#923481 alpine: replies lose In-Reply-To and References headers

Package:
alpine
Source:
alpine
Description:
Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful
Submitter:
Thorsten Glaser
Date:
2025-08-21 19:45:01 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#923481#5
Date:
2019-02-28 19:45:07 UTC
From:
To:
If I take a message, reply to it, then go to the Subject line,
press ^K to remove the existing (possibly damaged) text and type
new text (possibly to change the subthread subject), the eMail
gets sent out AND Fcc’d without both In-Reply-To and References
headers, completely and utterly breaking threading.

This is a major regression relative to pine 4.64 which does emit
these headers in that exact case (as just checked by me).
#923481#10
Date:
2019-03-09 22:01:34 UTC
From:
To:
Howdy,

As I understand it, this is not a regression in alpine but a difference in how
pine and alpine function, correct?

~Unit 193
Unit193 @ freenode
Unit193 @ OFTC
#923481#17
Date:
2019-08-13 15:31:17 UTC
From:
To:
severity 923481 serious
thanks

(Please remember to Cc the bug submitter when replying.)

No, this is definitively a serious loss of functionality,
namely, message threading (which is expected to work correctly
in contemporary MUAs excepting those from Redmond).

bye,
//mirabilos
#923481#24
Date:
2019-08-13 22:58:24 UTC
From:
To:
Howdy,

Ah right.  Though while looking through several of my recent sent items, it
seems it preserved those fields as expected.  I am using alpine 2.21.

It seems I am unable to reproduce the results you're getting?


~Unit 193
Unit193 @ freenode
Unit193 @ OFTC
#923481#29
Date:
2019-08-19 16:56:35 UTC
From:
To:
Please try this, from the original submission:

When just replying to a message without changing Subject, alpine
indeed keeps the headers just fine.

bye,
//mirabilos
#923481#34
Date:
2019-08-30 21:44:46 UTC
From:
To:
Howdy,

I've confirmed this does indeed remove them.

Given that it normally leaves the headers intact, and that the email client is
still entirely usable even if you do hit this bug, I'm lowering the severity as
it most certainly isn't RC worthy.


~Unit 193
Unit193 @ freenode
Unit193 @ OFTC
#923481#41
Date:
2020-12-06 20:44:11 UTC
From:
To:
This bug still persists. This caused loss of connection between
a mailing list thread and a debbugs entry. This is becoming
really annoying.
#923481#46
Date:
2025-08-21 19:43:15 UTC
From:
To:
I found a possible solution!

First…

      [X]  Expose Hidden Config

… then…