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Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 09:04:27 CDT
On Fri, 23 May 2003, John Stanley wrote:
>
> Boris 'pi' Piwinger (3.14@piology.org):
>
> >Re: is usefull to see that this is an answer when going over the subjects.
>
> Reading agents are quite capable of seeing the References header and
> marking things that are a reply. Considering that people are responsible
> for entering the subject (or are at least presented with it for editing),
> but in almost all cases the software fills in the References
> automatically, I'd trust the References header to be a more reliable
> indication of what is a reply than I would the Subject.
Sorry, I* am not a "reading agent" I am a person, and Re: is
useful. Also, which software adds Re: for me? I have never used such. Did
you mean "could be modified" to mark replies? Let's not confuse possible
new features with the real world as it exists today.
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