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In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Robinson writes:
> > --
> > Read this:
> > CHARTER/PURPOSE:
> > etc.
> > etc.
>
> Strange thing is though that your 'example' appears to consist fo two -'s
> followed by a carriage return (no space) :)
Oops, I shouldda posted that from a real newsreader. I posted it from the
web interface, which strips trailing blanks from lines to reduce line
wrapping problems.
> What is this -- code anyway? I've not encountered that before
It's a standard NNTP/Usenet sig thing going back decades (I think). Your
news posting agent is supposed to put "-- \n" right before inserting your
sig, so that other newsreaders can automatically strip it out when people
reply.
--Todd
[followups to lugnet.off-topic.geek]
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On Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:48:00 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com>
wrote:
> It's a standard NNTP/Usenet sig thing going back decades (I think). Your
> news posting agent is supposed to put "-- \n" right before inserting your
> sig, so that other newsreaders can automatically strip it out when people
> reply.
"\n-- \n", actually.
I don't think the practice actually goes back multiple decades -
remember, in 1981, people were reading NETnews on 300 baud dumb
terminals.. My guess would be the sigdelimiter convention dates to the
middle 80s. Interestingly, a similar (though by no means equal)
feature is found on FIDOnet.
>
> --Todd
Todd? Your .sigdelimiter is bah-roken. ;)
Jasper
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