Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!cbosgd!dave@utcsrgv.UUCP From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP Newsgroups: net.announce Subject: Articles that begin with a "." alone on a line Message-ID: <1083@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Mar-84 11:34:54 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1083 Posted: Sat Mar 10 11:34:54 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Mar-84 06:53:28 EST Sender: mark@cbosgd.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 8 Approved: mark@cbosgd.UUCP Recently I have seen a number of postings which, in an effort to avoid the known bug (on some systems) of articles which begin with white space, have a single "." on a line by itself. Some sites treat "." as a terminator, and throw away anything in the article after that line. Therefore, you should not do this. Use a dash or a comma if you want it to be as discreet as possible. Better yet, begin you text in column 1 of your first line of text.