Out of office reply using template - can I make it send only once to people?

[ItAintGonnaGoDownEasyIfItAintCheezy]

Hi,

I have out of office set up to send an email with my signature, using the template function. This was the only way I could make it include my signature for some reason.

But it sends every time someone sends me an email, so if my boss for instance replies to 10 emails I've sent, she gets 10 out of office replies, can I change this?

I have looked at the OOO settings and as far as I can see, I need the reply in the normal box to be able to stop this, but when I used that, I couldn't use my signature.

Does anyone know what I can do please?

Thanks

I have pictures and email addresses and stuff in my signature.

I have just changed it back to normal OOO for now without a signature but that looks a bit rubbish.

Can't you just cut and paste your signature into the message?

No, it becomes text not html or whatever. It's not the signature section, it's the out of office section.