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.TH "NOTMUCH-REPLY" "1" "Oct 06, 2023" "0.38" "notmuch"
.SH NAME
notmuch-reply \- constructs a reply template for a set of messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBnotmuch\fP \fBreply\fP [option ...] <\fIsearch\-term\fP> ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
.sp
To make replying to email easier, \fBnotmuch reply\fP 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
\fB\-\-reply\-to=sender\fP is specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers
are copied, but not including any of the current user\(aqs email addresses
(as configured in primary_mail or other_email in the .notmuch\-config
file) in the recipient list.
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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.
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Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
each line with \(aq> \(aq and included in the body.
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The resulting message template is output to stdout.
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Supported options for \fBreply\fP include
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.B \-\-duplicate=N
Reply to duplicate number N. The numbering starts from 1, and
matches the order used by \fI\%show \-\-duplicate\fP and
\fI\%search \-\-output=files\fP\&.
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.B \-\-format=(default|json|sexp|headers\-only)
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.B default
Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
message.
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.B json
Produces JSON 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.
.TP
.B 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.
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.B headers\-only
Only produces In\-Reply\-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
headers.
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.B \-\-format\-version=N
Use the specified structured output format version. This is
intended for programs that invoke \fI\%notmuch\fP internally. If
omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
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.B \-\-reply\-to=(all|sender)
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.B all (default)
Replies to all addresses.
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.B sender
Replies only to the sender. If replying to user\(aqs own message
(Reply\-to: or From: header is one of the user\(aqs configured
email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers in this
order, and copy values from the first that contains something
other than only the user\(aqs addresses.
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.B \-\-decrypt=(false|auto|true)
If \fBtrue\fP, decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the
selected content (i.e., \(dqmultipart/encrypted\(dq parts). Status
of the decryption will be reported (currently only supported
with \fB\-\-format=json\fP and \fB\-\-format=sexp\fP), and on successful
decryption the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by
the decrypted content.
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If \fBauto\fP, and a session key is already known for the
message, then it will be decrypted, but notmuch will not try
to access the user\(aqs secret keys.
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Use \fBfalse\fP to avoid even automatic decryption.
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Non\-automatic decryption expects a functioning
\fBgpg\-agent(1)\fP to provide any needed credentials. Without
one, the decryption will likely fail.
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Default: \fBauto\fP
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.sp
See \fI\%notmuch\-search\-terms\fP for details of the supported syntax for
<search\-terms>.
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Note: It is most common to use \fBnotmuch reply\fP 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.
.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
This command supports the following special exit status codes
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.B \fB20\fP
The requested format version is too old.
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.B \fB21\fP
The requested format version is too new.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
\fI\%notmuch\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-config\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-count\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-dump\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-hooks\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-insert\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-new\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-restore\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-search\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-search\-terms\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-show\fP,
\fI\%notmuch\-tag\fP
.SH AUTHOR
Carl Worth and many others
.SH COPYRIGHT
2009-2023, Carl Worth and many others
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