diff -Nur src2/compose.php src/compose.php
--- src2/compose.php	2009-07-31 11:18:30.000000000 +0200
+++ src/compose.php	2010-02-16 17:21:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -858,6 +858,17 @@
                 sqUnWordWrap($body);
                 $body = '';
                 $cnt = count($rewrap_body);
+                $skiplines=$cnt;
+                for ($i=$cnt;$i>0;$i--) {
+                  if ($rewrap_body[$i]  == '-- ') {
+                      $skiplines = $i;
+                      break;
+                  }
+                }
+                for ($i=$skiplines;$i<$cnt;$i++) {
+                  unset($rewrap_body[$i]);
+                }
+                $cnt=$skiplines;
                 for ($i=0;$i<$cnt;$i++) {
                     sqWordWrap($rewrap_body[$i], $editor_size, $default_charset);
                     if (preg_match("/^(>+)/", $rewrap_body[$i], $matches)) {