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From: jimen AT adtech-inc DOT com (Jimen Ching)
Subject: RE: Small request...
17 Apr 1998 06:11:42 -0700 :
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On Wednesday, April 15, 1998 8:34 AM, Mumit Khan [SMTP:khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu] 
wrote:
> Because it makes the subject line longer making
> it hard to quickly scan articles by subject -- very important for those who
> get tons of messages.

If the subject line can't handle 9 more characters, then leaving out those
9 characters will still be too long.  You gain nothing from leaving out the
prefix.

--jc

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