# HG changeset patch
# User Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
# Date 1136764027 0
# Node ID b62da271055d6bd97ef631ca81dbc3707b3fa4a0
# Parent  2212a4afa3ce4fec2a3de8a864a8eebcfd508732
(rmail-reply-regexp): Also ignore mailing list
identifiers sometimes added in square brackets at the beginning of
subject lines.

diff -r 2212a4afa3ce -r b62da271055d lisp/mail/rmail.el
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el	Sun Jan 08 21:29:46 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el	Sun Jan 08 23:47:07 2006 +0000
@@ -447,8 +447,10 @@
   "String to prepend to Subject line when replying to a message.")
 
 ;; Some mailers use "Re(2):" or "Re^2:" or "Re: Re:" or "Re[2]:".
-;; This pattern should catch all the common variants.
-(defvar rmail-reply-regexp "\\`\\(Re\\(([0-9]+)\\|\\[[0-9]+\\]\\|\\^[0-9]+\\)?: *\\)*"
+;; This pattern should catch all the common variants.  The pattern
+;; also ignores mailing list identifiers sometimes added in square
+;; brackets at the beginning of subject lines.
+(defvar rmail-reply-regexp "\\`\\(\\[.+?\\] \\)?\\(Re\\(([0-9]+)\\|\\[[0-9]+\\]\\|\\^[0-9]+\\)?: *\\)*"
   "Regexp to delete from Subject line before inserting `rmail-reply-prefix'.")
 
 (defcustom rmail-display-summary nil