Re: Macintosh QuickMail

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1992 22:23

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In article <9207081715.AA14884@wendy-fate.UU.NET> kyle@wendy-fate.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:

   Brendan Kehoe writes:
    > The above named Mac mailer has the interesting quality of using `Re-'
    > instead of `Re:' in its replies.

   This is another good reason not to use subject prefixes at all on
   replies.  If you and your correspodent don't agree on the prefix,
   the subject header will get longer and longer as the replies go
   back and forth.

No, this is a reason for a more flexible mechanism for handling subjects.
I have sent you code for this several times, and you have (as far as I
know) refused to consider it each time.  Most of us value the "Re:" prefix
because it allows us to easily know when a new thread is being introduced.

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>

Member of the League for Programming Freedom --- send e-mail for details

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From: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells)
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Subject: Re: Macintosh QuickMail
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