Re: [SOLVED] Re: British English has disappeared
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:47:04 +0800
Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote:
> Also, the use of prepending, involving the "square brackets",
> generally indicates the name of a mailing list, for example, [GNC]
> for GNUcash.
OK, then how would you do it?
"Re: British English has disappeared: SOLVED"?
> If a person interested in the thread, from the wording of the Subject
> field, reads the messages in the thread, then, the person will see
> the message where the original poster advises that the problem is
> solved.
Many list servers serve up their archives with subject line and other
information but not the body. By modifying the subject appropriately one
makes it possible for a reader to quickly scan the subject, making
reading the entire thread unnecessary, thereby improving usability of
the archive.
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