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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Michael.Cook@cisco.com wrote:
> > i wanted to inhibit gnus from inserting "Re:" at the beginning of
>> subject lines.  but it seems that that behavior is hard-coded into
>> message.el.  here's a patch to unharden that code.
>
> I'd like to see something more general.  In particular, I'd like
> "(was:.*" to be removed from the Subject: in responses.  Maybe a hook
> is in order?

i think you might have misunderstood.  message-subject-re is the
string that gnus inserts into the subject line when you start
composing a reply (or follow-up).

the functionality you describe sounds like
`message-subject-re-regexp'.

m.