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Posted by Robert Bonomi on July 11, 2008, 7:02 pm
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>Many of the readers use software (such as Mozilla) that changes the
>font color and/or size when it encounters a "signature separator" in a
>messages. This is, of course, normal and expected for most
>emails. However, readers of the Telecom Digest, who receive multiple
>messages in a single email digest, find themselves squinting whenever
>a message with a signature separator ("--") appears in an email
>_above_ the one they're reading.
>
>As a workaround, I've modified the mail scripts so that they'll turn
>all signature separators into the pattern hyphen-space-hyphen. I
>welcome suggestions and links to other solutions.
If you're going to do something like -that-, please do it *ONLY* when things
are assembled into 'digest' form. Deliberately Breaking the 'expected'
behavior for USENET readers and/or those who get the non-digest form of the
e-mails is not polite. :)
Secondly, there is a standardized 'digest' format, and, ttbomk, all competently
written s/w -- this specifically excludes MicroSoft -- should reset display
charatersistics to the 'default' at a digested message boundary. Double-check
the 'digest' construction to make sure things are _exactly_ right -- I've found
"small" deviations can have *big* effects.
***** Moderator's Note *****
That's a good ieda: I'll ask John Levine to investigate if the
software that generates the digests can be modified to do it.
I assume the standardized format you're refering to is S/Mime, and
I'll ask John to look into that as well.
In the meantime, I'll take out the changes.
Bill Horne
Temporary Moderator
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