Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:4417 news.misc:5776 comp.emacs:9658 Path: 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: Organization: asi Lines: 27 In article 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. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com