Recently, Martin X. Moleski, SJ posted:

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

... 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)

I suspect that Jose's interest has little to do with OE-safe subject
lines, as he is using some other newsreader. What's more, I don't have a
problem with how the subject lines appear in OE, so AFAIC, they are
already "safe". ;-)

I do agree that the chances of everyone in r.a.p. (or anywhere else on
usenet) generating subject lines that satisfy every newsreader's quirks
are between slim and none. ;-)

Neil