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Fix docs about the meaning of the Re: in the subject

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* doc/misc/message.texi (Message Headers): Clarify that it comes from
the Latin "res" meaning "in the matter of" rather than "in response
to" as claimed previously (see RFC-2822).
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@ -1699,14 +1699,15 @@ result is inserted.
@cindex Sv
@cindex Re
Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This
is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is
Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have
failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software
to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: }
(``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may
have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may
set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I
just throw away non-compliant mail.
is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but it
comes from the Latin ``res'', and means ``in the matter of''. Some
illiterate nincompoops have failed to grasp this fact, and have
``internationalized'' their software to use abominations like
@samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } (``svar'') instead, which is
meaningless and evil. However, you may have to deal with users that
use these evil tools, in which case you may set this variable to a
regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I just throw away
non-compliant mail.
Here's an example of a value to deal with these headers when
responding to a message: