From: Martin Djernaes (djernaes@cisco.com)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 12:42:03 CST
Hi Charles,
Charles Lindsey wrote:
> This was last discussed on tbis list a long time ago. The thinking was
> that there is already software out there that tries to parse this "Re: "
> for various assorted purposes, hence the need to standardize it.
And there is software not using Re: per default, hence the argument doesn't
hold .. sorry.
> Also note that RFC 2822 also includes mention of the fact that "Re" is a
> Latin abbreviation.
Makes no difference to the fact that restricting the user input is
basically a hack and that the choice is based on "there exist software
doing this" regardless of the fact that there is software not following
this.
Martin
-- Talkning for myself!