Re: [ietf-822] "--" first in lines to indicate start of signature

Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se> Mon, 04 January 2016 13:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-822] "--" first in lines to indicate start of signature
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On 3 jan 2016, at 00.05, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:

> What other uses of "--" on a line by itself are there?  The only thing I can think of is ASCII art.

I have used "--" to separate sections in a longer plain text document. I have learned to not use it in that way in mail messages, and use "==" instead of "--". But it is a simple mistake to make if you are not aware of its special meaning in mail messages. Which probably many mail users are, everyone is not an expert on mail protocols, as we who subscribe to this mailinglist are.

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