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Re: Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?

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From: kis... Kirk Is
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00
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Is the "official" convention that it's dash-dash-space, not 
just dash-dash?

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Kirk Israel - kis...@cs.tufts.edu - http://www.alienbill.com
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From: kis...@allegro.cs.tufts.edu (Kirk Is)
Subject: Re: Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?
Date: 1998/01/28
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