Re: "Re:" (off-topic)
Felix writes:
> I am having a discussion with my colleagues here about the use of RE: in
> mail reply messages. Since the Dutch versions of certain Microsoft Mail
> programmes use AW: for replies ("Antwoord", "Reply"),...
Microsoft Mail is broken. The standard specifies "Re:".
> ... people here are convinced that Re: stands for "Reply".
They are wrong.
> I always thought it was the Latin "re" as in "about", or "subject".
You are right.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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