From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 10:44:25 CST
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Martin Djernaes wrote:
> If you really need any means of knowing what the original subject was
> (after Re: or was:) use new header fields to indicate the "original" or
> "alteded" subject.
>
> The requirement you are putting on the Subject field is basically not
> possible to keep. Often people will prepend a mail with OT: for off-topic,
> but the language isn't given. Also national differences in the prefix is
> very likely, and because of the widespread use of certain mail programs,
> impossible to prevent. New users will use whatever program avalible, and
> will alter the subject without knowledge of what a "standard" say. So in
> reallity you can't put any heuristics on the Subject line and expect to get
> a decent result. If you need any extra information, make non-human fields
> to achieve the goal instead.
Given that Latin is evolving much any more I doubt there will be
national diferences in the was Re: is used. This is not in any way an
"English" term...
-- -bill davidsen <sugob.resu@prodigy.net> "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me