Re: Back-references and USEAGE

From: Bruce Lilly (blilly@erols.com)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 14:06:12 CDT


Charles Lindsey wrote:
> In <20040604072338.GP7879@tagseth-trd.consultit.no> Eivind Tagseth <eivindt@multinet.no> writes:

>>If the result is a discussion of the harmfulness of "Re: ", and one
>>participant thinks he's debating the harmfulness of "Re: " while the
>>other thinks the discussion is about "Sv: " then the confusion will be
>>seen by other readers as well. I guess this is something that could
>>be mentioned in USEAGE?
>
>
> But I don't think it could ever happen. Not unless some reading agents
> tries to translate the Subject into the local language.

No, there is another issue; you have specifically proposed text which would
permit followup agents to *change* Subject field content, i.e. to change
"Sv: " to "Re: ". Are you now withdrawing that proposal?




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