Article View: comp.mail.misc
Article #2030Re: separator for .signature?
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 1990 02:10
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 1990 02:10
27 lines
1609 bytes
1609 bytes
In article <RSM.90Nov30170514@coral.math.arizona.edu> rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) writes: >It's traditional in some quarters, when sending a E-mail message or >posting a news article, to precede the signature (especially if >included from a .signature file) by the string > > "-- \n" > If you skip the space that's an enclosure-part separator (which would be used by some programs that no how to de-digestify digests). >If the story is true, is there any mail- or news-reading software >still out there that has this feature? If not, is there any point in >maintaining the old signature separator, or should it be considered >obsolete? If it's a valid separator for a new enclosure then the mail app we're writing will treat your .sig as separate from the rest of the message. -kee -- Alphalpha Software, Inc. | motif-request@alphalpha.com nazgul@alphalpha.com |----------------------------------- 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | Proline BBS: 617/641-3722 I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1990Dec2.021052.24615@alphalpha.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!hsdndev!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgulReferences:
<RSM.90Nov30170514@coral.math.arizona.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!hsdndev!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.misc,comp.emacs Subject: Re: separator for .signature? Message-ID: <1990Dec2.021052.24615@alphalpha.com> Date: 2 Dec 90 02:10:52 GMT References: <RSM.90Nov30170514@coral.math.arizona.edu> Organization: asi Lines: 27