Re: Mozilla should put the Signature ABOVE the Quoted Text, when "start my reply above the quoted text" is selected in prefs

[hume . spamfilter]

Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is this preformat you refer to?
> Is it the sigdash.

I think it was the word "preformat" which threw everyone off, including me.
"Preformat" tends to make people think of "preliminary formatting".

I'd use the words "signature delimiter", myself.

> IF the preformat is that then its required by USENET.

> what's it for. Its purpose is to let server software know a siganture file is below.

Its more for the benefit of the news client, not the server.  In general, a
news server will avoid modifying (or even examining, if it can help it) the
body of a news article.

For example, I could read your article fine, but when I replied Tin gutted
your article after the example delimiter you posted.  I had to cut and paste
the relevant text back in.

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