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How can I force Rmail to reply to the sender of a message, but not the other recipients?
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   Ron Isaacson <isaacson@seas.upenn.edu> says: When you hit <r> to
reply in Rmail, by default it CCs all of the original recipients
(everyone on the original `To' and `CC' lists). With a prefix argument
(i.e., typing `C-u' before <r>), it replies only to the sender.
However, going through the whole `C-u' business every time you want to
reply is a pain.  This is the best fix I've been able to come up with:

     (defun rmail-reply-t ()
       "Reply only to the sender of the current message. (See rmail-reply.)"
       (interactive)
       (rmail-reply t))
     
     (add-hook 'rmail-mode-hook
       (lambda ()
         (define-key rmail-mode-map "r" 'rmail-reply-t)
         (define-key rmail-mode-map "R" 'rmail-reply)))