technical term for it is the "sigdash" Its required by a rules committee
which has some wierd and offbeat regulations. But this is one That i
agree with.
Holger Metzger wrote:
>
> On 6/11/01 5:54 AM, Adam Wood wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to disable the signature breaker, the two
> > hyphens [--]? I really hate them, and I hate to have to erase
> > them everytime I write a message... If someone can tell me how,
> > please respond to
> >
>
> You can't. The "-- " (notice the space) is the standard signature
> delimeter and must not be removed.
>
> See http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/netnews/son-of-1036.html#4.3
>
> ,---- [ Quoting Son-of-RFC-1036: ]
> | If a poster or posting agent does append a signature to an article, the
> | signature SHOULD be preceded with a delimiter line containing (only) two
> | hyphens (ASCII 45) followed by one blank (ASCII 32). Posting agents
> | SHOULD limit the length of signatures, since verbose excess bordering on
> | abuse is common if no restraint is imposed; 4 lines is a common limit.
> `----
>
> Intelligent newsreaders (including Mozilla) recognize a correct signature
> and cut it off when replying.
>
> Holger
> --
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