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(sc)What Supercite Does Not Do

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What Supercite Doesn't Do
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   Because of this clear division of labor, there are useful features
which are the sole responsibility of the MUA, even though it might seem
that Supercite should provide them.  For example, many people would
like to be able to yank (and cite) only a portion of the original
message.  Since Supercite only modifies the text it finds in the reply
buffer as set up by the MUA, it is the MUA's responsibility to do
partial yanking.  Note: Reply Buffer Initialization.

   Another potentially useful thing would be for Supercite to set up the
outgoing mail headers with information it gleans from the reply buffer.
But by previously agreed upon convention, any text above the
`mail-header-separator' which separates mail headers from message
bodies cannot be modified by Supercite.  Supercite, in fact, doesn't
know anything about the meaning of these headers, and never ventures
outside the designated region. Note: Hints to MUA Authors, for more
details.