* Fernan Aguero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > How do you reply to a message in a thread, change the > subject and start a new thread? > > I mean, I can do all this by hand, but perhaps there is > already a command for doing this? > > Suppose that while reading a thread you get motivated to > reply to something that has nothing to do with the thread, > but you need to quote it. Basically you reply to the list > (and perhaps CC the original author), change the subject, > perhaps using a common formula: > New Subject (Was: Re: Old thread) > remove the In-Reply-To or Mail-Followup-To fields so that > the message does indeed start a new thread (at least in MUAs > that thread reasonably well). > > Anything else that should get changed/touched? Something I > missed? Perhaps it is not a good idea to remove some > headers?
I'm quite new to Mutt so I don't have any suggestions with the commands, but what about the "References:" header? I like to use these settings in my .muttrc: set sort=threads set strict_threads So, if you change the headers you have mentioned without removing "References:" I will still see the mail in the same thread. BTW, I have noticed that many MUAs don't care about "References:" at all. Wonder why? A good reference page about this subject, in my opinion, is: http://cr.yp.to/immhf/thread.html -- Timo T. Rajala
