From: Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2004 - 13:26:44 CDT
Eivind Tagseth <eivindt@multinet.no> wrote:
> Yes, these are still not covered satisfactory. I still think that
> if we're going to use the term «back-reference», we need a clear
> definition of the term.
How about something like:
A back-reference is something added to the Subject header content to
refer to (the Subject of) another message. The standard
back-reference is "Re: ". Other back references in use may include
"Sv: " (deprecated), "Fwd: " (deprecated), or
"$NewSubject [was: " . . . "]" (when added by the user). Those that
are added automatically by software, other than "Re: ", are referred
to as "non-standard bac- references".
Seth