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On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:52:32PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> Sometimes I delete all my messages and later look at something on 
> lists.debian.org and want to issue a reply.  I use mutt, so I can edit 
> the headers at will.
> 
> Is it sufficient to use the exact same subject as the original with a 
> "RE: " prepended, and insert the line "References: <MessageID>" after 
> the "To" line and before the "Subject" line?  Do I need to include all 
> the "References" the Message I'm replying to References?  Does the new 
> reference go on the beginning or the end?
> 
> I want to to thread correctly in people's mua's and on l.d.o.

Here's a test message then. I've changed the subject, and moved the
In-Reply-To header above 'Subject'. There's no References: line yet,
but it might get added before this hits the list.



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