In-Reply-To

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In-Reply-To is an email header field used to indicate which earlier message a given email is replying to, enabling proper threading and conversation tracking.

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In-Reply-To canonical 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf email header field ⓘ
message header field ⓘ
appearsIn email message header section ⓘ
category email header ⓘ
dataModelRole link between child and parent messages ⓘ
definedIn RFC 2822 ⓘ
RFC 5322 ⓘ
RFC 822 ⓘ
enables displaying conversation hierarchies ⓘ
grouping related messages into threads ⓘ
fieldName In-Reply-To ⓘ
governingBody IETF ⓘ
hasPurpose indicate which earlier message an email is replying to ⓘ
support conversation tracking ⓘ
support email threading ⓘ
introducedFor linking replies to original messages ⓘ
isOptional true ⓘ
processing used by clients to reconstruct reply chains ⓘ
protocolLayer application layer ⓘ
relatedField References ⓘ
relatesToField Message-ID ⓘ
scope message metadata ⓘ
semantics identifies the parent message of a reply ⓘ
standardStatus Internet standard ⓘ
typicalUsage set automatically by email clients when replying ⓘ
usedBy email clients ⓘ
mail user agents ⓘ
mailing list software ⓘ
usedFor thread reconstruction when References header is missing or incomplete ⓘ
usedInProtocol Internet email ⓘ
valueSyntax one or more message identifiers in angle brackets ⓘ
valueType message identifier ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RFC 5322 → definesHeaderField → In-Reply-To ⓘ