According to this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197172
Outlook considers anything with 3 letters and a colon a prefix in the subject line and will replace it on a reply or forward with RE: or FWD:.
This article reflects 2000 and we are using 2003 as well as 2010 in an 2003 exchange environment. I have been unable to reproduce this fact myself.
I do have a situation where a user sends an email from a 2003 client and in the subject they put COL:. Whoever replies to this message automatically replaces the COL: with RE: or if forwarding FWD:. This only happens to the messages that are sent from this specific client machine. I am unable to reproduce it from any other machine as the same sender. If I open the original message from different client machines and reply it replaces the prefix as well.
It is seems to stay with the message regardless of Outlook versions and is specific to the original client. Any ideas?
Outlook considers anything with 3 letters and a colon a prefix in the subject line and will replace it on a reply or forward with RE: or FWD:.
This article reflects 2000 and we are using 2003 as well as 2010 in an 2003 exchange environment. I have been unable to reproduce this fact myself.
I do have a situation where a user sends an email from a 2003 client and in the subject they put COL:. Whoever replies to this message automatically replaces the COL: with RE: or if forwarding FWD:. This only happens to the messages that are sent from this specific client machine. I am unable to reproduce it from any other machine as the same sender. If I open the original message from different client machines and reply it replaces the prefix as well.
It is seems to stay with the message regardless of Outlook versions and is specific to the original client. Any ideas?