FWIW, opening an upstream bug report as suggested is the best approach here.
However, do note that the two dashes (and the following space) are there as the de-facto standard for signature separator. It allows email clients to do things like stripping the signature from an email you are replying to, for example. -- Two dashes before signature should be optional https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/664767 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs