On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:04:19PM +0200, Rado S. wrote: > From the source-code signatures are recognized and separated by "-- ". > Why is this so ? Is it a RFC ? No. However, it's a standard in the sense that it's been used consistently and for a long time by various mail programs. Some standards come from RFC, some from committees, some by fiat (think Microsoft) and some from common usage. This is the common usage kind :) Tim -- Timothy H. Legant "My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time." -- Garrison Keillor