[quote user="NTxLS"] Thank  you for the assistance, I had that box checked, "Add this variant of the default signature upon message creation" and discovered it was not saved.[/quote]

If you use different Identities, the setting can be different for each one.  So you will have to check the box in all Identities.

OK, folks, my sig has my system and version #s.

I have my Tools/Options/Out Going Mail/Messages and Replies/Special settings applying to replies only.  The four boxes are checked yet the sig ends at the bottom of any and all quoted messages not at the end of my fresh entry to a reply.

[quote user="NTxLS"]

OK, folks, my sig has my system and version #s.

I have my Tools/Options/Out Going Mail/Messages and Replies/Special settings applying to replies only.  The four boxes are checked yet the sig ends at the bottom of any and all quoted messages not at the end of my fresh entry to a reply.

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From the help:

[quote]If also inserting a signature, insert it just below the blank line  This option will become available when "...place the cursor on an initial blank line" is enabled. If this option is checked and the "Add this variant of the default signature upon message creation" option in your Signatures preferences is also enabled, then your signature will be inserted at the top of the message, just below the point where you type your reply, but above the text of the original message. This practice is known as top posting in Internet-speak, and may be considered unacceptable on some more traditional mailing lists.[/quote]

What have you set in Options / Signatures ?

Thank  you for the assistance, I had that box checked, "Add this variant of the default signature upon message creation" and discovered it was not saved.  Will watch this more closely in the future.  I have been using the internet since before the World Wide Web was developed and have always used 'Top Post' and no complaints have ever been made.  Besides when someone replies to a message sent should be able to place their signature, if one is used, below what they have placed within the message even if they leave the original message.  That way they are letting another know what they have placed in there for a reply.  If it were to be placed at the very bottom, where mine had been placed, it looks at though the replier is attempting to take credit for the entire message.  IMHO!

I do thank you for this info and will be more careful in the future