1 <h1>NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)</h1>
5 notmuch-reply - constructs a reply template for a set of messages
10 <b>notmuch</b> <b>reply</b> [option ...] <<u>search-term</u>> ...
15 Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
17 To make replying to email easier, <b>notmuch</b> <b>reply</b> takes an existing set
18 of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. The Reply-to:
19 header (if any, otherwise From:) is used for the To: address. Unless
20 <b>--reply-to=sender</b> is specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers are
21 copied, but not including any of the current user's email addresses (as
22 configured in primary_mail or other_email in the .notmuch-config file)
23 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 <b>reply</b> include
36 <b>--format=</b>(<b>default</b>|<b>json</b>|<b>sexp</b>|<b>headers-only</b>)
39 Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
42 <b>json</b> Produces JSON output containing headers for a reply mes‐
43 sage and the contents of the original message. This out‐
44 put can be used by a client to create a reply message
47 <b>sexp</b> Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a
48 reply message and the contents of the original message.
49 This output can be used by a client to create a reply
50 message intelligently.
53 Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
56 <b>--format-version=N</b>
57 Use the specified structured output format version. This is
58 intended for programs that invoke <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1) internally. If
59 omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
61 <b>--reply-to=</b>(<b>all</b>|<b>sender</b>)
63 <b>all</b> <b>(default)</b>
64 Replies to all addresses.
66 <b>sender</b> Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own
67 message (Reply-to: or From: header is one of the user's
68 configured email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: head‐
69 ers in this order, and copy values from the first that
70 contains something other than only the user's addresses.
73 Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected con‐
74 tent (ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryp‐
75 tion will be reported (currently only supported with --for‐
76 mat=json and --format=sexp) and on successful decryption the
77 multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
80 Decryption expects a functioning <b>gpg-agent</b>(1) to provide any
81 needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will fail.
83 See <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7) for details of the supported syntax for
86 Note: It is most common to use <b>notmuch</b> <b>reply</b> with a search string
87 matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
88 useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
89 of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
90 allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches.
91 The default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but
92 the JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
97 This command supports the following special exit status codes
99 <b>20</b> The requested format version is too old.
101 <b>21</b> The requested format version is too new.
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107 <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>much-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>notmuch-insert</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>notmuch-new</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-restore-1/'>notmuch-restore</a>(1),
108 <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-search</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7), <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>not‐</a>
109 <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>much-tag</a>(1)
114 Carl Worth and many others
119 2015, Carl Worth and many others