\r\n vs. CRLF (was Re: Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?)

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From: Russell Schulz
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:00

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Louis RAPHAEL <rap...@cs.mcgill.ca> writes:

> Yes, but for news/mail transport, the standard still seems to be CRLF.
> At least, that's what I remember from when I coded a small app that
> had to interface with my local friendly $NNTPSERVER - it required \n\r
> termination of lines. Or maybe I'm daydreaming...

ah, `everyone is using a Mac' syndrome.

\n is the local system's end-of-line -- perhaps \x0A, perhaps \x0D
\r is usually the other one

any Unix programs which use \r\n for CRLF are (probably accidentally)
Unix-specific right there.

(hmm, with Rhapsody, will \n be the Mac's CR or the NeXT's LF?)
-- 
Russell...@locutus.ofB.ORG  Shad 86c

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From: Russell Schulz <Russell...@locutus.ofB.ORG>
Subject: \r\n vs. CRLF (was Re: Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?)
Date: 1998/02/05
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