Tim Oakley wrote:
> Hi,
> Why is the '--' there ? It's been bugging me for years.

It's so that mail programs can recognize the start of the signature, so 
they can do things like display it so that is stands out from the rest 
of the message or strip it when replying.

-- 
Mozilla 1.0 Guide: http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/guide/
Mozilla 1.0 FAQ: http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/faq/

End-user discussion and peer support:
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.general
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.win32
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.mac
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.unix


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