Microsoft KB Archive/245199

= OLEXP: Text in the Subject Line Followed by a Colon Is Removed =

Article ID: 245199

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01

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This article was previously published under Q245199



This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.

No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta product. For information about how to obtain support for a Beta release, see the documentation that is included with the Beta product files, or check the Web location from which you downloaded the release.



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
If a colon appears in the subject of a message, Outlook Express removes the colon and the text appearing before the colon (up to 4 characters) when you reply to or forward the message.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
To prevent subjects from being cluttered with unnecessary text when a message is forwarded or replied to multiple times, Outlook Express removes text in the subject that contains from one to four characters and is followed by a colon (for example, "Fw:", "Re:", or "Read:"). Earlier versions of Outlook Express remove only strings of from one to three characters. With the introduction of read receipts (which contain "Read:" in the subject), the string length was increased to four characters.

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