Why doesn't mail strip signatures in Usenet when doing a reply?

I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the proper
Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?

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/Leythos/ said:

> I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the proper
> Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?

Material below the -- delimiter should be stripped. Insert new comments
with that in mind.

"dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
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> /Leythos/ said:
>
>> I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the proper
>> Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?
>
> Material below the -- delimiter should be stripped. Insert new comments
> with that in mind.


I don't see where that option is set

/Leythos/ said:
> "dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
> news:uE$%233rxUHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> /Leythos/ said:
>>
>>> I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the proper
>>> Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?
>> Material below the -- delimiter should be stripped. Insert new comments
>> with that in mind.
>
> I don't see where that option is set

Was a time in O.E. when messages from folks replying below a sig
delimiter would cause all material (from earlier posts) to be stripped.
Cannot recall exactly what went on, but do recall that the Netscape
mail client did it correctly. I rarely used O.E., and never with a sig
file.

Now, in a brief test here using Windows mail, I don't see a delimiter,
and sigs are quoted in the reply, so behavior may have changed.
Netscape's progeny (Mozilla, SeaMonkey mail, etc.) do use a -- delimiter.

Items in TOOLS | OPTIONS that deal with signatures are under the
SIGNATURES and ADVANCED tabs.

"dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
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> /Leythos/ said:
>> "dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
>> news:uE$%233rxUHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> /Leythos/ said:
>>>
>>>> I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the
>>>> proper
>>>> Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?
>>> Material below the -- delimiter should be stripped. Insert new comments
>>> with that in mind.
>>
>> I don't see where that option is set
>
> Was a time in O.E. when messages from folks replying below a sig
> delimiter would cause all material (from earlier posts) to be stripped.
> Cannot recall exactly what went on, but do recall that the Netscape
> mail client did it correctly. I rarely used O.E., and never with a sig
> file.
>
> Now, in a brief test here using Windows mail, I don't see a delimiter,
> and sigs are quoted in the reply, so behavior may have changed.
> Netscape's progeny (Mozilla, SeaMonkey mail, etc.) do use a -- delimiter.
>
> Items in TOOLS | OPTIONS that deal with signatures are under the
> SIGNATURES and ADVANCED tabs.

WinMail does indeed put in the delimiter but AFAIK it doesn't have a way to
strip the signature besides manually.

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"dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
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> /Leythos/ said:
>> "dev" <dev@null.invallid> wrote in message
>> news:uE$%233rxUHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> /Leythos/ said:
>>>
>>>> I seem to be unable to find where to set the ability to strip the
>>>> proper
>>>> Usenet signature when doing a reply - anyone know where/how?
>>> Material below the -- delimiter should be stripped. Insert new comments
>>> with that in mind.
>>
>> I don't see where that option is set
>
> Was a time in O.E. when messages from folks replying below a sig
> delimiter would cause all material (from earlier posts) to be stripped.
> Cannot recall exactly what went on, but do recall that the Netscape
> mail client did it correctly. I rarely used O.E., and never with a sig
> file.
>
> Now, in a brief test here using Windows mail, I don't see a delimiter,
> and sigs are quoted in the reply, so behavior may have changed.
> Netscape's progeny (Mozilla, SeaMonkey mail, etc.) do use a -- delimiter.
>
> Items in TOOLS | OPTIONS that deal with signatures are under the
> SIGNATURES and ADVANCED tabs.

Yea, it looks like MS still doesn't understand Usenet. Most clients will let
you select the text you want to reply to, and when you click REPLY they only
put that text in the reply (quoted), and any real Usenet client will strip
everything below the quoted signature delimiter.

I was hoping that vista would be a step up in this area, since they adopted
a Usenet method of support so long ago.