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NAME
     repl - reply to a message

SYNOPSIS
     repl [ +folder ][ msgs ] [ options ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     The repl command produces a reply to an existing mail
     message.  In its simplest form (with no arguments), repl
     sets up a message-form skeleton in reply to the current
     message in the current folder, invokes the editor, and sends
     the composed message, if so directed.  The composed message
     is constructed as follows:

          To: <Reply-To> or <From>
          Subject: Re: <Subject>
          In-reply-to: Your message of <Date>
               <Message-Id>

     where field names enclosed in angle brackets (< >) indicate
     the contents of the named field from the message to which
     the reply is being made.  If -cc is specified, a Cc: line is
     constructed from contents of the Cc: and/or To: fields from
     the message to which the reply is being made.

     Once the skeleton is constructed, an editor is invoked (as
     in comp(1mh), dist(1mh), and forw(1mh)).  While in the
     editor, the message being replied to is available through a
     link called @.  In ex, this means the replied-to message may
     be read using the command :r @.

     As in comp(1mh), dist(1mh), and forw(1mh), you are queried
     before the message is sent.  If the -annotate switch is
     specified, the replied-to message will be annotated with the
     single line, as such:

          Replied: <<Date Time>>

     only if the message is sent directly.  The command comp -use
     may be used to pick up interrupted editing, as in dist(1mh)
     and forw(1mh); the -inplace switch annotates the message in
     place, so that all folders with links to it will see the
     annotation.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:

          Path: To determine the user's MH directory
          Editor: To override use of /etc/mh/prompter as the default editor
          Current-Folder: To find the default current folder

     The repl command has the following defaults:




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          +folder        defaultstocurrent
          msgs      defaults to cur
          -editor   defaults to /etc/mh/prompter
          -noannotate
          -noinplace
          -cc

     If a +folder is specified, it becomes the current folder,
     and the current message is set to the replied-to message.

OPTIONS
     -annotate           If specified, the replied-to message is
                         annotated with the line Replied: <<Date
                         Time>>  if the message is sent directly.

     -noannotate         Do not add annotations to repl messages.

     -ccme               Send a copy of this mail message to me.

     -noccme             Do not send a carbon copy of this mail
                         message to me.

     -editor editor      Invoke the specified editor: vi, ed, ex,
                         emacs, etc.  For example, the command
                         repl 5 -e vi invokes the vi editor on
                         mail message number 5.

     -format             Format the mail message as if to send
                         it, removing the dashed line below the
                         Subject line; do not send the message.

     -noformat           Format the mail message as if sending
                         it; do not remove any header
                         information; do not send the message.

     -inplace            Annotate the message Replied:  <<Date
                         Time>> to the mail message in place; all
                         folders with links to the message
                         preserve their links.

     -noinplace          Do not annotate a message in place.

     -width              Invoke the width option of the pr(1)
                         command. See pr(1) for information.

     (help)              Print information about the repl
                         command.

     -cc                 Send a carbon copy of this mail message
                         to the indicated user.

     -nocc               Do not send any carbon copies of this



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                         mail message.

     (build)             Construct the mail message but do not
                         send it.  You can send the message later
                         with the comp -use command.

     -wait               Wait until the mail message is sent
                         before terminating.

     -nowait             Terminate immediately after selecting
                         the send command in response to the What
                         now? prompt (send the mail message
                         quickly).

     -output             Print error messages to the terminal.

     -nooutput           Do not print error messages.

FILES
     $HOME/.mh_profile   user profile

     <mh-dir>/draft      constructed message file

     /usr/bin/send       send the composed message

SEE ALSO
     comp(1mh), dist(1mh), fmt(1mh), folder(1mh), forw(1mh),
     inc(1mh), mail(1mh), next(1mh), pick(1mh), pr(1), prev(1mh),
     prompter(1mh), refile(1mh), rmf(1mh), rmm(1mh), scan(1mh),
     send(1mh), show(1mh), and mh_profile(5mh).

























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