On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:31:07 -0800
Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> on 1/12/04 8:22 PM, larry at lmwoods@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > P.S. And the irony is that the grey shift has been happening quite a
> > bit. Although only three people used a "--" in their signature lines
> > (in a survey of Digest #3), one of them happens to be:
> >
> >> --
> >> ------------------------------------------------ Thomas Heide Clausen
> >> Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt) M.Sc in Computer Engineering
> >> E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://voop.free.fr/
> >> ------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >
>
> The '--" is I believe an old Unix delimiter for .sig files, perhaps it
> triggers some response in the mail-reader software. If I do a
> non-selected'reply' in MS Outlook Express 5.03 for Mac it cuts off the
> included quoted original message at the "--" which is the intended
> function I think...?--
Actually, it must be "-- " (minus minus space), but otherwise Jim is 100%
correct -- both on history and intentions.
--thomas
--
------------------------------------------------
Thomas Heide Clausen
Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
M.Sc in Computer Engineering
E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://voop.free.fr/
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