From: Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
Date: Sun Nov 02 1997 - 08:44:00 CST
brad@clari.net (Brad Templeton) wrote on 13.10.97 in <19971013190922.39190@polka.clari.net>:
> The Options are:
>
> a) Do nothing
>
> b) Define "-- " as the official delim, and forbid it in article bodies.
>
> c) Define a MIME-based personal signature standard, either now or as a
> goal of migration when everybody supports MIME.
>
> d) Define a Sig-Len style header
e) Do an a/b compromise (that is, describe "-- ", but don't forbid it at
more than SHOULD level), *plus* (long-time) go to some SGML variation for
"normal" articles that can do proper SGML sig labelling. (Actually, you
probably want something XML compatible.)
MfG Kai