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Re: How to be compatible with Outlook's conversation mode?



On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:12:08AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> On Tuesday, March  3 at 01:04 PM, quoth Magicloud Magiclouds:
> > I think this option only effects how the mails displayed, right? 
> > My problem is that my mails (composed by mutt) could not be organized 
> > as conversation in the receivers' outlook.
> 
> Ahh, I see, sorry, I misunderstood your question.
> 
> I guess the question comes down to: what about an email does Outlook 
> use to construct its "conversation" view? Usually mail clients rely on 
> the References or In-Reply-To headers (or both), both of which mutt 
> should set correctly.
> 
I *believe* Outlook 'threads' messages by looking at the Subject:,
thus mutt would need to do the 'Re:' bit in a way that Outlook
understands. 

> Is your message perhaps getting mangled by the time your coworkers 
> receive it? Is it missing the References and/or In-Reply-To headers?
> 
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Chris Green