# If I change my signature, **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 19, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631 "2001-09-19T17:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/1 "2001-09-19T17:40:30Z")
If I change my signature, do all the signatures in my previous posts chang too? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/2 "2001-09-19T17:51:40Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/3 "2001-09-19T22:50:14Z")
I don’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/4 "2001-09-19T22:51:15Z")
Damn preview… ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/5 "2001-09-19T22:52:36Z")
Am I right or what? ---
**Author:** ![WEW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/6 "2001-09-21T21:13:51Z")
Are you? ---
**Author:** ![WEW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/7 "2001-09-21T21:17:14Z")
??? ---
**Author:** ![WEW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/8 "2001-09-21T21:19:08Z")
I hate that, why do you have to click on the Show Sig box after preveiw? I preveiw, it looks good, so I submit. It’s really annoying. I’m just stalling because I have to wait 1 minute before I can post again… ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/9 "2001-09-22T21:53:25Z")
This unnecessary post has some validness borrowed from the fact that if someone didn’t notice it I was dead-wrong. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631/10 "2001-09-23T02:36:17Z")
Not a problem. Glad we’re all clear on the concept. To state the obvious one more time, when you change your signature file, ALL sigs under that name change, past and present. Sorry. your humble TubaDiva Administrator