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Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 9 May 1997 16:13:00 GMT
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On Fri, 9 May 1997 19:22:17 -0500, Betty Wills <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>... and that the two dashes cue the computer to stop looking for
>commands.

Good Idea!

Actually, they cue the line parser that this is the start of a signature
line so it is 'end of useful message, ignore everything that follows'.
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