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From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner)
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Subject: Re: Proliferation of "Re^n:" in subject lines
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Date: 3 Jul 89 18:19:49 GMT
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In-reply-to: brad@looking.on.ca's message of 3 Jul 89 04:13:46 GMT

In article <3583@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:

>For in the long run, it is the References line that should link messages
>and threads, not the subject line.

I'll agree with this statement when a significant percentage of USENET sites
handle References: lines correctly -- no inserted commas (are you listening,
CMU?), no truncation at 127 characters, and always updating the References:
line when an article is followed up to.