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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Random Junk (Really subject lines)
Message-ID: <2393@sun.uucp>
Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 05:54:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 05:54:13 1985
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> Why do people generate subject lines like the above when writing
> followups?  Today in net.cooks I saw one that said
> 	Re: hot pepper oil (really caramel sauce)
> 
> The one subject has absolutely nothing to do with the other, and hot
> pepper oil was mentioned nowhere in the article.  Does the news software
> make it so hard to change the subject line on a followup?

No; in fact, the person who added the "(really caramel sauce)" did change
the subject line.  I presume they left the original junk in there because
they thought it would tie it in better with the original article.  If I post
a followup to an article which diverges from the topic of the original
article, I just replace the subject line in its entirety; if people really
want a pointer back to the original article, they can use the "References:"
line.

	Guy Harris