Michelle Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>At 06:05 PM 8/4/00 -0400, Janet Morrow wrote:
>>Since the Threadmarkers, letter Codes, are part of the Charter it would be
>>up to Julian to change it. I do feel that it is important to get this
>>coordinated, since it would be time saving!
>
>Well, the Charter is a list consensus, so undoubtedly Julian would change
>it upon request. Also, the problem with doing full word markers is it
>would allow much less room for a more descriptive subject line for
>the rest of it.
>
>>I am I correct that we agreed to add it to the end of the Subject line, as
>>the Charter recommends?
>
>The vote is pretty close to tied at the moment, actually.
>
>Michelle
>Flutist
I remember a long discussion of this very issue when this first came up!
>From memory,
single letters were preferred as they didn't take up too much room in
the subject window.
The letters were placed at the end for two reasons. One it didn't make a
mess when some mail software insists on putting Re: at the beginning of
the subject line, and secondly, :m cannot be confused as part of normal
text by humans or machines because it never normally arises. Putting m:
can easily confuse machines and could confuse people because a colon
following a letter often crops up in normal usage.
--
Julian
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