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AFW - Signature Killers - Signature Removal

Several programs give support for adding a signature to messages and also to remove (quoted) signature from answers. This requires, of course, that the signature paragraph is announced by a sigdashes line.

Several editors can remove signature on replies automatically, for example. This requires a little change to the default setup, or a special startup option:

    jed FILENAME  --kill-sig
or  jed FILENAME -f kill_sig

Here is a list of programs which are known to support the additions and auto-removal of signatures:

Fields:
ClientNAME      Name of the client (read: mailer/newsreader)
Version         Version number or string
RelDate         Release date (in yymmdd format)
sigdash         autom. adds sigdashes line before signature
removesig       autom. removes signature from answers (followups/replies)
sigmult         allows use of multiple signatures

Values:
Y		yes - agent has that feature
N		no  - agent does not have that feature
Y?		probably "yes" - but needs check
opt		optional
.		no info

ClientNAME      Version         RelDate sigdash removesig sigmult
==========      =======         ======= ======= ========= =======
AdBuster        .               .          .       Y         .
AllNews         1.30            .          .       Y         .
BeInformed      0.9.4           .          .       Y         .
Forte Agent     1.5/32.452      .          .       Y         Y
Forte Agent     1.6 [9909??]    .         opt      .         Y
GRn             .               .          .       Y         .
Gnus            5.070044        .          Y       Y         Y?
GoodNews        .               .          .       Y         .
Gravity         2.1             .          .       Y         Y?
Hogwasher       1.0b6           .          Y!      Y         Y?
Knews           0.9.8           .          .       Y         .
MT-NewsWatcher  2.4.1           .          Y       Y         Y?
MacSOUP         2.4             .          Y       Y         .
MessengerPRO    .               .          .       Y         .
MR/2 ICE        1.69            .          Y       Y         .
MultiMail       0.31            .          Y       Y         .
NewsBe          .               .          .       Y         .
NewsHound       .               .          Y!      Y         .
NewsReader.Com  .               980224     Y!      Y         .
NewsWatcher     2.2.2           .          Y       Y         .
NewsXpress      2.01            .          .       Y         .
nn              7.0             ?          ?       ?         ?
OUI             1.9.1           .          Y       N         .
OutlookExpress  4.5 MacOS       .          N       Y         Y?
OutlookExpress  5.0 MacOS       .          Y       Y         Y?
OutlookExpress  5.0 Win95/98    .          N       N         .
PINT            2.2alpha7.2     .          .       Y         .
Pine            4.10            990204     Y       Y         .
Pluto           1.11k           .          Y       Y         .
RMRNews         1.02            .          Y       Y         .
RadicalNews     .               .          .       Y         .
Slrn            0.9.5.7         .          .       Y         Y?
Snews           1.3             .          .       Y         .
Turnpike        1.11k           .          Y       Y         .
VirtualAccess   ?               .          .       Y         .
Xnews           2.05.10         .          .       Y         .
YAM             2.0             .          Y       Y         Y?
YA-NewsWatcher  4.0.0           991231     Y!      Y         .
tin             pre-1.4         980514     .       Y         .
Clients/interfaces/programs which do not have (proper) support for signatures:

I might also list configuration tips for the agent here:
Pine-4.10:	enable-sigdashes	strip-from-sigdashes-on-reply
Additions? Corrections? Send them!
nn	No News (is Good News)
YAM	Yet Another Mailer

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