Unable to delete "References:" lines

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

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.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com