>Of course there are ways round it. But since there is almost never a >good reason to quote a signature, then it would make sense only to quote >it if it has been deliberately selected.
The problem as I see it is there are too many delimiters for signatures. The quasi-standard is double dash space return. However, that isn't always the case since there is no real RFC. The closest RFC is RFC 1855, however it is NOT a real RFC, but as they put it: This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited So what you run into is how do you determine what the signature line is? Here are some real samples pulled out of my emails.... _______________________________________________ -------------- ------------------------------------ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ --------------------------------------------------------------------- And then there is always: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Can't look for multiple dashes (I might be trying to use some ASCII art) and the -=-=-=-=-= blows that one up too... Anyhow, as I mentioned earlier, yes it would be nice to chop off the signature line, but I don't see that happening. Wayne -- "Somebody's dead forever..." - Somebody Got Murdered -- Joe Strummer (1952-2002)
