From: Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Date: Sun Jun 15 2003 - 23:59:06 CDT
>> It enables someone who has access to an article *without access to its
>> parent article* to be able to tell if the subject line has been changed.
>
> Maybe it's just because it's late, but I don't follow your argument.
>
> Case 1:
> parent article has
> Subject: Re: foo
> child article has
> Subject: Re: foo
>
> Case 2
> parent article has
> Subject: Re: foo
> child article has
> Subject: Re: bar
>
> and (as indicated by parent/child) the child article in each case has
> a References field pointing to the message ID of the parent.
>
> Now, please explain exactly how "*without access to its parent article*"
> you are "able to tell if the subject line has been changed".
If Re: were being used correctly, in Case 2, the child article would
have "Subject: bar" or perhaps "Subject: bar (was: Re: foo)" or
"Subject: bar (was: foo)".
Seth