Bug 359138

Summary:	KMail doesn't set "In-Reply-To" and "References" headers when forwarding
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	kolAflash <kolAflash>
Component:	composer	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	allergy, sebastian.schrader
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.14.7
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description kolAflash 2016-02-08 15:44:52 UTC

KMail version 4.14.9

When forwarding a message, KMail doesn't set the "In-Reply-To" and the "References" headers.

Could anyone check this for the current KMail version? (4.15.x)

One workaround would be, to specify custom headers in the forward template. But this would require this bug to be solved first.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148407

Then you could do something like:
References: %OHEADER="References" %OHEADER="Message-ID"
In-Reply-To: %OHEADER="Message-ID"

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 kolAflash 2016-02-11 11:48:59 UTC

Looks like Thunderbird is also setting this reasonable additional header when forwarding.
X-Forwarded-Message-Id: ...

So a header-template could look like this:
References: %OHEADER="References" %OHEADER="Message-ID"
In-Reply-To: %OHEADER="Message-ID"
X-Forwarded-Message-Id: %OHEADER="Message-ID"

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2022-11-06 09:25:08 UTC

Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-21 05:12:17 UTC

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Comment 4 Amand Tihon 2022-11-21 08:01:12 UTC

I don't know if the original reporter of this bug is still around, but I can confirm the issue is still present in KMail 5.21.3.

None of the References:, In-Reply-To: or X-Forwarded-Message-Id: headers are set when forwarding a message.
It makes no difference if the message is forwarded inline or as an attachment.