Software Development has written:
> So instead I look for "Re: [PT]" at the front of Subject: lines and
> rewrite it to "[PT] Re:" to avoid this.
Yes, that's exactly what I did with my homemade list, which
I no longer use. The code string was inserted as the first
word after 'Subject: '. But if the string was already
present after 'Re: ' then the program simply reversed the
two words and inserted nothing.
However, Majordomo, which I now use, inserts the code string
as the first word after 'Subject: ' only if the string is
not already present somewhere in the header. If the string
is present, as after 'Re: ', Majordomo leaves the line
alone.
Thus, to use the same string as in the above example,
Majordomo would leave this header alone:
Subject: Re: [PT] This is what I'm saying.
I prefer that the code string always be the first word, even
before 'Re: ', like this:
Subject: [PT] Re: This is what I'm saying.
It's easier to identify the list at a glance. Also, the
reader simply discards the string to get the complete subject.
There's no mental cut-and-paste to connect the 'Re: ' to the
rest of the subject.
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Vicki Richman vicric@panix.com National Writers Union
Harlem, New York PGP 2.6 UAW Local 1981, AFL/CIO
"The fare shall not be fowl." -Credo of the Vegetarian Umpires Association
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