NAME

repl − reply to a message

SYNOPSIS

repl [ +folder ] [ msg ] [ −editor editor ] [ −inplace ] [ −annotate ] [ −help ] [ −noinplace ] [ −noannotate ]

DESCRIPTION

Repl aids a user in producing a reply to an existing message.  In its simplest form (with no arguments), it will set up a message-form skeleton in reply to the current message in the current folder, invoke the editor, and send the composed message if so directed.  The composed message is constructed as follows:

To: <Reply-To> or <From>
cc: <cc>, <To>
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.  Once the skeleton is constructed, an editor is invoked (as in comp, dist, and forw).  While in the editor, the message being replied to is available through a link named “@”.  In NED, this means the replied-to message may be “used” with “use @”, or put in a window by “window @”. 

As in comp, dist, and forw, the user will be queried before the message is sent.  If ‘−annotate’ is specified, the replied-to message will be annotated with the single line

Replied: Date.
 

The command “comp −use” may be used to pick up interrupted editing, as in dist and forw; the ‘−inplace’ switch annotates the message in place, so that all folders with links to it will see the annotation. 

FILES

$HOME/mh_profileThe user profile
<mh-dir>/draftThe constructed message file
/usr/bin/sendTo send the composed message

PROFILE COMPONENTS

Path:To determine the user’s MH directory
Editor:To override the use of /bin/ned as the default editor
Current-Folder:To find the default current folder

DEFAULTS

‘+folder’ defaults to current
‘msgs’ defaults to cur
‘−editor’ defaults to /bin/ned
‘−noannotate’
‘−noinplace’

CONTEXT

If a ‘+folder’ is specified, it will become the current folder, and the current message will be set to the replied-to message. 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  3 August 1983