\netlogon and create outlook signature mysign for the current user. Vcard file mysign.vcf will also be placed in the signatures directory and attached to the signature generated.

adolsign --signature corporate --vcard --username myuser --makepackage --addfile logo.gif

adolsign will look for at least one of the files corporate.txt, corporate.rtf or corporate.htm in the current directory, process them for user myuser and create a signature installer package named myuser_signature_NNNN.exe for distribution. The package will also contain vcard file myuser.vcf and the image file logo.gif from the current directory.

adolsign --signature T:\templates\classic --default

adolsign will look for at least one of the files classic.txt, classic.rtf or classic.htm in the directory T:\templates, and create outlook signature classic for the current user, which will also be marked as the default signature both for new and reply/forward messages.