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Subject: 
Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Wed, 28 May 2003 17:56:11 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman wrote:


    *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

    *   *         --==( TODD'S BIG UGLY TEXT SIGNATURE )==--        *   *

    *   *                    :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)                     *   *

    *   *               Todd Lehman - <todd@lugnet.com>             *   *

    *   *                    :-(  :-(  :-(  :-(                     *   *

    *   *         --==( TODD'S BIG UGLY TEXT SIGNATURE )==--        *   *

    *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Now this is the stuff I'd like to see go away. I've never seen a post that is
enhanced by 87 lines of text as a sig file. Pictures I can filter out if need
be. Text is something I can't.

-Dave



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  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
(...) It's technically impossible, of course, to detect what a signature is. If you go by internet standards, then the line "-- " (that's two hyphens followed by a single space, followed by a newline character) is a standard signature delimiter -- (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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