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"Edit As New Message" doesn't create a new email thread

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BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

When I edit a Sent Email as "Edit As New Message", I usually change the subject line. I do this with the hope tthat his new message I am sending becomes a new thread. Unfortunately, it shows up as a thread under the original email, which I edited

How can this be fixed?

-- Mahesh

When I edit a Sent Email as "'''Edit As New Message'''", I usually change the subject line. I do this with the hope tthat his new message I am sending becomes '''a new thread'''. Unfortunately, it shows up as a thread under the original email, which I edited How can this be fixed? -- Mahesh

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Matt
Matt
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If it is not in the original thread, why are you using it?

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh Question owner

I would like Thunderbird to start a new thread as the subject, the email recipients have been modified when compared to the original email. My question is - is this an expected behavior or a bug.

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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The issue is Bug 485593 - Edit as New includes reference message-id to the original article, as if I had replied or forward the message. Edit as New should ditch such headers

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh Question owner

And you reported this 16 years ago! Based on your excellent thread, I think it is a very small fix (in the headers). Wonder what is keeping the team from fixing this bug

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