Regarding: Proposed EU Directive on Electronic Commerce

[Piet Beertema <]

    Consider what standards say about the use of Re: in subject lines.
Consider the Subject: line of this message...
It doesn't violate *any* standard.
Consider messages that you receive from users
in countries with "foreign" languages: they
may well have something else than "Re:" in the
Subject: line, yet not violate any standard
either and convey the intention of "Re:".

RFC822:   
  Other fields, such as "Subject" and "Comments", are regarded
  simply as strings of text.

RFC1024:
  If the message is submitted in response to another message
  (e.g., is a follow-up) the default subject should begin with
					     ^^^^^^
That's NOT: MUST.
  the four characters "Re:", and the "References" line is required.
							  ^^^^^^^^
That's: MUST.


	Piet