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What do the Retroactive and Sticky setting for my signature mean?
These settings for the signature are for global changes of the signature. When you edit your signature, if you choose sticky, then any comments with your signature already on will remain as they are. However, if you choose the retroactive method, then all previous signatures will be changed to your most recent edition.
