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Subject: Re:Altering the SUBJECT: line of incoming messages.
From: Daniel Garcia <dgarcia @ hollyfeld . org>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:34:03 -0500 (EST)
To: David Smith <smithd @ blkbox . com>
Cc: Bill Hays <hays @ moontower . com>, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <v03130300b0bad70a8a47@blkbox.com>

On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, David Smith wrote:
> At 11:21 PM -0500 on 12/14/97, Bill Hays wrote:
> Yes, in the config file for the list is a subject prefix setting.  HOWEVER
> this wil break the "re:" check in most mailers, meaning that is a message
> is replied to multiple times the subject will look like this:
> HEAD: re: HEAD: re: HEAD: re: HEAD: test

However majordomo is intelligent enough to catch when the header already
exists in the subject line, and does not re-insert the header like you claim
here.  If you want, I can post the trees of subject headers from postings
to the lists that I have that do this to show that your theory on how it
works is off :)

Cheers,

--Dg



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