Re: Newbie questions/comments (Was: Re: [Evolution] Wish list/Todo ?)

[Mark Neill <mark thisismyown com>]

On 18 Jul 2002, proXy wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 20:26, Oliver Sturm wrote:
>
> >         * Insert my signature text without the leading '-- '. I'd like
> >           to have my name in the signature text so I don't have to type
> >           it all the time, but above the '-- '. I can easily insert it
> >           myself, but it duplicates the way it currently is.
>
> This is actually fairly standard across most mailers and newsreaders as
> far as I know.
 
This isn't just standard, it's in some of the more obscure RFC's regarding 
handling of Signature files.
 
The --\n sequence on a line by itself is the designator between the body 
of a message, and the signature for the message.  Clients that know this 
use it to parse the sig out of a reply-quoted message.  
 
--Mark