>I believe the reason for the change is OE (outlook Express) >decides that it should trim [OT]: as if it were RE: putting the > :] keeps the tag there. Except it does not. There are a number of messages arriving in my "untagged" mailbox where the subject line starts "Re: ]" so there is a mailer program out in the ether (probably OE and Outlook) which strips everything before the colon before inserting the "Re:" without any regard for the positioning of square brackets. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body