On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 15.50 Chief Gadgeteer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 08:32, Radek Doul�k wrote: > > These -- are a standard way to split signature from mail content. > > Someone with better memory than I can probably cite the RFC. As I > remember it the specified way of indicating the beginning of a signature > is dash dash space. Microsoft los^H^H^H end-users must take care that > their keyboard mapping does not break this.
>From RFC 2646: 4.3. Usenet Signature Convention There is a convention in Usenet news of using "-- " as the separator line between the body and the signature of a message. When generating a Format=Flowed message containing a Usenet-style separator before the signature, the separator line is sent as-is. This is a special case; an (optionally quoted) line consisting of >From RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines: "If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines." (The "-- " beginning marker is not counted as one of the four lines.) Likewise A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community states "Don't Overdo Signatures". [Underlining is mine.] Furthermore, on the technical level some programs and ISPs automatically limit the signature length to the said four lines. Many modern email and newsreader programs automatically identify the start of the signature part of a message from the "-- " token. (Note: dash, dash, space.) This is a programs related convention. -- Guenter Heck -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Signature stored at http://pgp.mit.edu PGP fingerprint = FF75 F0A7 0970 2B85 D63E 5D59 B173 B587 7CDF DA27 ====================================================================
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