Subject: signature

From: [email-masked] (Klaus Wacker)
Date: 14 Nov 1994 16:29:12 GMT

Both elm and tin add a line containing two dashes in front of the
signature. Pine doesn't. Why not? Isn't this some kind of standard?

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From: Brad <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:54:14 +0000

It may be the standard, but who wants a couple of dashes before
their signature? :) If you want them, then just add "-- " to the top of
your .signature file!

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 08:34:02 -0800 (GMT)

> signature. Pine doesn't. Why not? Isn't this some kind of standard?

	There is no such standard.

	If you'd like, add the dashes to your signature file. 

					Ed

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From: [email-masked] (Jeremy Schertzinger)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 00:17:33 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>their signature? :) If you want them, then just add "-- " to the top of

Why not just edit your .pinerc file and select a new one for the 
signature.  Then copy your .signature file to the new file and add a "--" 
to the top?

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Jeremy Schertzinger        [email-masked]  --  [email-masked]
              http://www.eskimo.com/~jeremyps

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 15 Nov 1994 23:41:09 GMT

>>>>> "E" == Ed Greshko <[email-masked]> writes:

    E> On 14 Nov 1994, Klaus Wacker wrote:
    >> Both elm and tin add a line containing two dashes in front of
    >> the signature. Pine doesn't. Why not? Isn't this some kind of
    >> standard?

    E> 	There is no such standard.

    E> 	If you'd like, add the dashes to your signature file.

I was curious about that.  I guess it's a standard specific to usenet.
Nevertheless it's a common practice even among mailers.
   === Al

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From: [email-masked] (Liam Greenwood)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 07:03:50 GMT

> 	If you'd like, add the dashes to your signature file. 
1. It's two dashes AND a space at the beginning of the line : "-- "
2. It is a standard.  A number of news and mail UAs recognise it as
   meaning 'The rest of the message is a .sig' and allow the user to
   ignore it by default if they wish.  

			Cheers, Liam