On 2022-01-14 03:26:36 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I strongly disagree with the addition of $reply_prefix
> (commit 9c1ce59874ce1c8e97d0c5bd71847596dafb1d50), as this is
> contrary to RFC 5322, and non-standard prefixes are annoying
> in practice and not necessarily recognized by other users.
>
> Sure, a user could already change it manually (or automatically
> with things like wrappers), but he should not be encouraged to
> do so (in particular by making this automatic). End users are not
> necessarily aware of RFCs and technical issues behind some choices.
IMHO, if a user dislikes "Re:", the MUA could have a feature to
change it[*] to something else *for display only*, a bit like the
standard headers ("From:", etc.) are translatable.
[*] for Mutt, anything matching $reply_regexp.
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