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> Two comments: Arthur's suggestions are excellent, if:
> 1. we can make subject text concise, and
> 2. the number of replies don't push text off the right end.
> What I mean by 2. is the RE: and FWD: text that the
> mail system puts at the beginning of the subject line.
> (Real estate can become an issue in that case.)
You're right. No matter how short our tags are -- or even if we didn't
use any -- some combination of mail system and long subject lines could
push text far to the right. I'm not sure whether everyone can just
widen the window in such a case or not. I've never had any problem.
As long as we're proposing standards, we may as well suggest that
subject lines (as well as tags) be kept short.
