Subj : Tear lines
To   : Shurato
From : Shurato
Date : Fri Apr 26 2024 08:53 pm


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 Sh> AK> I have a question about 'tear lines' on messages.  If Digital Man is
 Sh> AK> reading this maybe he'll have some insight as a long term developer
 Sh> of
 Sh> AK> FTN-compatible systems.  Or anyone else of course please jump in.

 Sh> AK> I have a vague recollection of there being issues around "multiple
 Sh> tear
 Sh> AK> lines" in messages - IIRC it's a topic I saw discussed in the 90s.
 Sh> In a
 Sh> AK> very brief search I didn't find anything specifying that there can be
 Sh> only
 Sh> AK> one tearline, so I could be chasing a false memory here. :)

 Sh> AK> I'm not aware of any actual issues around multiple lines looking like
 Sh> a
 Sh> AK> tear line (at least on my system running Squish and Maximus it seems
 Sh> AK> fine), so I'm not reporting a problem or anything - just curious if
 Sh> there
 Sh> AK> are technical edge-cases around tear lines in messages as I seem to
 Sh> AK> remember in the past some people being picky about it.

 Sh> AK> (I would expect software that cares about a tearline to search for
 Sh> the
 Sh> AK> line starting with "---" from the end of the message anyway,
 Sh> eliminating
 Sh> AK> any potential issue.)

 Sh> Thanks for pointing this out, though there's nothing I can do about it.
 Sh> My
 Sh> mailer adds the second one and the first one is just good form before a
 Sh> signature...

Fixed.

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