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From: weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Subject lines, -S and KILL files: a suggestion.
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Date: 3 Oct 88 01:45:28 GMT
References: <469@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <426@gonzo.UUCP> <1490@basser.oz> <112@lucretia.esa.oz>
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In-reply-to: tim@lucretia.esa.oz (Tim Bunce)

In article <112@lucretia.esa.oz>, tim@lucretia (Tim Bunce) writes:
>What I'd like to suggest is that a 'comment' character (for example a semi-
>colon) be introduced into subject lines. The character, and any text that
>follows it could be ignored by rn for the purposes of subject searching and
>KILLing but archiving could proceed unhindered.

>	e.g.:   Subject: Multi-user, real-time, 3D game; (part 1 of 273)
>	or      Subject: Re: Original subject line; new comment

How about parentheses?  After all, it's the comment for "From:"

ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720