Jan. 29, 1999
6:01 p.m.
This is insufficient for cross-posts which are replied to from a different list. I think my string.find approach is crude, simple, but exactly the right thing. Forget about seldom possible missing prefixes...
You're probably right - the simpler approach would prevent alternation across lists from compounding the respective prefixes. (Though the idea of messages alternating from list to list gives me the willies, but that's besides the point...-)
Ken