Email Signature

The official IT Help San Diego email signature. Preview it below, then open the raw version to copy and paste it into Mail. Edit static/ithelp-logo-sig-research.html to adjust it over time.

 
Owl of Athena 
IT+HELP SAN DIEGO
IT research that solves.
Carey Balboa | Director of Technology
ORCID: 0009-0000-5237-9065
Independent DNS Security Researcher
Research artifact: DNS Tool (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19468134)
Methodology: dns-tool-methodology.pdf
+1 (619) 853-5008  |  carey.balboa@it-help.tech
 
IT Help San Diego Inc.
888 Prospect Street, Suite 200
La Jolla, CA 92037
www.it-help.tech | DNS Security Tool
 
Open the signature to copy

Installation — Apple Mail

  1. Open the raw signature in Safari (not Chrome — Safari preserves rich-text copy fidelity for Mail).
  2. Press ⌘A (Select All), then ⌘C (Copy).
  3. In Mail, go to Settings → Signatures. Create a new signature (or edit an existing one).
  4. Click in the signature edit area, press ⌘A then ⌘V (Paste).
  5. The dark background is embedded as bgcolor + inline background-color on every cell, so it persists when sent.

Design notes

  • Background persistence: every <td> carries both CSS background-color:#111827 and the legacy bgcolor="#111827" attribute. Gmail honors only CSS, Outlook honors only bgcolor, and Apple Mail honors both.
  • Gold accent lines: a 3px gradient-gold top rule and a 1px bottom rule create the embossed-letterhead framing. The vertical divider uses the same muted gold at 25% opacity.
  • Typography: the system font stack (-apple-system) ensures native rendering. Gold (#c8a878) for links, light gray (#d1d5db / #9ca3af) for text hierarchy.