On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:47:04 +0800 Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> wrote:
> Also, the use of prepending, involving the "square brackets", > generally indicates the name of a mailing list, for example, [GNC] > for GNUcash. OK, then how would you do it? "Re: British English has disappeared: SOLVED"? > If a person interested in the thread, from the wording of the Subject > field, reads the messages in the thread, then, the person will see > the message where the original poster advises that the problem is > solved. Many list servers serve up their archives with subject line and other information but not the body. By modifying the subject appropriately one makes it possible for a reader to quickly scan the subject, making reading the entire thread unnecessary, thereby improving usability of the archive. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
