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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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| (...) 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 (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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