Hello Avi! On Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 5:10:56 AM you wrote:
> o What exactly is the purpose of the blank space after the two > dashes? What is the rationale for having that space, and, in > particular, for having something invisible rather than visible? To come up with a line that would not easily be a valid text? Or purely historic. > o Is there any harm in configuring TB so that it also recognizes > two dashes without the blank space as a valid sig delimiter (as > QuoteFix does)? Two dashes could be used in text; my own empirics show (your post implies the same) that the correct sig delimiter is never put into an e-mail accidentally. Two dashes alone may be a simple typo. > o Are there any other standard sig delimiters? (For example, "- > --" seems to work in TB, but does it work with most modern email > clients? In other words, is it standard?) Not that I know of, even the one you mention isn't one, it's an escaped normal one (you missed the space). PGP does it. Upon many requests here RITLabs considered a solution - and found one. -- Dierk Haasis :Dierk: Copy 'n' Concept The Bat 3.0.2.7 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 Chat info for ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber upon request Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification. (Sir Karl Popper) ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.7 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
