"Re: in Subject Fields"

[James Knott]

Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>> Ivan> Re: is redundant because it's already in the subject field.
>>
>> It prefixes it a second time?  I thought better of Thunderbird.
>>
> No. What I meant to say was the use of "Re:" is redundant in the subject
> field.

That is standard practice in mail clients.  If it didn't how'd you know
if it was a reply or original message?
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