From: jose.kahan@w3.org
Date: Wed Nov 03 1999 - 05:07:30 CST
In our previous episode, Martin Schulze said:
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something. Is there any RFC defining this "--\n"
> > signature separation convention? I scanned some 20 recent messages in
> > my mailbox, all coming from different sources, and none of them uses
> > the "--\n" convention.
>
> What do they use instead?
>
Anything!
mutt, exmh, and emacs seem to use "--\n".
Others just copy the signature file as is, or put lots of "------" in the
line above it.
I can guarantee you that if you look at your message box, you can verify
what I'm saying. I didn't look at 20 messages that satisfied my rule,
but the first 20 messages in my mailbox.
I found the possible origin of "--\n" in an elmrc file:
# do we want dashes above signatures? (News 2.11 compatibility and convention)
### sigdashes = ON
The point I want to make is:
- Is it an RFC convention or not to separate signatures with "--\n" (
or "---\n", etc).
- If it is not, would you like to have a setup configuration to avoid
having this automatic signature rule.
This thing only concerns people who are using the showhtml option.
-Jose