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 Posted by JohnWMpls on 08/03/05 05:24 
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:31:09 +0100, David Dorward <dorward@yahoo.com> 
wrote: 
 
=>JohnWMpls wrote: 
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=>> I've been using my sig separator for almost 20 years in the BBS world. 
=>> It is: 3 hyphens, CR/LF, Space, Text..... 
=>>  
=>> What you suggest looks similar but:  2 hyphens, CR/LF, Text.... 
=>> Is that right? 
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=>No, 2 hyphens, space, CR/LF, Text. 
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=>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2646.html 
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=>> Does the difference make my old BBS style generally not accepted in 
=>> newsgroups? 
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=>Yes. 
 
I tried cutting back to 2 hyphens on my BBS messages - and it works there 
also. 
 
Using the above in BBSs, my messages end up with just my sig - the 
separator avoids the 2 lines of advertisement the local BBS usually 
adds. 
 
-- 
 JohnW-Mpls
 
  
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