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<p dir="auto">Charlie, actually it looks like both <space><dash><dash> and <dash><dash><space> work</p>
<p dir="auto">Introducing the space on either end leads to the <dash><dash> being ignored by the markdown processor</p>
<p dir="auto">rgds,<br>
verdon</p>
<p dir="auto">On 19 Dec 2016, at 16:06, Charlie Garrison wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">On 20 Dec 2016, at 7:51, Verdon Vaillancourt wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">I found that <space><dash><dash> worked for me… I think ;-)</p>
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<p dir="auto">Unless given good reason otherwise, I’ll stay with the spec (RFC) for now.</p>
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<li><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676#section-4.3" style="color:#777">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676#section-4.3</a></li>
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<p dir="auto">Or for unofficial but easier to read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block" style="color:#777">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block</a> (“Signatures in Usenet postings” section)</li>
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<p dir="auto">Yes, the references were originally for Usenet before being adopted by email.</p>
<p dir="auto">I’ve been using dash,dash,space for 20 years; I’ll need a compelling reason before I switch. ;-)</p>
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Garrison Computer Services <http://www.garrison.com.au>
PO Box 380
Tumbarumba NSW 2653 Australia
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<p dir="auto"><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt" style="color:#777">Conundrum</a></p>
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