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From: aem@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg)
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Subject: Re^2: Proliferation of "Re^n:" in subject lines
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Date: 3 Jul 89 17:00:30 GMT
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wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes:

>Agreed. Hunt NN down, take it out, and stomp it. Re^n breaks virtually every
>piece of news reading software ever written, to a greater or lesser degree,
>and plays hell with mechanisms that follow Subject: threads.

Personally I think it's elegant. Alot more attractive than 
"Re: Re: re: re: Re: Re: guns and the NRA (was: guns guns guns guns guns)"
or somesuch.

I suggest a patch for other newsreaders instead.

aem
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