Hi Tom
and thanks for answering me. You, however, missed one thing in my question:
"My list for translators from Finnish into Swedish was recently moved from
a majordomo server to a *Mailman* one."
While being on Majordomo, I didn�t use a prefix. Now, when I have the
possibility to do so, the (H) prefix keeps reproducing with every answer,
whereas in eGroup lists, for instance, prefixes are not multiplied. (Come
to think of it, the list members of the eGroup lists I attend do not use
Swedish or Finnish e-mail clients.)
>> I put a H in brackets as a subject line prefix, but it keeps reproducing
>> with every answer *):
>>
>> [H] SV: [H] SV: [H] Ravitsemisty�ntekij�
>
>Most likely this is because Majordomo, which specifically parses for Re:
[prefix] to prevent this from happening, is not also parsing for every
conceivable "local variant" of the Re: prefix. You would need to patch
Majordomo, which you could then call M�jord�mo I suppose.
If the same goes for Mailman, what should I do? I am not familiar with the
term "patch" in this connection.
>By the way, it is a mail client ERROR to concoct these vernacular
"alternatives" to Re:, since it is not an abbreviation for the English word
>/reply/ but is actually Latin, shortened from "In re xxxxx" meaning "In the
>matter of xxxxx". Latin ought to be universal enough for everybody, and
uniformity of the email reply convention is essential for interoperability,
>as the above complaint attests.
I know, of course, what "Re" means, only I have no way of altering the
Swedish and Finnish e-mail clients my list members use. If what you say
goes for Mailman lists as well, one way to handle the problem of headlines
growing to long would be to ask my list members using Finnish or Swedish
e-mail clients to wipe off the "Vastaus" or "SV" part when answering. It is
possible but would distort the archive hierarchy, so I don�t like the idea.
Any other remedies?
CHRISTEL
