diff --git a/mcp/nntp/__pycache__/nntp_replay.cpython-312.pyc b/mcp/nntp/__pycache__/nntp_replay.cpython-312.pyc
index 2ee6459..766a5d5 100644
Binary files a/mcp/nntp/__pycache__/nntp_replay.cpython-312.pyc and b/mcp/nntp/__pycache__/nntp_replay.cpython-312.pyc differ
diff --git a/mcp/nntp/nntp_replay.py b/mcp/nntp/nntp_replay.py
index 1abb522..7523635 100644
--- a/mcp/nntp/nntp_replay.py
+++ b/mcp/nntp/nntp_replay.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ def scan_group(server: str = DEFAULT_SERVER, group: str = "",
                         m["num"] for m in members if m["msgid"] in t["new"]),
                     "messages": [
                         {"num": m["num"], "msgid": m["msgid"],
-                         "from": m["from"], "date": m["date"], "body": m["body"]}
+                         "from": m["from"], "date": m["date"],
+                         "references": m["refs"], "body": m["body"]}
                         for m in full
                     ],
                 })
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ def read_thread(server: str = DEFAULT_SERVER, group: str = "",
                     "subject": full[0]["subject"],
                     "messages": [{"num": m["num"], "msgid": m["msgid"],
                                   "from": m["from"], "date": m["date"],
+                                  "references": m["refs"],
                                   "body": m["body"]} for m in full]}
     except Exception as e:
         return {"error": str(e)}
@@ -355,9 +357,13 @@ def get_last_message(server: str = DEFAULT_SERVER, group: str = "",
 
             msg = email.message_from_bytes(b"\n".join(s.article(str(last))[1].lines),
                                            policy=email_policy)
-            msgid = (msg.get("Message-ID") or f"<local-{last}>").strip()
+            message_id = (msg.get("Message-ID") or f"<local-{last}>").strip()
+            references = [r for r in (msg.get("References") or "").split()
+                          if r.startswith("<")]
 
-            return {"status": "ok", "group": group, "num": last, "msgid": msgid,
+            return {"status": "ok", "group": group, "num": last,
+                    "message_id": message_id,
+                    "references": references,
                     "subject": _decode(msg.get("Subject", "")),
                     "from": _decode(msg.get("From", "")),
                     "date": _parse_date(str(msg.get("Date", ""))),