From: Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 12 2004 - 18:29:57 CST
Shmuel (Seymour J ) Metz <Shmuel+gen@patriot.net> writes:
> Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> said:
>> I would prefer (if the wording were fixed)
>> SHOULD by default take the Subject from the precursor with "Re: "
>> prepended if none present, but MAY refrain from prepending it.
I don't agree with this one because it makes Re: a SHOULD.
> And I would prefer
> SHOULD by default take the Subject from the precursor, but MAY
> prepend a single "Re:" is none present. However, that prepending is
> deprecated and may be prohibited in a future RFC.
I have no problems with this wording, amusingly. With or without the last
sentence. :)
-- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>