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- From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
- Subject: Re: MAKEDIG.ZIP now available.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.164812.3649@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
- References: <mLqRwB3w165w@railnet.nshore.ORG> <Z7eswB1w165w@cybrspc.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 16:48:12 GMT
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- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
-
- >> > As long as your signature sterts with "--\n", you won't get the
- >> > helpfile unless you ask. ;->
-
- >> Say Roy, shouldn't that be "-- \n"?
-
- >By golly, Rick, you're the second person to ask that question. I
- >couldn't find anything in the RFCs I have online here. But to make
- >sure I'm not breaking anything, I'll add both versions to my fileserver.
-
- I think you'll find it buried in either bnews or cnews code. A suggestion
- is offered to keep things backward compatible, if that's even feasible.
- Since not everyone (either manually or in their software) tries to use
- "-- ", then parsing the string for "--" should be valid. What about
- an either/or routine? You're doomed, anyway, if someone uses pluses
- or "*", or ...
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