[MlMt] Triggering markdown with 'complimentary close' above signature

[Verdon Vaillancourt]

Charlie, actually it looks like both <space><dash><dash> and 
<dash><dash><space> work

Introducing the space on either end leads to the <dash><dash> being 
ignored by the markdown processor

rgds,
verdon


On 19 Dec 2016, at 16:06, Charlie Garrison wrote:

> On 20 Dec 2016, at 7:51, Verdon Vaillancourt wrote:
>
>> I found that <space><dash><dash> worked for me… I 
>> think ;-)
>
> Unless given good reason otherwise, I’ll stay with the spec (RFC) 
> for now.
>
> - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676#section-4.3
>
> Or for unofficial but easier to read:
>
> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block (“Signatures in 
> Usenet postings” section)
>
> Yes, the references were originally for Usenet before being adopted by 
> email.
>
> I’ve been using dash,dash,space for 20 years; I’ll need a 
> compelling reason before I switch. ;-)
>
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