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Re: Use of -- in signatures

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From: Clair Shaw
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <Ensv0o.o4F@suse.modem.stud.uni-hannover.de>, Peter
Rottengatter <perot@suse.modem.stud.uni-hannover.de> writes
>In article <4696410_000003_OASIS_NEWS@the-gap.demon.co.uk>,
>       gary@the-gap.demon.co.uk (Gary Priest) writes:
>
>> I've recently had someone ask me to stop POPwatch prefixing the signature
>> file with <CRLF>--<CRLF>
>> 
>> I'm reasonably happy to do this, but can someone tell me what the
>> standards/rules are for this? It was my understanding that all sigs should
>
>I understand putting the -- into the signature is one's own decision. So 
>it's probably better to not do it automatically, as everybody can easily 
>put it into the signature file.
>
>I occasionly remove the -- from my signature in the posting if I refer to
>the signature in the message, to make sure nobody wants to follow the 
>reference to an already cut away footer.
>
>
>Cheers  Peter

if you put a --  (line line, space) in an email in a line of its own, in
some software (on the PC) everything is cut underneath it when you
reply.

-- 

so if you reply to this message using Turnpike, this line will be cut
away.

-- 
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From: Clair Shaw <Clair@shaw1.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Use of -- in signatures
Date: 1998/02/06
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