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Replying to Mail
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   To compose a reply to a message, use the `r' (`mh-reply') command.
If you supply a prefix argument (as in `C-u r'), the message you are
replying to is inserted in your reply after having first been run
through `mhl' with the format file `mhl.reply'.  See `mhl'(1) to see
how you can modify the default `mhl.reply' file.

   When you reply to a message, you are first prompted with `Reply to
whom?'.  You have several choices here.

     Response     Reply Goes To
     
     from         The person who sent the message.  This is the default,
                  so <RET> is sufficient.
     
     to           Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the
                  `To:' header field.
     
     all
     cc           Forms a reply to the sender, plus all recipients.

   Depending on your answer, `repl' is given a different argument to
form your reply.  Specifically, a choice of `from' or none at all runs
`repl -nocc all', and a choice of `to' runs `repl -cc to'.  Finally,
either `cc' or `all' runs `repl -cc all -nocc me'.

   Two windows are then created.  One window contains the message to
which you are replying.  Your draft, in MH-Letter mode (described in
Note: Draft Editing), is in the other window.

   If you wish to customize the header or other parts of the reply
draft, please see `repl'(1) and `mh-format'(5).