From: Alexey Melnikov (alexey.melnikov-usefor@isode.com)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 17:50:45 CDT
Nick Boalch wrote:
> Charles Lindsey wrote:
>
>>>> 4. Even the presence of "Re: " at the start of a Subject may
>>>> occasionally be misleading, because it might have been
>>>> deliberately placed there by a perverse poster rather than having
>>>> been generated automatically by a followup agent.
>>>
>>> I don't think there's really any call for the word 'perverse'
>>> there... a Subject-header starting with "Re: " is perfectly
>>> legitimate, after all.
>>
>> Yes, perhaps that it a bit OTT, although it does represent the
>> actualité.
>> I don't think anyone has ever seen a Subject starting with "Re: " unless
>> it has been autamatically generated, or it was a poster genuinely trying
>> to join an ongoing discussion, or it was some show-off trying to be
>> "clever".
>
>
> That's probably true, but by our own draft's definition it is an
> entirely legitimate way to start the header, so I think we should tone
> down the sentence to 'intentionally placed there by a poster as an
> integral part of the Subject-content' or some such wording.
This sounds reasonable to me.
Alexey