"re:" [was: Re: [plug] re: replacing text in search]

[Ryan]

On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 18:11, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <sf2bb83d.079 at mmtnetworks.com.au>
> on Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 01:10:10PM +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> > use re: meaning regards/regarding
> 
> True! (I think it's derived from the Latin *noun* "res".) However, there
> is a "jargonistic" meaning to "Re:" when it is used in e-mail. Despite
> the fact that "Re." in e-mail is supposed to stand for the same thing as
> "Re." in paper correspondence, it is actually used as though it is short
> for "Reply".

I think email clients the world around would agree with that too.

Ryan