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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Tired of bogus subject lines?
Message-ID: <1989Sep15.153014.28214@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1650@unocss.UUCP> <112@blekko.UUCP> <6120@ficc.uu.net> <699@philmtl.philips.ca> <12715@looking.on.ca> <1989Sep13.162419.22921@utzoo.uucp> <13772@looking.on.ca>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 89 15:30:14 GMT

In article <13772@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>... But the idea of Re: oldsubject adds *no* information to the
>article, assuming the References: line is updated properly.  (And for the
>point of this debate, we are)

However, it does not *subtract* information, which is also important.
All the more so since a References: line entry for an article which has
expired is not very useful.
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