[Coco] Moratorium on using double-dash?

[Louis Ciotti]

The "double dash space" is supposed to represent the start of the signature
block.  So in my opinion Thunderbird is doing the correct thing, and all
the other clients are not.


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Andrew <keeper63 at cox.net> wrote:

> Ok, I know I've complained about this before; I don't really expect this
> to go anywhere, I'm just venting, I guess.
>
> Does anyone else on here use Thunderbird and get the list as a digest?
>
> When I do a reply to the digest, anything after a "double-dash" gets
> turned "grey" (though something else turns it back to "normal") - and any
> of the messages after that point aren't a part of the reply. Thus, I can't
> delete the portion I want, etc. to get what I do want (because inevitably,
> it's after the double-dash.
>
> There's been a bug fix request submitted to the TB team; that was years
> ago, though - nothing has been done.
>
> If you notice, I'm avoiding using it here in this "rant"; I try to do so
> for this and other lists I am on (admittedly, not many nowadays). Maybe I
> should change my subscribed email on this list to my virtual host, then use
> that server to process these digests and remove the double-dashes then
> forward them on...
>
> Seems like a lot of work; I just don't understand why Thunderbird seems to
> be the only mail client that interprets a double-dash symbol this way...
>
> bah.
>
> Andrew L. Ayers
> Glendale, Arizona
> http://www.phoenixgarage.org/
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