Many mail programs place a signature at the end of messages.

Is that supposed to be the end of message, Khrest?

This last line at the end of messages makes it rather simple to find and detect the message boundaries.

He then received a further reply: "Command not understood: ignoring end of message."

When transmission is complete an End of Message sequence is sent.

To edit/discontinue your alerts please refer to end of message.

That was it, end of message.

At a minimum, please add your name, affiliation, geographical location and e-mail address at the end of messages sent to the list.

It is safest not to include signatures at the end of messages sent to ListProc.

Period; End of message; No answer required.

A mechanical voice said, "End of messages."

In response to last weeks Harry Potter discussion - attached (see end of message) is a very well thought out response.

Joe, see end of message.

End of message; repeat - ' The transcription ran itself through once more and shut off. '

Since sigs appear at the end of messages, they are usually seen as an acceptable form of promotion without being considered spam.

Do include "signatures" (name/email address/qualifications/location) at end of messages.

A less peremptory "Dong-ding-dong" signaled end of message.

The machine said, "End of messages."

At the end of message:

In teleprinter systems, the sequence "NNNN", on a line by itself, is an end of message indicator.

After the End of Message (EOM) tones were sent, normal programming did not resume.

The end of message is indicated by by hitting ctrl+d (and/or, dependent on the configuration settings, by writing a line consisting of a single '.')

Trailer This setting specifies the text to be included at the end of messages distributed in the FEED mode.

WARNING: To be removed from future mailings go to end of message and follow directions.