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OL98: Subject Line Prefix Stripped from Reply Message

Article ID: 197173

Article Last Modified on 7/31/1999

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This article was previously published under Q197173

SYMPTOMS

When replying to a message, Microsoft Outlook may strip prefixes followed by a colon out of the Subject line.

RESOLUTION

To prevent Outlook from stripping the prefix from the Subject line, edit the message; remove the colon after the prefix, and then click Reply.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Outlook may strip prefixes consisting of three or fewer characters followed by a colon (such as RE:, FWD:, NET:, X:, and so on) from a reply if you receive the message through the Internet Mail Only (IMO) installation of Outlook. This may also happen if you receive the message through the Internet E-mail service of a Corporate/Workgroup (CW) installation of Outlook.

Regardless of the Outlook installation mode, any Outlook generated prefix followed by a colon may be stripped from a reply, such as the following: 
   Accept:
   Reject:
   Out of Office AutoReply:

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