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Posted by David E. Ross on 05/22/07 00:57
Dr J R Stockton wrote:
> In comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html message <aqOdnTLoGq_qac3bnZ2dnUVZ
> _o3inZ2d@comcast.com>, Sun, 20 May 2007 21:23:02, Ed Mullen
> <ed@edmullen.net> posted:
>> http://mozilla.edmullen.net/moz_sigtag.html
>
> To be foolproof, it should say that "dash dash space" must be on a line
> on its own.
>
> ISTM that "separator" is better than "delimiter" as it makes it clearer
> that the signature starts after it rather than with it.
>
> Established Usenet convention is for at most 4 lines of sig, not 6; see
> Wikipedia.
>
Wikipedia is not an authoritative source for standards and conventions.
"Established Usenet convention" is found in the Internet Society RFC
database. RFC 3676 is where the "-- " separator is described (section
4.3). However, the RFC does NOT indicate anything about the number of
lines in a signature; and I can't find any other RFC addressing this
issue.
See also "Reference Materials" under
<http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php>.
--
David E. Ross
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