DC>> I'm semi-amazed that the "RE:" is the default.  AFAIK, it
 DC>> never should have been included.

 ml>> why? it stands for "Regarding"...

 DC> True.

 DC> But, what it does is destroy the basic threading of messages
 DC> in the Subject line.

only in stupid software that doesn't ignore it for threading purposes as i
stated in another message earlier...

 DC> BTW, I use it in the reply quote of if!  See second line
 DC> above!

i don't even use those "quote headers" and generally trim them
out of the quotes... its easy enough to see what something is about, who
wrote it and when ;)  like taglines, they are extra fluff that increases
the size of the message and the cost to transport it OB-)

)\/(ark