Am 20.12.2001 09:34 schrieb TJH folgendes: > Just a short question. Isn't it possible to disable the two dashes (--) > which are automatically added in top of every signature (Mozilla 0.9.6)?
No. And it's "-- ", not just "--". This is the standard signature delimeter according to 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. NOTE: While signatures are arguably a blemish, they are a well-understood convention, and conveying the same information in headers exposes it to mangling and makes it rather less conspicuous. A standard delimiter line makes it possible for reading agents to handle signatures specially if desired. (This is unfortunately hampered by extensive misunderstanding of, and misuse of, the delimiter.) NOTE: The choice of delimiter is somewhat unfortunate, since it relies on preservation of trailing white space, but it is too wellestablished to change. There is work underway to define a more sophisticated signature scheme as part of MIME, and this will presumably supersede the current convention in due time. Holger -- Netscape 6 Tips deutsch: http://www.hmetzger.de
