Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:

> /Beauregard T. Shagnasty/:
>> Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:
>>> Actually Outlook Express doesn't strip the space after the standard
>>> sig' delimiter and even supports format=flowed to some extend for
>>> some years now.  I don't have references handy to backup these
>>> statements, but I've observed this by performing test posts using
>>> Outlook Express number of times.
>> 
>> Perhaps it depends upon the individual users' settings. 
>> 
>> Did you have the OE-QuoteFix installed?  (supposed to cure the
>> problem) I don't have an OE to test, as I stopped using Windows over
>> five years ago.
> 
> I think it doesn't depend on user's settings.  During my tests I
> didn't have OE-QuoteFix installed, although I had used it many years
> ago for a short period I had primarily used Outlook Express for Mail
> and News. 
> 
> I've found: 
> "OE signature separator in news messages not RFC compliant - Fixed"
> <http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#sigseparator> 
> 
> The cumulative update which fixes the problem appears dated
> 10/30/2002.

It goes on to say that Windows XP SP1 is required for that update
(leaves out Windows 2000/Windows 98 users), and that it was not an
automatic update.  "This is not a critical update and so will probably
not appear on Windows Update." -- which might indicate that many never
got it.

The trailing space problem was not only about the sig-sep, but about the
entire body as well, as I recall.

-- 
   -bts
   -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
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