On 8/19/98 11:22 PM, Winship <[log in to unmask]> wrote... >On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, rex wrote: >> I use Subject-Tag= RARS to facilitate user's filtering. Unfortunately, >> LISTSERV puts 6 spaces after the Subject:, so the subject line looks >> like: Subject: [RARS]. In searching the archives, I see this issue > >I have not seen LISTSERV do that, should be > Subject: [RARS] original-subject-line > >I have seen it, though, in replies which come for approval from someone >who is using the subject header option. I've never paid enough attention >to note which systems seem to do that and which don't. I think it is >the person's mail system, not LISTSERV. It's always looked to me like >someone used a "tab." Here's a sample of the headers from your message, as they came to me: >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 23:22:15 -0500 >Reply-To: "LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: "LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> >From: Winship <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: excess spaces after subject: >Comments: To: rex <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> There are extra spaces in a number of the fields. This isn't a problem for most mailing software, since it's smart enough to remove the errant spaces. But I guess some packages don't like it. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [log in to unmask] | "Logic is the art of going wrong with [log in to unmask] | confidence." - George Bernard Shaw Finger for PGP | http://www.tezcat.com/~adamb/