Signature block (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Signature block" in English language version.

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doi.org

"Usenet Signature Convention". The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters. February 2004. sec. 4.3. doi:10.17487/RFC3676. RFC 3676. There is a long-standing convention in Usenet news which also commonly appears in Internet mail of using "-- " as the separator line between the body and the signature of a message.

economist.com

"Spare us the e-mail yada-yada", The Economist, p. 73, April 9, 2011

ftsc.org

groups.google.com

"LINUX is obsolete", comp.os.minix
"Admin: "Internet Jokebook" price reduced to $9.95", 02/12/1995, rec.humor.funny

ietf.org

tools.ietf.org

[1] RFC 1849: “Son of 1036”: News Article Format and Transmission, section 4.3 (1994, minor revisions 2010), said that "If a poster or posting agent does append a signature to an article, the signature SHOULD be preceded with a delimiter line containing (only) two hyphens (ASCII 45) followed by one blank (ASCII 32)." However, RFC 1849 was superseded by RFC 5536 (2009), which says nothing at all about signature blocks or delimiters.
[2] "Usenet Best Practice", Usenet Format Working Group, section 3.1.2.1 (2005) said that "Whenever a poster or posting agent appends such a signature to an article, it MUST be preceded with a delimiter line containing (only) two hyphens (US-ASCII 45) followed by one SP (US-ASCII 32)." However, this document was an "Internet-Draft" and was never adopted as a standard.

datatracker.ietf.org

"Usenet Signature Convention". The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters. February 2004. sec. 4.3. doi:10.17487/RFC3676. RFC 3676. There is a long-standing convention in Usenet news which also commonly appears in Internet mail of using "-- " as the separator line between the body and the signature of a message.

odce.ie

"Irish ODCE Information Notice I/2007/2 - Disclosure of Company Particulars in E-Communications and on Websites" Archived 2010-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

out-law.com

Pinsent Masons (16 June 2023). ""ECommerce Regulations"".

patronum.io

""Guide to enabling disabling email delimiter in Gmail by the company Patronum"". 28 May 2022.

rfc-editor.org

[1] RFC 1849: “Son of 1036”: News Article Format and Transmission, section 4.3 (1994, minor revisions 2010), said that "If a poster or posting agent does append a signature to an article, the signature SHOULD be preceded with a delimiter line containing (only) two hyphens (ASCII 45) followed by one blank (ASCII 32)." However, RFC 1849 was superseded by RFC 5536 (2009), which says nothing at all about signature blocks or delimiters.

swarb.co.uk

Nilesh Mehta v J Pereira Fernandes SA: ChD 7 Apr 2006, quoted in Swarbrick, D., Mehta v J Pereira Fernandes SA: ChD 7 Apr 2006, updated 19 January 2022, accessed 21 January 2023

theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com

""German bureaucracy, coming to your e-mail now"". 9 February 2007.

theregister.co.uk

Lester Haines (18 May 2001), "The Email Disclaimer Awards 2001", The Register

web.archive.org

"Irish ODCE Information Notice I/2007/2 - Disclosure of Company Particulars in E-Communications and on Websites" Archived 2010-02-24 at the Wayback Machine