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 Message 4737 
 Sean Dennis to Dallas Vinson 
 Re: Tear Lines (Was: Synchronet vs. Myst 
 29 May 22 15:01:28 
 
CHRS: CP437 2
MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet 61f76188
PID: MBSE-BBS 1.0.8 (Linux-x86_64)
TZUTC: -0400
TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8 (Linux-x86_64)
-=> Dallas Vinson wrote to Mike Miller <=-

 DV> Mystic has it as an option in the users personal setting to auto add a
 DV> sig to the end of your messages. I add the -+- at the end of my message
 DV> porson myself just because that's the way I was taught to show the end
 DV> of my messages online.

That's considered a "bad thing" in Fidonet by using three dashes like that
as a tosser can see that as a tearline and think that is the end of a
message.  Double tearlines can cause technical isses with older
tossers...then that can constiute "annoying behavior" according to Policy.

So I'm recommending you use two dashes instead of three to avoid any
technical issues (see my own signature below).  I do not care myself but as
co-moderator of this echo I need to help prevent any problems.  :)

-- Sean

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