On 16 Jun 2011, at 20:11, W B Hacker wrote:
>> What is the corect way to rewrie the subject line?
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> 'Correct' depends on what you want.
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> This preserves the original but stuffs a word in at the beginning:
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> message = Subject: *Suspect* $h_Subject:
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> CAVEAT: Unless you specifically strip the ORIGINAL 'Subject:' it will still exist, just be pushed down, and 'usual' no longer displayed even in view-headers of an MUA. It WILL still show if they have a true 'View ALL headers' or if view message source is used.
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> Generally more good than harm to leave that in place.
Except that RFC5322 forbids multiple Subject: headers. So, it may produce unexpected results. Better to remove the original header. It's still completely recoverable.
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