Goomba38 wrote:

> Reg wrote:
>
>> Also important IMO would be that folks with big honking
>> sigs should use a sig delimiter.
>>
>> A sig delimiter is a line that starts with "--" and contains nothing
>> else.
>>
>> When someone replies, everything after the "--" will be left out
>> of the reply. It's automatic, and almost all newsreaders will
>> function this way.
>
>
> Which still ignores that one should trim up (and out!) all that
> extraneous stuff. Why just assume a machine will do enough?

It doesn't ignore anything. It's a single datapoint in
what is a fairly broad subject.

None of this stuff ever worries me, however. If I ever speak
to the issue of "how to post", it's always in the spirit of
offering advice where it might be welcome and/or useful. Trying
to exert control is pointless.

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