It is true that the problem results from a combination of factors. But the
fact remains that according to the specs it is a bug in the client.
(Sorry - MUA is the standard term for email client...) Clients are
required to ignore this stuff. Clients that don't are in error.
Now the infrastruct
Ian,
Thanks for the explanation. It seems to me, after reading the various
replies I've seen is that it is a combination of several things. I
don't think it is just the email client. (I'm guess that's what you mean
when you say "Mail user agents")
I have been using Outlook (not Outlook Express
"Mike Woodring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I've noticed that all of the postings to this list (and the other
> > DevelopMentor lists I am on) have a subject line with five (5)
> > spaces in them.
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> [mw] Doesn't happen to me or others I know of.
Actually it happens to me, and several other
Batchelder
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Yes, I can verify that as an exchange user I see the spaces being
inserted on some emails from the listserv.
Weird thing is that it just started happenning 2-4 months ago. I
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> I am seeing this (and I am using a piece of software to read
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> I've noticed that all of the postings to this list (an
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> Larry,
> Since this is OT, I'm replying privately rather than through the list.
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From: "Larry McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I've noticed that all of the postings to this list (and the other
> DevelopMentor lists I am on) have a subject line with five (5) spaces in
> them.
[mw] Doesn't happen to me or others I know of. It'
Larry,
Since this is OT, I'm replying privately rather than through the list.
You have two separate issues: (1) the 5 spaces, and (2) the Re: prefix.
Regarding the second issue, this is just how the list works. How else
would you want it to work? It would be confusing to have the replies to a
Sorry about the off-topic, but ...
I've noticed that all of the postings to this list (and the other
DevelopMentor lists I am on) have a subject line with five (5) spaces in
them. This results in them not being "sorted" properly by subject in my
inbox. i.e. All "reply" items start with the su
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