[CLUE-Tech] Mozilla Mail Signature

Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Tue May 25 17:45:44 MDT 2004


David Anselmi wrote:

> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>
>> Ok, here's something I just ran into: attaching a signature in mozilla
>> mail puts a line with '--' before the signature.  I don't know why they
>> would add this, but is there any way to get rid of it?
>
>
> It's actually '-- ' and that's the standard way to delimit a signature 
> from way back in usenet days.  There's no RFC or such for it 
> apparently but it is widely accepted practice.

Actually there *is* an RFC that talks about it, saw it on another 
mailing list... but I can't find it now (of course...).  The mutt fans 
on another list dug it up...

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com



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