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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:59:20 +0930 (CST)

RE: Writing application for MS Windows and linux --- options?

On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Russell, Richard (DEH) wrote:

> My understanding is that "-- " is a standard way of differentiating the body
> from the sig... I've heard rumours that some mail clients will parse it and
> remove the sig when replying... Not real sure though -- anyone else knwo
> more?

You are correct. Any -- that begins at the start of a line is the
signature separator. Pine can remove signatures based on this
separator. Mailing lists can be configured to remove signatures and it
also indicates the end of commands to email FTP sites and mailinglist
subscription systems. It also makes it easy to determine where someones
email ends and signatures start. I've seen some pretty long signatures :)

Cheers,
--
* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au

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