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Subject:    Re: Silent != second-class :)
From:       Tim Pierce <twp () rootsweb ! com>
Date:       2000-01-10 5:38:49
Message-ID: 20000110003849.S25531 () ma-1 ! rootsweb ! com
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On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 12:03:05PM -0500, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> 
> I think that the usual convention requires that the '-- ' occur as a line 
> all by itself.  That is, the flag is "<NL>--<space><NL>".

That's right.

> OTOH, I can't remember where I _saw_ that as a 'standard' for introducing 
> a signature...  Must be something left over from the ancient days...  [I 
> guess that the 'modern' .sig is a MIME section with one of those blasted 
> .vcf files...]

I thought the hyphen-hyphen-space convention was mentioned in RFC 1036,
but perhaps I'm thinking of the orphaned son-of-1036 draft.  Now I
can't find any official recommendation for signature delimiters.  It's
a shame.

-- 
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer

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