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On Mon Feb 12 2001 at 03:02, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DF=
johann) said:

    kg> On 11 Feb 2001, Harry Putnam wrote:

    >> So I wonder why gnus seems so excessive about what it puts in a
    >> forwarded mail subject line?  Wonder too if it is a good
    >> default.
    >>=20
    >> I'd like to know how to shut it off, and just insert `Fwd:'

    kg> See the variable message-make-forward-subject-function.  Does
    kg> anybody want to have a poll as to which default value is best?

YLSNED.

The default seems rather silly in everyday life.  Is there a good
reason for it?

Cheers -

bw
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