> Date: 2026-08-27 12:49:41+0200 > From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> > [...] > mutt(1): > 4224 rsF Dec 06 To linux-man@vg (4.4K) [PATCH] sscanf.3: Remove term > 'deprecated', and expand BUGS > 4225 sF Dec 06 To linux-man@vg (5.1K) ├─> > 4226 r T Dec 06 Matthew House (1.7K) │ └─> > 4227 sF Dec 06 To Matthew Hous (5.6K) │ └─> > 4228 r T Dec 06 Matthew House (2.1K) │ └─> > 4229 T Dec 06 Matthew House (0.3K) │ ├─> > 4230 sF Dec 06 To Matthew Hous (3.7K) │ └─> > 4231 T Dec 06 Lee Griffiths ( 12K) └─> > 4232 r Dec 07 Lee Griffiths (5.2K) └─>Fwd: [PATCH] sscanf.3: > Remove term 'deprecated', and expand BUGS > 4233 sF Dec 09 To Lee Griffith (5.2K) └─> > > neomutt(1): > 4224 rs Dec 06 Alejandro Colom (4.4K) [PATCH] sscanf.3: Remove term > 'deprecated', and expand BUGS > 4225 s Dec 06 Alejandro Colom (5.1K) ├─> > 4226 r Dec 06 Matthew House (1.7K) │ └─> > 4227 s Dec 06 Alejandro Colom (5.6K) │ └─> > 4228 r Dec 06 Matthew House (2.1K) │ └─> > > 4229 Dec 06 Matthew House (0.3K) │ ├─> > 4230 s Dec 06 Alejandro Colom (3.7K) │ └─> > 4231 Dec 06 Lee Griffiths ( 12K) └─> > 4232 r Dec 07 Lee Griffiths (5.2K) └─>Fwd: [PATCH] sscanf.3: > Remove term 'deprecated', and expand BUGS > 4233 s Dec 09 Alejandro Colom (5.2K) └─> > > Both mutt(1) and neomutt(1) seem to agree. > > The message with two In-Reply-To header fields is 4228. > I'll write an equivalence of the header fields contents using numbers, > to help see how mutt(1) is behaving: > > IRT: 4225 4227 > Ref: 4224 4225 4226 4227 > > Naturally, the 'References' field is used to form the path, and even > though there are two "parents", the path shown in 'References' clearly > tells which is the "closest" parent for printing the tree. > > Thus, I'd keep the 'References' of one of them (I'd use the longer one) > when there are two parents, to help mutt(1) form a tree.
Or maybe, have an empty References, and discourage from doing this automatically. It kind of makes more sense to do it manually, by replying to a message, and later adding manually the others. That way, mutt(1) keeps simpler. Knowing that mutt(1) will use the multiple references headers ignoring the multiple In-Reply-To's means that it will thread it just fine when done manually. Cheers, Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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