Threading e-mails using In-Reply-To - php

I'm trying to send e-mails which an e-mail client will collect together under the same thread.
I am trying to do this using the In-Reply-To header, or the References header.
This is how I add them:
$this->withSwiftMessage(function ($message) use ($header, $messageId) {
$headers = $message->getHeaders();
$headers->addTextHeader('X-SMTPAPI', $header);
$headers->addTextHeader('References', $messageId);
$headers->addTextHeader('In-Reply-To', $messageId);
});
The headers are showing in my mail:
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
References: 8def8ad2ba46673db3886aaef3bb230f#swift.generated
In-Reply-To: 8def8ad2ba46673db3886aaef3bb230f#swift.generated
but the messages are in separate threads (in Gmail).
Any ideas?
Mick

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Everything is here (Example #4): http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

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