# Previous Replies separator is not RFC-compliant

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-replies-separator-is-not-rfc-compliant/39410>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2016年二月11日 16:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-replies-separator-is-not-rfc-compliant/39410 "2016-02-11T16:36:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![rriemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rriemann/32/115238_2.png) [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月11日 16:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-replies-separator-is-not-rfc-compliant/39410/1 "2016-02-11T16:36:40Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Imdb embeds broken on other sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imdb-embeds-broken-on-other-sites/35317/17):

I just received two mails with practically the same content (that’s weird) due to a response linked above and noticed:

My mail application KMail doesn’t strip off the signature when I reply. The issue seems to be the separator.

KMail claims that RFC compliant is `-- ` (dash dash space on a single line).

I think I found the source: [https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt) (4.3)

However, Discourse uses “—” (triple dash without space) as a separator.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/cad7fc10620ac8daaf4e563438bc6574f63f5784/lib/email/receiver.rb#L146>

This issue has been raised before:

- [https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-from-outlook-not-stripping-out-original-message/21075](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-from-outlook-not-stripping-out-original-message/21075)
- [Replied by mail from Outlook 2013 doesn't remove previous message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replied-by-mail-from-outlook-2013-doesnt-remove-previous-message/34067)

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月11日 17:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-replies-separator-is-not-rfc-compliant/39410/2 "2016-02-11T17:49:07Z")

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I guess it doesn’t really matter since most people (except geeks) use HTML views 🍕

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/86819f08c3294313b9b414f3c38644e4a60284c8](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/86819f08c3294313b9b414f3c38644e4a60284c8)

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月11日 21:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-replies-separator-is-not-rfc-compliant/39410/3 "2016-02-11T21:46:54Z")

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