Re: Incorrect/lacking References in mail headers?

Roman Gushchin <[email protected]> Tue, 19 May 2026 15:38:40 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.sashiko
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Conor,

I=E2=80=99ll take a look, thank you for the report!

Roman

> On May 19, 2026, at 2:54=E2=80=AFAM, Conor Dooley <[email protected]> wrote=
:
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> Yo,
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> I think the mails coming from sashiko-bot don't have the correct
> References headers set. When I have deleted a thread that I don't care
> about before the sashiko-bot mails come through I end up with my inbox
> looking like:
> |  99 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.1K) Re: [PATCH v6 14/16] wifi: ath12k:=
 Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 100 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.0K) Re: [PATCH v6 12/16] media: qcom: P=
ass proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API
> | 101 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.2K) Re: [PATCH v6 11/16] media: qcom: S=
witch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 102 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 10/16] drm/msm: Swit=
ch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 103 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 05/16] remoteproc: q=
com_q6v5_pas: Switch over to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 104 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.9K) Re: [PATCH v6 04/16] firmware: qco=
m: Add a PAS TEE service
> | 105 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.3K) Re: [PATCH v6 07/16] soc: qcom: md=
tloader: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 106 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.0K) Re: [PATCH v6 06/16] remoteproc: q=
com_q6v5_mss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 107 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (5.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 08/16] remoteproc: q=
com_wcnss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> | 108 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.3K) Re: [PATCH v6 02/16] firmware: qco=
m: Add a generic PAS service
> | 109 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.2K) Re: [PATCH v6 03/16] firmware: qco=
m_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service
> | 110 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.7K) Re: [PATCH v6 01/16] arm64: dts: q=
com: kodiak: Add EL2 overlay
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> In comparison, a more typical thread where I have deleted the original
> mails looks like:
> | 165 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (8.3K)   =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80>Re: [PATCH v2=
 2/3] iio: dac: Add AD5529R DAC driver support
> | 166 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    ( 12K) =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80=E2=94=B4=E2=94=80=
>Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] iio: dac: Add AD5529R DAC driver support
> | 167 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (9.3K) =E2=94=82 =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80>Re: [=
PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
> | 168 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (9.5K) =E2=94=82 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80>Re: [=
PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
> | 169 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    ( 10K) =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=B4=E2=94=80=
>Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
> | 170 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (8.1K) =E2=94=B4=E2=94=80>Re: [PATCH v2 3=
/3] Documentation: iio: Add AD5529R Documentation
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> The difference appears to be that Janani has a references header that
> cites the cover letter:
> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> References: <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
> <20260508134843.7646c4f5@jic23-huawei>
> <[email protected]>
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> Whereas your bot doesn't do this:
> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> References: <[email protected]>
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> Not only does it interfere with threading in my mailbox, it adds a load
> of extra steps to my process where one ctrl+d should suffice, given that
> I appear to get 100s of mails from the bot every day.
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> Could you please try to resolve this?
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> Thanks,
> Conor.
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