"(Was:" (Was: Discussion List Netiquette, Was: WTB:

[Fred Cisin]

The first time that I recall seeing "(was:" tags was 1990.  I liked the
basic idea, and have been doing it since.

It identifies the subject drift, while also identifying the source thread.

(The closing paren (for panic-stricken parsers) would be at the end
of the subject line, but is part of the truncated ending.)

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com