Mail signature dropped and randomised

I have recently had problems with my signatures in Mail. The signature is ok on my default mail account but for all my other addresses it is as if Mail cannot hold them. In my Mail preferences they are sitting there but won't stick to their relevant accounts. I re-assign the signatures to their accounts and that works until I exit the programme but then they go missing.
Any ideas out there?
Thanks in advance
Mark

Hi Mike,
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move this whole folder to the Desktop & reboot, setup a Signature or 3 again & see if they hold...
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