*- On 3 Dec, Steve Lamb wrote about "Re: Outlook and HTML" > Friday, December 03, 1999, 4:34:01 PM, Brian wrote: >> *- On 3 Dec, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote about "Re: Outlook and HTML" >>> On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 01:28:57AM -0500, >>> Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 1. Standard signature separator is "--" with a blank following it. > >>> Actually, it's "-- ". Notice the trailing space. Mutt, slrn, and >>> Netscape all do this correctly. I'm sure most other software does as >>> well. > >> To me the phrase '"--" with a blank following it' is the same as "-- ". > > Well, to be a total technical nitpicky prick, no, it doesn't. The > complete sig delimiter is "-- \n" or "dash dash space newline". Why do I > point this out? Because DOS loves to have CR/NL and MAC CR. IIRC neither of > those work as reliably as "-- \n". :P >
Well, to be a total nitpicky prick, I wasn't talking about the *correct* delimiter. I was talking about the equivalence of the two phrases. The '"-- " notice the space' phrase makes not reference to the line termination. The '"--" with a blank following it' phrase makes no reference to the line termination. Thus *IMO* the two are the same. I do agree that the *correct* delimiter is "dash dash space newline". Enough nitpicking for me, Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.