Re: References in forwarded messages

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 06:39:55PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> > Date: 2026-08-23 11:13:29-0400
> > From: John Hawkinson <[email protected]>
> >
> > I am confused at the baseline request, and it seems like the thread is
> > discussing *how* this should be implemented and not *whether* it should be.
> > Huh?
> > 
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > When I forward a message, I want to have it threaded under the original
> > > mail.
[...]
> The proposed change was:
> 
> 	What do you think of adding a 'References' header field to forwarded
> 	mails?
> 
> As to why do I want it threaded...  I want them together, to make it
> easier to find all of the related mails.  I thought this would be
> obvious, but just in case, I say it now.
> 
> > Is it for your personal benefit as the sender, or is for the perceived
> > benefit of the recipients of your forwarded messages? Or something else?
> 
> I think the justification seems clear about this.  It's for my personal
> benefit as a sender.  I don't see any particular benefit in the receiver
> (unless I also bounce the original mail, but that's unusual to do if I
>  also send a forwarded mail).

This all sounds like a workaround for a manual link-thread.