signature delimiter

created by LagMan

(thing) by LagMan (6.9 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Oct 27 2000 at 6:55:11

A signature delimiter is a line of text in an email or a news posting that separates the body of a message from the sender's signature. The commonly accepted delimiter is:

--

(that's two dashes, a space, and a newline - "-- \n")

Generally, one should not quote anything after the last signature delimiter when replying. Some mail and news programs automatically do this; with others the user should (but usually doesn't) snip the signature manually.

In certain newsgroups you will get flamed for quoting a signature or using an incorrect delimiter.
_{Those who quote my signature and have modems of questionable quality find their connections dropped... +++ATH0 is my friend}

A modem is better than nothing	+++ATH0	The quality of relationships with people when you're sick	signature
alt.sysadmin.recovery	delimiter	incorrect	Acoustic Connect Modem

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