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

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