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In every email program, RE: stands for Reply. RE: is prefixed to a subject for showing that the current email is a reply to an earlier email. That is what is
by IncRnd 8y ago
In every email program, RE: stands for Reply. RE: is prefixed to a subject for showing that the current email is a reply to an earlier email. That is what is deceptive.
RE: is not Regarding in this context but appears designed to increase acceptance by lying about the recipient receiving a response to an earlier non-existent communication.
- pc86 8y agoEmail didn't magically change the meaning "Re" to "Reply." It still means regarding; it's regarding the subject of the previous email.
- IncRnd 8y agoDon't argue for the sake of arguing. I didn't write that Email magically changed the meaning of a word! I wrote that email clients use RE: in a specific way. Re can mean regarding, but in an email subject line Re: has been taken for decades by email programs to mean something very specific, "Reply".