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From: welty@steinmetz.ge.com (richard welty)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: suggested change for newsreaders
Message-ID: <2814973363@Stearns.Steinmetz>
Date: 15 Mar 89 17:02:43 GMT
References: <2814479975@Stearns.Steinmetz> <11844@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> <13349@steinmetz.ge.com> <38@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
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In article <38@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, Bruce Barnett writes: 
*In article <13349@steinmetz.ge.com>, welty@steinmetz (richard welty) writes:
*>... wondering just where the `-- ' convention is specified ...

*It's in the sources to inews.c
.. source code omitted ...
*Now, wasn't that obvious? :-)

quite.

on the other hand, the last time i used remote rn (over a year
ago), remote inews wasn't checking the length of signatures and
wasn't inserting the `-- ' either.  i seem to recall some mild
flames were sent in my direction because i inadvertantly violated
a convention of which i was totally unaware.

in any case, i have now altered the slimebolics newsreader
to insert the `-- ' automagyklly.  if remote inews still
doesn't do this, would whoever maintains it these days
consider fixing it?

richard
   who is only mildly confused these days
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