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RE: Extra dot at end of signature?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:25:41 +0100
- Subject: RE: Extra dot at end of signature?
On 14 July 2006 15:48, Brian Ford wrote:
> Sorry this is off topic, but the extra dot at the end of my signature that
> keeps showing up in my list postings is bugging me. Does anyone know
> where it comes from? I don't see any other postings with this addition.
>
> The three dots after crew are meant to be there, but anything after them
> is not in the original email AFAIK. Thanks.
>
> --
> Brian Ford
> Lead Realtime Software Engineer
> VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
> FlightSafety International
> the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained crew...
>
> .
That's the dot on a line by itself that is supposed to indicate the end of
the DATA phase of an smtp transfer. What kind of mailer are you using?
cheers,
DaveK
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