Re: "Re(2): "

Chris Lewis (clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca)
Mon, 18 Apr 1994 20:54:42 -0400

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On Apr 18, 2:13, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:
} Subject: Re: "Re(2): "
}
} My newsreader doesn't do Re(2) - it's my mail reader. Since it works
} that way due to user request - user's who pay my salary - I probably
} won't be rushing right out to change it. I will ask if they would rather
} have the more obnoxious Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: behavior though. Thanks
} for the suggestion.

That's broken too. The software should check for and only append Re: if it's
not already there. Software that does either Re: Re: ... or Re(2) is in
violation of the RFCs. We had this war about NN doing this years ago, and
it looks to be warming up with FirstClass/PostalUnion again...

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