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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] UTF-8 sig.
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:17:57 +0200
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:13:38 +0000
Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:

> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:
> 
> > On 09/03/2024 12:25, Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:  
> >> Ben wrote:  
> ...
> >>>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 06:48:19 -0000 (UTC), Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:
> >>>>>  
> >>>> It does not happen immediately; instead, the signature that the
> >>>> software saves gets more and more corrupted each time the
> >>>> software is opened.  
> >>>
> >>> Do you mean the problem is not with Pan after all?  "The
> >>> software" is deliberately vague and I don't know why Pan would be
> >>> saving the signature file.  It just reads it as far as I can
> >>> tell.  
> >>
> >> No, the problem is definitely with Pan.  I don't know why it would
> >> be saving the signature file either, but it is.  
> >
> > I think Ben has shown that it doesn't.  
> 
> I think BMH is not using a sig file.  The bottom line is that pan can
> do what BMH wants, but he's doing something that does not work.
> Unfortunately his explanation is unhelpful because his sig (as posted)
> is not getting "more and more corrupted" so it's not at all clear what
> he's seeing.
> 
> I've tried /not/ using a sig file and that also seems to work.  The
> posting.xml configuration file /is/ written every time pan closes, but
> it appears not to be getting corrupted.
> 

According to my understanding, one of his requirements is automatic
attachment of random rude phrase to the end of the signature.
Does your solution handle that?