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- REPLY
-
- Sends a message to the sender of the message you are currently reading or the
- one you last read. If you do not specify the name of a file to be sent as your
- reply, you are prompted for the text of your reply. You can use the REPLY
- command and the ANSWER command interchangeably because they work the same way.
-
- See also <ANSWER>
-
- You must be reading a message in order to reply to it.
-
- Format: REPLY [file-spec]
-
-
- Qualifiers: /CC_PROMPT
-
- /[NO]CC_PROMPT
-
- Prompts for the carbon copy (CC:) recipient names. Overrides
- the SET CC_PROMPT command for this message only.
-
-
- /EDIT
-
- /[NO]EDIT
-
- Invokes the editor to edit the reply you are sending. When you
- EXIT from the editor the edited message is sent. To cancel the
- sending of the message, enter the EDT command QUIT, if your
- editor is EDT.
-
- The /LAST qualifier can be used in conjunction with the /EDIT
- qualifier. This allows you to bring the last message you sent
- into the editor to modify for your reply.
-
-
- /EXTRACT
-
- Invokes the editor to enable you to edit the current message
- that you are replying to.
-
-
- /LAST
-
- Specifies that the last message you sent be used as text for the
- reply.
-
- The /EDIT qualifier can be used in conjunction with the /LAST
- qualifier. This allows you to edit the last message you sent.
-
-
- /PERSONAL_NAME
-
- /[NO]PERSONAL_NAME=name
- Specifies the personal name to be used when replying to this
- message only. The /[NO]PERSONAL_NAME qualifier sends a reply
- with a blank personal name field.
-
-
- /SELF
-
- /[NO]SELF
-
- Determines whether or not MAIL sends a copy of the response
- back to the user who is responding to the message. The
- default is /NOSELF, unless you have used the SET COPY_SELF
- command to specify that copies be sent to yourself
- automatically.
-
-
- Examples
-
- 1.
- MAIL> REPLY/EXTRACT
- To: FLAXEN::STARCK
- Subj: RE:Verbosity
-
- This text is mailed to a user named Starck.
- [EOB]
- .
- .
- .
- *EXIT
- DISK$:[STARCK]MAIL.TMP;1 17 lines
- MAIL>
-
- This example shows how to use the /EXTRACT qualifier to
- edit your response to a user named Starck on node FLAXEN
- before sending it.
-
- 2.
- MAIL> REPLY/SELF
- To: FLAME::CORSTAN, HOWE
- Subj: Re: Ecology
- Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete,
- or CTRL/C to quit:
- .
- .
- .
- New mail on node MARBLE from HOWE
-
- This example shows how a user named HOWE on node MARBLE
- replies to a user named CORSTAN on node FLAME. The /SELF
- qualifier enables MAIL to return a copy of the reply back
- to him/herself.
-
- 3.
- MAIL> REPLY/CC_PROMPT
- To: SAUNDERS
- CC: ADAMS
- Subj: Re: Monday meeting
- Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete,
- or CTRL/C to quit:
-
- This example shows how a user replies to a message from
- user SAUNDERS and specifies the /CC_PROMPT qualifier to send
- a carbon copy of the message to user ADAMS.