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. The Reply-to:
17 header (if any, otherwise From:) is used for the To: address. Unless
18 ``--reply-to=sender`` is specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers
19 are copied, but not including any of the current user's email addresses
20 (as configured in primary\_mail or other\_email in the .notmuch-config
21 file) in the recipient list.
23 It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if
24 not already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
25 replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field
28 Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
29 each line with '> ' and included in the body.
31 The resulting message template is output to stdout.
33 Supported options for **reply** include
35 ``--format=``\ (**default**\ \|\ **json**\ \|\ **sexp**\ \|\ **headers-only**)
38 Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
42 Produces JSON output containing headers for a reply message
43 and the contents of the original message. This output can be
44 used by a client to create a reply message intelligently.
47 Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a reply
48 message and the contents of the original message. This
49 output can be used by a client to create a reply message
53 Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
56 ``--format-version=N``
57 Use the specified structured output format version. This is
58 intended for programs that invoke **notmuch(1)** internally. If
59 omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
61 ``--reply-to=``\ (**all**\ \|\ **sender**)
64 Replies to all addresses.
67 Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own
68 message (Reply-to: or From: header is one of the user's
69 configured email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers
70 in this order, and copy values from the first that contains
71 something 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 Decryption expects a functioning **gpg-agent(1)** to provide any
82 needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will fail.
84 See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for details of the supported syntax for
87 Note: It is most common to use **notmuch reply** with a search string
88 matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
89 useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
90 of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
91 allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches. The
92 default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but the
93 JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
98 This command supports the following special exit status codes
101 The requested format version is too old.
104 The requested format version is too new.
109 **notmuch(1)**, **notmuch-config(1)**, **notmuch-count(1)**,
110 **notmuch-dump(1)**, **notmuch-hooks(5)**, **notmuch-insert(1)**,
111 **notmuch-new(1)**, **notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**,
112 **notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**