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Re: Permissions problem - odd setup
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:21:01 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Permissions problem - odd setup
- References: <43FC6BE6.9020309@byu.net>
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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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