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I send emails from three different addresses, and previously I’ve used a custom signature to remind me to change the outgoing account on Gmail. After sending a couple of emails with embarrassing signatures that said something to the effect of check outgoing mail, I decided to stop doing that, and just put some random text in there. I then sent a few emails with $%^%##$%% in the signature file. Pretty lame, and not that much less embarrassing. The problem, I found, was that I was tuning out the reminder. It wasn’t flashy enough.

So, I just constructed a signature file that is a blank space with Google’s highlight text formatting over the space. It looks like this:

The red is flashy and catches my eye and I don’t feel as embarrassed if I reply to someone and it appears at the bottom of the conversation (of course,you can always use the Signature Tweaks Google Lab item) . Time will tell if I tune it out the way I tuned out earlier things but so far is seems to be working, but I figure then I’ll just change the color.

How do you remind yourself to change your outgoing email account? Comment below or shout-out to me on Twitter.

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