Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!well!pokey From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: "-- " and .signature Message-ID: <10986@well.UUCP> Date: 16 Mar 89 08:17:53 GMT References: <11273@s.ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal Lines: 15 On some systems, inews will append the "-- " and .signature; on other systems, Pnews or the equivalent does it. And then there are the systems where they both do it. The correct solution is to do it yourself. In my case, I use my own copy of Pnews that appends .newsignature -- no other software knows about this file, so I am safe from the Dreaded Double Signature. In addition, it appends it *before* I go into the editor, so I can change it (see below) or remove it if I like. And since I don't give a fuck about the "-- " idiocy, I didn't add that. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov ...well!pokey Oh well, what can you expect from software written by a high school student?