On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:40 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
> > Many mail readers (e.g Thunderbird) put the signature (that means, the
> > text after a \r\n--\r\n
> > token) in a different, lighter color.
> 
> actually, I think that's supposed to be dash-dash-space-newline.
> 
> >  Thus, replying below the signature may put your reply in the
> > same color, potentially rendering it invisible to some eyes.
> 
> evolution automatically deletes everything including and below the
> dash-dash-space-newline when you reply.
> 

Which is handy because signatures really should not be quoted in the
first place.  Quote only what is needed.  Text is attributed at the
beginning of the quote.

Mikko

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