Re: MAKEDIG.ZIP now available.

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From: Ralph Sims
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 16:48

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roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:

>> > As long as your signature sterts with "--\n", you won't get the
>> > helpfile unless you ask. ;->

>> Say Roy, shouldn't that be "-- \n"?

>By golly, Rick, you're the second person to ask that question.  I
>couldn't find anything in the RFCs I have online here.  But to make
>sure I'm not breaking anything, I'll add both versions to my fileserver.

I think you'll find it buried in either bnews or cnews code.  A suggestion
is offered to keep things backward compatible, if that's even feasible.
Since not everyone (either manually or in their software) tries to use
"-- ", then parsing the string for "--" should be valid.  What about
an either/or routine?  You're doomed, anyway, if someone uses pluses
or "*", or ...

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nwnexus!ralphs
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: MAKEDIG.ZIP now available.
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