On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 14:36:09 -0700, Joe B wrote:
> IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of
> the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user
> list email and the RE with the subject and replying that way.
>
> I noticed on the list there is a message id. is it possible to copy
> the message id to the email so the chain just keeps going ?
If your MUA doesn't have an explicit "reply to list" feature, then just
use "reply all", and remove everything except the list address from
the headers.
If you don't do a reply, then the In-Reply-To header which places your
message into the thread won't be set up, and your message will just
be a new thread with the same Subject as an existing one. Some of the
archives may be clever enough to attempt thread joins via Subject header +
Date as well as the normal In-Reply-To header, but some may not.
If for some reason you ever NEED to construct a reply manually, what
you're doing is a good start. You just need to copy the Message-Id
from the message to which you're replying, and add an In-Reply-To header:
In-Reply-To: <messageid>
The <angle> <brackets> are literal here; you should add them.
