What does means "Re: <slightly OT>...." in the subject ? ...

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Mon Sep 26 13:58:50 UTC 2011


On 26 September 2011 14:52, Jaime Jaramillo
<jaimejaramillo568 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the questions I´m newbie,  but: What does means "Re: <slightly
> OT>...." in the subject ?.
> thank you

Re means "about" or "concerning"; it is normal put on the beginning of
the suject of email replies. Short for the Latin phrase "in rē".

OT means "off topic".

Slightly means it's not /entirely/ off-topic. :¬)

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