@set VERSION 7.93
@c Edition of the manual. It is either empty for the first edition or
@c has the form ", nth Edition" (without the quotes).
-@set EDITION , 4th Edition
-@set UPDATED 2006-03-17
+@set EDITION , 5th Edition
+@set UPDATED 2006-03-19
@set UPDATE-MONTH March, 2006
@c Other variables.
@c Copyright
@copying
This is version @value{VERSION}@value{EDITION} of @cite{The MH-E
-Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}
+Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}.
Copyright @copyright{} 1995,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
When you reply to a message, you are first prompted with @samp{Reply
to whom?}. You have several choices here.
-@smallexample
-@group
-@b{Response} @b{Reply Goes To}
-
-@kbd{from} @r{The person who sent the message. This is the default,}
- @r{so @key{RET} is sufficient.}
-
-@kbd{to} @r{Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the}
- @r{@samp{To:} header field.}
-
-@kbd{all}
-@kbd{cc} @r{Forms a reply to the sender, plus all recipients.}
-@end group
-@end smallexample
+@quotation
+@multitable @columnfractions .20 .80
+@headitem Response @tab Reply Goes To
+@item @kbd{from}
+@tab
+The person who sent the message. This is the default, so @key{RET} is
+sufficient.
+
+@item @kbd{to}
+@tab
+Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the @samp{To:} header field.
+
+@item @kbd{all}
+@itemx @kbd{cc}
+@tab
+Forms a reply to the addresses in the @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header
+field if one exists; otherwise forms a reply to the sender, plus all
+recipients.
+@end multitable
+@end quotation
@cindex @command{repl}
@cindex MH commands, @command{repl}
+@vindex mh-reply-default-reply-to
Depending on your answer, @command{repl}@footnote{See the section
@uref{@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reprep.htm, Replying to Messages: repl} in
the MH book.} is given a different argument to form your reply.
Specifically, a choice of @kbd{from} or none at all runs @samp{repl
-nocc all}, and a choice of @kbd{to} runs @samp{repl -cc to}. Finally,
-either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}.
-
+either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}. If you
+find that most of the time you specify one of these choices when you
+reply to a message, you can change the option
+@code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} from its default value of
+@samp{Prompt} to one of the choices listed above. You can always edit
+the recipients in the draft.
+
+@cindex @samp{repl:} MH profile component
+@cindex MH profile component, @samp{repl:}
@cindex MH-Letter mode
@cindex MH-Show mode
@cindex draft
Two windows are then created. One window contains the message to which
you are replying in an MH-Show buffer. Your draft, in MH-Letter mode
-(@pxref{Editing Drafts}), is in the other window.
+(@pxref{Editing Drafts}), is in the other window. If the reply draft
+was not one that you expected, check the things that affect the
+behavior of @command{repl} which include the @samp{repl:} profile
+component and the @file{replcomps} and @file{replgroupcomps} files.
If you supply a prefix argument (as in @kbd{C-u r}), the message you
are replying to is inserted in your reply after having first been run
If you wish to customize the header or other parts of the reply draft,
please see @command{repl}(1) and @code{mh-format}(5).
-@vindex mh-reply-default-reply-to
-
-The @code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} option is set to @samp{Prompt} by
-default so that you are prompted for the recipient of a reply. If you
-find that most of the time that you specify @kbd{cc} when you reply to
-a message, set this option to @samp{cc}. Other choices include
-@samp{from}, @samp{to}, or @samp{all}. You can always edit the
-recipients in the draft.
-
@node Forwarding, Redistributing, Replying, Sending Mail
@section Forwarding Mail