References in forwarded messages

Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:57:21 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.mutt.devel
Message-ID	<aohmZXi7u1o-Ft5u@debian>

Hi!

When I forward a message, I want to have it threaded under the original
mail.  For that, I manually add either an In-Reply-To or a References
(depending on my mood that day, I guess) to have it threaded by mutt(1).

I often forget to do this, so it would be nice if mutt(1) would do it
automatically.

I know some people are against this (especially the In-Reply-To one,
since it's not a reply, technically).

What do you think of adding a 'References' header field to forwarded
mails?

Should we do it with a new config?  (I prefer avoiding a new config, but
if we can't have consensus on changing the behavior for everyone, it
would be a viable way.)


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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