blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) (10/12/89)
What does it mean when a subject line looks like this:
Re^2: Original Subject
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|_________ What does the "^2" mean?
Just curious...
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blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) queries: >What does it mean when a subject line looks like this: > Re^2: Original Subject > -- > |_________ What does the "^2" mean? It means that the program which generated the article is not conforming to the standard message exchange protocol (RFC i-forget-the-number-but- I'm-sure-a-dozen-people-will-tell-us:-). It indicates that the article is the second follow-up to the original; a reply to that reply might have the subject "Re^3:..." and so on. When "nn" (which has been much discussed here of late) was first released this summer, it was configured to do this to followup articles by default. After the author was beaten about the ears and neck, he distributed a patch to turn off this "feature." But, obviously, it persists at some sites. -- unsigned *Wayne_Mesard(); "Are you for UNIX or are you against UNIX? Mesard@BBN.COM People know the answers even if they don't BBN, Cambridge, MA understand the question." -Bill Joy