Subjects, "Re" and "Fwd" (was Re: [Pine-info] Re: pine, and x509 certificates (fwd))

[Matt Ackeret]

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?)

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