>I used to do this myself but now I have stopped because

>"Re: Paleolithic studies in comparison (was: Finding out about..."
> and "Re: Paleolithic studies in comparison"

>would be grouped as two different threads in the archives. But I agree that
>the part "(was: Finding out about...)" is redundant after the first time.
>However, I am not really happy with either option and would wish that there
>was a third. Ideas anyone?

There could be a defined delimiter ( even the word 'was' would work) that
could be used in the archiving process to group subjects: requires a bit of
programming though.
ie everything after the delimiter would be ignored (including the delimiter).

Regards,
Lynton