Re: References in forwarded messages

Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:32:37 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.mutt.devel
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Hi Rene,

> Date: 2026-08-24 15:25:53+0200
> From: Rene Kita <[email protected]>
>
> 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.

I'd say link-thread seems like a workaround for the lack of this.


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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