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I more-or-less agree with this. However, if this rule is going to be
promulgated, I think there should be others that say:
"Please don't go off on a tangent from someone else's message WITHOUT
changing the subject line."
and
"Don't EVER leave 'TECHWR-L Digest Number XYZ' as your subject line."
We've all made these mistakes at one time or another. I always end up
kicking myself for forgetting to look at the Subject: before I send a
message out.
SRH
> When replying to a message, can we puh-leeeze resist the desire to
> rewrite someone's subject line? It's a lot easier for us to follow
> message threads when people don't arbitrarily change subject lines.
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