Software Development wrote:
> > >Isn't there an RFC that states "thou shalt not change 'Re:' to anything else"?
>
> Is there? What is it, I'd like to read it. I run a list for which I
> rewrite the Subject: header to put "[PT]" at the front of the subject
> so that list traffic can be easily identified by subscribers. Of course
> that means replies and replies to replies could end up generating ugly
> junk like this:
IIRC I don't think this is mentioned in any RFC but it is common practice
among email clients to tread and sort subjects based on removing any initial
Re: thus you should avoid inserting anything *before* the Re: because many
clients will not associate such articles with the original... If they didn't
behave this way, clients may try to take subject lines such as
Foo Bar (was Re: Fishing)
and tread / sort them with the subject Fishing (actually that is arguably
desirable!).
Thus...
[My List] Foo Bar
Re: [My List] Foo Bar
would be sorted together on most respectable client but
[My List] Foo Bar
[My List] Re: Foo Bar
clearly wouldn't!
Nick
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