Holger,
I Keep learning everyday! In my private E-mail I use a HTML sig file 
with a table to make it look a bit better. With what you just discribed, 
does this mean that my private signature (not displayed here) is actualy 
"not done" ?

On 20-12-2001 10:10, Holger Metzger made an attempt to write...

>
> 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


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Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,

Arthur Costerus

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