In reply to Simon's message '(SOT) Use of Re: in the subject line' on Fri, 22 Nov 2002 01:57:04 +0000 from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Simon, S> In a recent discussion with a friend I was _told_ ;) that 'Re:' S> used in the subject line of an email was an abbreviation for S> 'Reply' and _not_ 'Regarding', and that Re: _shouldn't ever_ be S> used in the sense of 'Regarding' when used in email message Subject S> fields. The use of Re: to represent 'Regarding' is, IMO, rather superficial. The field is a 'Subject' field, and hence, it is already implied that whatever is in the field is what the email is regarding, hence, IMO, having Re: in the subject field simply means "Regarding Regarding: <insert subject here>" What else is going to be in a subject field, if its not what the email is regarding.... Its a little pointless to double up. -- dan. e [EMAIL PROTECTED] w http://www.danhirning.com ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
