20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
11:15 a.m.
The first time that I recall seeing "(was:" tags was 1990. I liked the
basic idea, and have been doing it since.
It identifies the subject drift, while also identifying the source thread.
(The closing paren (for panic-stricken parsers) would be at the end
of the subject line, but is part of the truncated ending.)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com