Re: Consensus on "Re: "

From: Nick Boalch (n.g.boalch@durham.ac.uk)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 11:51:33 CDT


Eivind Tagseth wrote:

>> I think this text is very slanted: you devote three lines to one of the
>> reasons why prepending "Re: " may be a good idea and then the remaining
>> five lines to explaining that that's 'broken'.
>
> If it's a matter of line count, I could surely find longer synonyms and
> shorten the lines.

Please don't be silly. The line count was a convenient way of expressing that
your 'summary of the pros' was really nothing of the sort.

> If my note doesn't cover all the nifty pro arguments well enough on the
> other hand, then I'm sure those fighting _for_ "Re: " can write a much
> better summary.

Well, I did suggest what I thought was a better summary, but you haven't
commented on it.

Cheers,

N.

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