- of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. The Reply-to:
- header (if any, otherwise From:) is used for the To: address. Unless
- <b>--reply-to=sender</b> is specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers are
- copied, but not including any of the current user's email addresses (as
- configured in primary_mail or other_email in the .notmuch-config file)
- in the recipient list.
-
- It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if
- not already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
- replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field
+ of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. Its To: address is
+ set according to the original email in this way: if the Reply-to:
+ header is present and different from any To:/Cc: address it is used,
+ otherwise From: header is used. Unless <b>--reply-to=sender</b> is specified,
+ values from the To: and Cc: headers are copied, but not including any
+ of the current user's email addresses (as configured in primary_mail or
+ other_email in the .notmuch-config file) in the recipient list.
+
+ It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if
+ not already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
+ replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field