From: Eivind Tagseth (eivindt@multinet.no)
Date: Sat Jun 05 2004 - 10:09:59 CDT
* Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> [2004-06-05 15:47:01 +0200]:
> Eivind Tagseth <eivindt@multinet.no> writes:
> Is there any other location than the very beginning of the Subject
> header's content where this would occur? I don't see one. A reasonably
> chosen subject with name would be:
>
> Subject: "Sv:" considered harmful
> Subject: "Re:" considered harmful
> Subject: "AW:" considered annoying
>
> In no case would the Re: constitute the very beginning of the header,
Yes, such a subject would not cause problems (unless the suggestion of defining
any string without spaces ending with a colon at the start of the subject was
followed).
> The other question is if a newsreader should localize headers,
> particularly if the headers are editable in raw form. I believe it
> shouldn't or it should at least offer an option (button, whatever) in a
> PROMINENT location to show the headers as they are going to be sent so
> the skilled user can check what his newsreader does, without requiring
> support or test postings.
No, I agree, a newsreader should not localize the content of an unstructured
header. This illustrates the problems of enforcing semi-structure into
unstructured content.
Eivind