Quwery about firewall software

[Bret Busby]

On 14/11/2015, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

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>> >> -- <you are missing a space between the second dash and the \l here
>> >> to
>> >
>> >  make that into a legit sig separator.
>>
>> In this application, with the MTA (?) that I am using; the gmail thing
>> has its own signature file, and I have just checked, and, in that, the
>> line with the hyphens, is not present, so I have inserted a blank line
>> into my signature stored in gmail, to see what effect that has. It
>> would not take effect in this message, but, in the next message that I
>> send, after this message.
>
> What you need is "\r-- \r" or "\l-- \l" where the r is a return, and the
> l is a linefeed. *nix boxes use the \l when you hit the ENTER key.
> Without the quotes of course.
>
>> --
>> Bret Busby

So, the change that I made, did not work?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

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