Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > On 31 Aug 2010, at 01:31, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> Perhaps I should have "replied" to my local copy (gnus GCC), but then >> the references would not be right in the newsgroup. > > Replying to the copy in your sent items should cause the reply to show > properly in thread. > > The recipients' mail client should thread based the Message-Id: and > References: headers. > > I paused before clicking send on this message, thinking that the > Message-Id: might be added by your mail server, however looking in my > sent items I find it to be added by the client (or by my client, at > least) and a grep finds this header to be preserved when the message > arrived to the list.
I hadn't realized this. Just to be sure, I will send in a few minutes a reply to my local copy (Gnus GCC) of the first msg. You are probable right as I should have realized that gnus will, as usual, do the right thing. allan
