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Re: UKLUG Prototype online
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:39:39 GMT
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If you do use that as a sig, please be kind to others and put it in the
standard sig format, meaning two -'s followed by a space character right
before the actual sig (example at bottom of this message).  That way, the
sig can be stripped properly when people reply (if their newsreader is
smart) and when articles are indexed for the search. --Todd

--
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) :)

What is this -- code anyway? I've not encountered that before

Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com



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(...) 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. (...) It's a standard NNTP/Usenet sig thing going back decades (I think). Your (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) If you do use that as a sig, please be kind to others and put it in the standard sig format, meaning two -'s followed by a space character right before the actual sig (example at bottom of this message). That way, the sig can be stripped (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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