8 **notmuch** **reply** [option ...] <*search-term*> ...
13 Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
15 To make replying to email easier, **notmuch reply** takes an existing
16 set of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. Its To:
17 address is set according to the original email in this way: if the
18 Reply-to: header is present and different from any To:/Cc: address it
19 is used, otherwise From: header is used. Unless
20 ``--reply-to=sender`` is specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers
21 are copied, but not including any of the current user's email addresses
22 (as configured in primary\_mail or other\_email in the .notmuch-config
23 file) in the recipient list.
25 It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if
26 not already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
27 replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field
30 Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
31 each line with '> ' and included in the body.
33 The resulting message template is output to stdout.
35 Supported options for **reply** include
37 ``--format=``\ (**default**\ \|\ **json**\ \|\ **sexp**\ \|\ **headers-only**)
39 Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
43 Produces JSON output containing headers for a reply message
44 and the contents of the original message. This output can be
45 used by a client to create a reply message intelligently.
48 Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a reply
49 message and the contents of the original message. This output
50 can be used by a client to create a reply message
54 Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
57 ``--format-version=N``
58 Use the specified structured output format version. This is
59 intended for programs that invoke **notmuch(1)** internally. If
60 omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
62 ``--reply-to=``\ (**all**\ \|\ **sender**)
64 Replies to all addresses.
67 Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own message
68 (Reply-to: or From: header is one of the user's configured
69 email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers in this
70 order, and copy values from the first that contains something
71 other than only the user's addresses.
74 Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected content
75 (ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryption will
76 be reported (currently only supported with --format=json and
77 --format=sexp) and on successful decryption the
78 multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
81 If a session key is already known for the message, then it will be
82 decrypted automatically unless the user explicitly sets
85 Decryption expects a functioning **gpg-agent(1)** to provide any
86 needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will likely fail.
88 See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for details of the supported syntax for
91 Note: It is most common to use **notmuch reply** with a search string
92 matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
93 useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
94 of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
95 allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches. The
96 default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but the
97 JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
102 This command supports the following special exit status codes
105 The requested format version is too old.
108 The requested format version is too new.
114 **notmuch-config(1)**,
115 **notmuch-count(1)**,
117 **notmuch-hooks(5)**,
118 **notmuch-insert(1)**,
120 **notmuch-restore(1)**,
121 **notmuch-search(1)**,
122 **notmuch-search-terms(7)**,