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Re: Permissions problem - odd setup


On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Eric Blake wrote:

> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> > > --
> > > Eric Blake
> >
> > Just a little note here but a proper signature delimiter is two dashes
> > followed by a space. You lack a space.
>
> And where is that rule written?  I've never seen an RFC from IETF
> recommending that.  However, whether it is '--' or '-- ' inserted is up
> to my mailer, not my .sig.  I'll see if I can work around the mailer
> bug, as you call it, to put a space after the sig separator.

FYI, when googling for "sigdashes", the first hit turns up
<http://bluesmoon.blogspot.com/2005/01/sigdashes.html>, which contains
some history and configuration options for various mailers.

> And next time somebody complains about my signature, I'll drop a hippo
> on them (if they didn't do it to me first). :)

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-e-e-e-e-e-e-SPLAT!  Besides, who am I to complain --
I *like* to eat dessert first... :-D
	Igor
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