Email threading in Gmail

You can use your Gmail account as an email threading tool. Two emails from another email account, one received in the inbox, and a second replying to the original email, when forwarded separately to a Gmail account, will be automatically threaded together.

Gmail will thread all emails that:

1. Have the same subject, recipients, and senders.

2. Were sent within one week of one another.

3. Have a reference header ID in common.