Remove "(was: [old subject])" upon replying

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Reported by myfreexp on 14 Oct 2013 08:16 UTC as Trac ticket #1489375

Say a message contains the subject header:

Subject: Old subject

Upon replying, the subject is being changed to:

Subject: New subject (was: Old subject)

Then it's good practice (not sure if defined in any RFC, though) to automatically remove the "(was: Old subject)" from the subject header upon replying to the message with the new subject.

I believe that for instance mutt is doing it, Thunderbird is doing it for sure, even some ancient DOS clients as well (CrossPoint and it's derivates).

Migrated-From: http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1489375

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Comment by @alecpl on 16 Oct 2013 16:59 UTC

I'm not sure, but Thunderbird does this only when replying to a message from mailing list. Should we do the same?

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Comment by myfreexp on 16 Oct 2013 19:55 UTC

Replying to alec:

I'm not sure, but Thunderbird does this only when replying to a message from mailing list. Should we do the same?

Of course it makes most sense in mailing lists (and Usenet newgroups, which are not Roundcubes business), but the clients I have worked with in the past, did it always (if they did it at all). How does mutt behave in this regard?

Anyway, if you want to do it with mailing list messages only, it would be better than never. But doing it always is easier... ;)

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Comment by @alecpl on 29 May 2014 06:38 UTC

Done in 3dbfb53

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Status changed by @alecpl on 29 May 2014 06:38 UTC

new => closed

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Milestone changed by @alecpl on 29 May 2014 06:38 UTC

later => 1.1-beta