NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)
NAME
notmuch-reply - constructs a reply template for a set of messages
SYNOPSIS
notmuch reply [option ...] <search-term> ...
DESCRIPTION
Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
To make replying to email easier, notmuch reply takes an existing set
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 --reply-to=sender 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
correctly.
Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
each line with '> ' and included in the body.
The resulting message template is output to stdout.
Supported options for reply include
--format=(default|json|sexp|headers-only)
default
Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
message.
json Produces JSON output containing headers for a reply mes‐
sage and the contents of the original message. This out‐
put can be used by a client to create a reply message
intelligently.
sexp Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a
reply message and the contents of the original message.
This output can be used by a client to create a reply
message intelligently.
headers-only
Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
headers.
--format-version=N
Use the specified structured output format version. This is
intended for programs that invoke notmuch(1) internally. If
omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
--reply-to=(all|sender)
all (default)
Replies to all addresses.
sender Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own
message (Reply-to: or From: header is one of the user's
configured email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: head‐
ers in this order, and copy values from the first that
contains something other than only the user's addresses.
--decrypt
Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected con‐
tent (ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryp‐
tion will be reported (currently only supported with --for‐
mat=json and --format=sexp) and on successful decryption the
multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
content.
Decryption expects a functioning gpg-agent(1) to provide any
needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will fail.
See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for
<search-terms>.
Note: It is most common to use notmuch reply with a search string
matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches.
The default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but
the JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
EXIT STATUS
This command supports the following special exit status codes
20 The requested format version is too old.
21 The requested format version is too new.
SEE ALSO
notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), not‐
much-hooks(5), notmuch-insert(1), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-restore(1),
notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), not‐
much-tag(1)
AUTHOR
Carl Worth and many others
COPYRIGHT
2009-2016, Carl Worth and many others
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