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Re: Please be careful with dashes



> There was recently discovered a problem which i think everyone
> here should be aware of.  The digest version of this list is
> sent as a collection of attachments each separated by a series
> of dashes at the left margin.  If your post or your signature
> contains two or more dashes at the left margin some mail readers
> will get very confused ant not display any of the digest after
> that line.  If you must use dashes at the left margin of a post
> please insert a single space or some non-dash character before
> the line.  This will allow those of us with stupid mail readers
> to read the entire digest.
> 
> Thank You
> 
> Clark

I'll also add that one should not leave a "." on a line by itself.
This caused a problem with the Digital Guitar list.


Paolo Valladolid
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