Subject: Re: The "+" sign

From: Jeffrey Goldberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:17:17 +0100

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Gregg Tate wrote:

> OK, everyone, I'm stupid and probably deserve to be flamed, but what does 
> the "+" sign to the left of a message mean??

It's a reasonable question.  It means the message was specifically
addressed to you instead of to a list.

-j

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From: Gregg Tate <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:20:36 -0400

Really dumb guy
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From: [email-masked] (NDIAYE Amadou)
Date: 24 Sep 1996 01:56:24 GMT

Un jour, Gregg Tate ([email-masked])
      affirmait publiquement que:

| OK, everyone, I'm stupid and probably deserve to be flamed, but what
| does the "+" sign to the left of a message mean?? 

Message was addressed to you and not to a mailing-list, or you got a Bcc
or whatever comes to your mind :-)

HTH...
(Cc'ed)

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