On Thu, 31 May 2007 11:25:34 -0400, Jose wrote in :

... What does
=your= app do as a reply to your multicolon message (subject line below)?

OT - OT: (was: the OT tag and the Re bug.)

Neil is using Outlook Express (OE).

Once he replies to a post that has "" in it,
OE does nothing odd to the line.

Dudley also uses OE. You'll notice that when he
replied to the very first post about the eagle,
the "OT:" was replaced by "". That is the
OE method of handling prepends with a colon.

... Is there really a downside to avoiding a colon after a prepend?

I don't see a downside.

But everybody types according to their own taste.
The odds of getting everyone in r.a.p to generate
OE-safe subject lines and slim and none. ;o)

Marty
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