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Subject:    Re: [Mailman-Developers] following standards in signature-syntax
From:       "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink ! com>
Date:       2002-02-25 22:41:46
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:33:29PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Wouldn't it be sencefull to follow the standards in signature-style and
> change the "___________....." line to "-- " like a signature has to be
> cuted as in standards declared?
> 
> Bye
>  Jonas
> 
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No, and I've quoted your posting to illustrate why:

It's *part of* your signature, which already has sigdashes.

Now, there's the "but what about people who don't *have* signatures"
argument... but go back and read all the 'enabler' arguments from last
week.  ;-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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