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Well behaved mail clients like to put the following headers in, but they are not required: | Well behaved mail clients like to put the following headers in, but they are not required: | ||
* Message-ID: A globally unique identifier for the message. | * Message-ID: A (sorta) globally unique identifier for the message. | ||
* In-Reply-To: Contains the Message-ID(s) of the message(s) this messages is in reply to, assuming the message(s) actually had a Message-ID. (Omitted if the parent didn't have a Message-ID). | * In-Reply-To: Contains the Message-ID(s) of the message(s) this messages is in reply to, assuming the message(s) actually had a Message-ID. (Omitted if the parent didn't have a Message-ID). | ||
* References: Contains the contents of the "References" for the message(s) being replied to, followed by the Message-ID of the message(s) being replied to. If there is no "References", try again with "In-Reply-To" (followed by the Message-ID). Omitted if the fields are missing. | * References: Contains the contents of the "References" for the message(s) being replied to, followed by the Message-ID of the message(s) being replied to. If there is no "References", try again with "In-Reply-To" (followed by the Message-ID). Omitted if the fields are missing. | ||