Hi Kevin,

> Date: 2026-09-06 19:15:28+0800
> From: "Kevin J. McCarthy" <[email protected]>
>
> On Sun, Sep 06, 2026 at 10:27:51AM +0200, Alejandro Colomar via Mutt-dev 
> wrote:
> > > Feedback is welcome on the number to display.  The full list might
> > > take up too much room in the headers and be awkward to remove.  While
> > > listing just one might look like a bug and invite endless questions.
> > > I've chosen three but let me know if you think differently.
> > 
> > I personally prefer to see the entire field.  In the end, one has to
> > 'unignore' the header to show it in the editor, right?
> 
> No, this isn't the same path as viewing the message.  It will show up for
> anyone with $forward_references answered 'yes'.

Hmmmm.  I somehow thought that unignore was also used when editing.
I tried changing it now in my configuration, and I was wrong.

> > If I want to see it in the editor, it doesn't
> > hurt to see it entirely, and it might be interesting at some point.
> > After all, vim(1) --and other editors-- can skip the field with a single
> > key press, and in many cases, a long field will just be hidden at the
> > right margin (and can be easily controlled).
> 
> Mutt actually generates the header with each reference on a single line. So
> each reference included will take up a single line.  Mutt caps the actual
> sent header to 10, so there's no point in setting the edithdr above 10.  But
> I think that's a lot of lines at the top of the editor.

I was trying to remember that there was some limit in References, but
didn't find it in RFC 5322.  Thanks!

> Try the patch out and test forwarding a message in a deep thread.  But
> change this line in the patch for sendlib.c:
> 
> +      mutt_write_references(env->references, fp, 3);
> 
> into
> 
> +      mutt_write_references(env->references, fp, 10);
> 
> And let me know what you think.

Ok; I'll try in a moment.  Thanks!

> 
> Thanks!


Cheers,
Alex

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