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

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From: koc... Lorens Kockum
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 00:00

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In article <hnsngr-ya0231800...@news.sirius.com>,
Ron Hunsinger <hns...@sirius.com> wrote:
>
>RFC1036 doesn't mention .sig lines. I'm not aware that there is a standard
>for this.
>

elm's options file says

# do we want dashes above signatures? (News 2.11 compatibility and convention)

But I haven't researched who wrote News 2.11 or when (I assume it's a
program, newsreader or some such).

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include <std_disclaim.h>                  Lorens KOCKUM ( koc...@efrei.fr )

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Date: 1998/01/31
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