Re: Subjects, "Re" and "Fwd" (was Re: Re: pine, and x509 certificates (fwd))
Matt Ackeret <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Mark Crispin wrote: > On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >> could you please change that damned (fwd) which gets added on forwards >> to the standardised "Fwd:" in front of the Subject > > Unfortunately, there is no such standard. "re:" is the only standard; and > sadly that is widely violated in Europe (e.g., "AW:") thanks to programmers > who didn't study Latin. Though it could be argued that it's a de facto standard. Which also fits into your Latin comment. (Am I going to get a French touche response?) -- Answer: Because it makes conversations flow in a nonsensical order. Question: Why is top-posting wrong? _______________________________________________ Pine-info mailing list [email protected] http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/pine-info