GNU bug report logs - #72442
31.0.50; Gnus or message.el doesn't handle international message reply subject prefixes and insults users

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: 72442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72442: 31.0.50;
 Gnus or message.el doesn't handle international message reply subject
 prefixes and insults users
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:43:11 +0300

> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:14:39 +0300
> From:  Björn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> Gnus doesn't handle international message reply prefixes as opposed
> to Re: or it's variants.
> 
> An example would be `gnus-simpliy-subject-re' which threats English
> subject prefixes.
> 
> Message.el doesn't do so either (by default) I don't think it makes
> sense to open a separate bug about this but please reply that should be
> done.
> 
> The message manual also judges users for using localized variants of
> "Re: " by calling them "nincompoops" for using these "abominations"
> which it says are "meaningless and evil".
> 
> The offending text can be found in the documentation for
> `message-subject-re-regexp' in the chapter "3.1 Message Headers".

FWIW, Rmail does support the various ways of saying "Re:", so the code
could be lifted from there.

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