Posted by Dan L on October 22, 2010, 9:07 am
>> bbb_bus_complaints@yahoo.com says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thoughts or additions anyone?
>>>
>>> I would suggest that instead of putting OT: people just put OT
> > > without >> the
>>> colon, as some news readers strip anything before the colon when >>
> > > replying.
>>> So the "OT" would not show up in some replies, and would make it
> > > through >> to
>>> anyone who was filtering it.
>>> --S.
>>
>> Which newsreader does this?
>
> Well, mine, for one. (I think it's Windows Mail.) Do you notice that
> in my original reply the OT was no longer there? there are several
> other replies that do not have the OT before the colon.
> --S.
I was wondering why I would see a separation of threads. Now I know!
Microsoft and their crappy software. Glad i have a Mac. OT without the
colon then.
Does your mail program also remove the colons from RE and FW's from
eMails as also?
--
Enjoy Life... Dan L (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Posted by Suzanne D. on October 23, 2010, 3:09 am
> Does your mail program also remove the colons from RE and FW's from
> eMails as also?
I don't think so; I think it is just newsgroups. Very odd.
--S.
Posted by Derald on October 23, 2010, 1:49 pm
>I don't think so; I think it is just newsgroups. Very odd.
Not really odd; conventional correctness. Colon is a data
delimiter in certain NNTP headers. Best practice is not to use colon
in "Subject" data field but generally, it is ignored when present.
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>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thoughts or additions anyone?
>>>
>>> I would suggest that instead of putting OT: people just put OT
> > > without >> the
>>> colon, as some news readers strip anything before the colon when >>
> > > replying.
>>> So the "OT" would not show up in some replies, and would make it
> > > through >> to
>>> anyone who was filtering it.
>>> --S.
>>
>> Which newsreader does this?
>
> Well, mine, for one. (I think it's Windows Mail.) Do you notice that
> in my original reply the OT was no longer there? there are several
> other replies that do not have the OT before the colon.
> --S.