The colon in the subject line causes issues with Outlook/Outlook Express at times. There is a handy "feature" that tries to delete the "RE:", yet sometimes just deletes everything in front of the colon. Thus, the tags get stripped. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:46:28 -0600, Philip Stortz wrote: > what problems does it cause? i like it as a delimiter, i like it a lot > actually. i might even start adding it to replies. > > Jake Anderson wrote: > > > > the colon is no longer required > > and given the problems it causes we are better off without it _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist