Re: Unable to delete "References:" lines

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

Hi,

By a similar reason, I also feel it is inconvenient that I can't
edit the References header.  Then I use the following hook:

(add-hook
 'message-setup-hook
 (lambda nil
   ;; Generate the References header and clear the corresponding
   ;; elements in the `message-reply-headers' buffer-local variable.
   (let ((references (message-make-references))
	 reference)
     (if references
	 (progn
	   (mail-header-set-message-id message-reply-headers nil)
	   (mail-header-set-references message-reply-headers nil)
	   (setq references (split-string references))
	   (goto-char (point-min))
	   (insert "References: ")
	   (while references
	     (setq reference (car references)
		   references (cdr references))
	     (if (> (+ (current-column) (length reference)) 78)
		 (progn
		   (delete-char -1)
		   (insert "\n ")))
	     (insert reference (if references
				   " "
				 "\n")))
	   (message-sort-headers))))))

>>>>> In <m3u16fvp4p.fsf@asfast.com>
>>>>>	Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> wrote:

> One more detail: in the case I mentioned below, the exact behavior is
> this: I see the deleted "References:" line reappear if I save the
> message (C-x C-s) before sending.  I therefore believe that this
> behavior has something to do with saving drafts.

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

>> I'm writing about something I first noticed in the CVS of ognus several
>> months ago, and that I have kept forgetting to mention here until now.
>>
>> I don't keep much of an address book on line, and if I want to send an
>> email to someone to whom I've corresponded before, I often will just
>> take a copy of an old message from that person, respond to it via
>> `gnus-summary-reply-{wide-}with-original', change the subject, delete
>> the "References:" line, and continue with my new message to him or her.
>>
>> But what I've been noticing over the past few months is that when I send
>> the outgoing message, the deleted "References:" line reappears.  I
>> assume that this was done for a good reason, probably to help maintain
>> the integrity of message threads, but in cases such as these, I'd like
>> to disable this behavior and send the message out with no "References:"
>> header at all.
>>
>> Is there a variable or hook which controls this behavior?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.