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   The `message-reply' function pops up a message buffer that's a reply
to the message in the current buffer.

   Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go
(Note: Responses), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs
by fiddling with the `message-reply-to-function' variable.

   If you want the replies to go to the `Sender' instead of the `From',
you could do something like this:

     (setq message-reply-to-function
           (lambda ()
            (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody")
                    (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender"))))
                  (t
                   nil))))

   This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article
that is being replied to.

   As you can see, this function should return a string if it has an
opinion as to what the To header should be.  If it does not, it should
just return `nil', and the normal methods for determining the To header
will be used.

   This function can also return a list.  In that case, each list
element should be a cons, where the car should be the name of an header
(eg. `Cc') and the cdr should be the header value (eg.
`larsi@ifi.uio.no').  All these headers will be inserted into the head
of the outgoing mail.