IT Pro: How to update the email signature for Gmail

  1. You centrally manage Gmail email signatures with a Google Workspace account.
  2. Users can see their email signature when they click 'Compose' in Gmail.
  3. You can update email signatures for users from any Organization Unit or Domain as long as they are hosted within one Google Workspace tenant. 
  4. We can split licensing across Xink accounts for enterprise companies with more than one domain.

No rerouting of your company emails!

There are no privacy concerns, and it is a straightforward and transparent process.

We offer two deployment methods which can run separately or in combination.


The API methodThe App method
(pending)
API + App
combined
New email signature

Yes

YesYes
UnattendedYes
Yes
Reply email signature
YesYes
Optional email signatures
YesYes
Overwrite user-createdYes
Yes

 


The API method


Which email signature is applied in Gmail?

The email signature assigned as New will show when composing an email in Gmail.


How to set the reply/forward signatures in Gmail:

  1. Go to the general settings in Gmail.
  2. Scroll down to the section 'Signature'.
  3. Select the signature from the drop-down list 'On reply/forward use'.
  4. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and hit 'Save'.
  5. Reload the page, create a reply message in your Gmail, and you will see the set signature.


How often are Gmail email signatures updated?

Xink updates the Gmail signatures within one hour.
You must wait at least one hour before you can see the signatures.


Step 1 - Google Workspace admin console task

You grant Xink the required Google API permission to inject the user's signature through Google API.

With the credentials used to administer your Google accounts, sign in to the Google Admin console at https://admin.google.com.

  1. Go to Security > API controls


  2. Under the Domain Wide Delegation section, click MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION.

  3. Click Add New. Copy and paste the following text into the required fields.



    Client ID Field:
    27708099835-fmptu081sib9tn8v35ksjmc0knukd3mu.apps.googleusercontent.com
    0Auth scopes (comma-delimited) Field:
    https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.sharing


    NOTE: 
    Xink requires two Gmail API Scopes -> Learn More about Gmail API


  4. Click the "Authorize"You will now see the entry added to the list.
     


Step 2 - Xink Portal Task

  1.  Login to Xink portal https://app.xink.io and go to Preference > Integration > Google Workspace.
    Click the Enable checkbox, enter your Google Workspace admin account with at least [User, Groups > Read] permissions and click Save.



  2. Wait for one hour, log in to your Gmail account and click new email to test and see if you now have the Xink signature applied. 


The App method


Pending...


Learn more:

IT Pro: How to read users from Google Directory

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