Subject: "Re: " and "An: "

From: Jacob Palme <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:26:19 +0100

In the drums meeting in Orlando, we decided to recommend to
always use "Re: " in front of the subject of replies, and
not to translate "Re: " to other languages, such as "An: "
as an abbreviation for the German word "Antwort".

This decision was certainly correct. However, perhaps we
should clarify that this only affects the protocol on the
wire. A message-system with a German user interface, can
certainly translate all the message headers to German, and
it is then possible that also "Re: " is translated to "An:
". However, when such a system sends a message to another
mail system, then "An: " must be translated to "Re: "
before sending the message.
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Jacob Palme <[email-masked]> (Stockholm University and KTH)
for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme