Re: References in forwarded messages

Hi!

On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 04:57:21PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev wrote:
ACvMd> When I forward a message, I want to have it threaded under the original
ACvMd> mail.  For that, I manually add either an In-Reply-To or a References
ACvMd> (depending on my mood that day, I guess) to have it threaded by mutt(1).

Me too.

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

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

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

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

I fully support the proposal.

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Vsevolod Volkov