From: Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 12:00:57 CST
"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <Shmuel+gen@patriot.net> wrote:
> In <200403141653.i2EGrZr29572@panix5.panix.com>, on 03/14/2004
> at 11:53 AM, Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> said:
>
>>Please tell me exactly what behavior is permitted by one but not the
>>other, at any level (MUST, SHOULD, MAY).
>
> Please address what I actually wrote instead of asking me to defend
> statements that I never made.
I claimed that two statements are equivalent at the MUST, SHOULD, MAY
level. You disagreed.
> The wording that you proposed implies
> that it is preferable to add the "Re: ";
No, it doesn't. It says that it is acceptable to either add it or not
add it, and one of those SHOULD be done.
>>People who read Usenet find it useful.
> People who read Usenet also find it a hindrance.
Would you accept the result of a straw poll of readers of Usenet?
Which groups would you suggest asking?
>>Any suggestions that UAs should _add_ it for display when it isn't
>>present but a References: header is will be laughed at.
>
> Please stop raising red herrings. You are the only one to have
> suggested such behavior.
I seem to recall otherwise.
Seth