1NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)                    notmuch                   NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)
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NAME

6       notmuch-reply - constructs a reply template for a set of messages
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SYNOPSIS

9       notmuch reply [option ...] <search-term> ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
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14       To  make  replying to email easier, notmuch reply takes an existing set
15       of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. Its To: address is
16       set  according  to  the  original  email  in this way: if the Reply-to:
17       header is present and different from any To:/Cc: address  it  is  used,
18       otherwise  From: header is used. Unless --reply-to=sender is specified,
19       values from the To: and Cc: headers are copied, but not  including  any
20       of the current user's email addresses (as configured in primary_mail or
21       other_email in the .notmuch-config file) in the recipient list.
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23       It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the  front  (if
24       not  already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
25       replied to to the References list and setting  the  In-Reply-To:  field
26       correctly.
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28       Finally,  the  original  contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
29       each line with '> ' and included in the body.
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31       The resulting message template is output to stdout.
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33       Supported options for reply include
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35       --format=(default|json|sexp|headers-only)
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37              default
38                     Includes subject and quoted message body as an  RFC  2822
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41              json   Produces  JSON output containing headers for a reply mes‐
42                     sage and the contents of the original message. This  out‐
43                     put can be used by a client to create a reply message in‐
44                     telligently.
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46              sexp   Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a re‐
47                     ply  message  and  the  contents of the original message.
48                     This output can be used by a client  to  create  a  reply
49                     message intelligently.
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51              headers-only
52                     Only  produces  In-Reply-To,  References, To, Cc, and Bcc
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55       --format-version=N
56              Use the specified structured output format version. This is  in‐
57              tended  for programs that invoke notmuch(1) internally. If omit‐
58              ted, the latest supported version will be used.
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60       --reply-to=(all|sender)
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62              all (default)
63                     Replies to all addresses.
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65              sender Replies only to the sender. If  replying  to  user's  own
66                     message  (Reply-to:  or From: header is one of the user's
67                     configured email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: head‐
68                     ers  in  this  order, and copy values from the first that
69                     contains something other than only the user's addresses.
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71       --decrypt=(false|auto|true)
72          If true, decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected con‐
73          tent  (i.e.,  "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryption
74          will be reported (currently only supported  with  --format=json  and
75          --format=sexp), and on successful decryption the multipart/encrypted
76          part will be replaced by the decrypted content.
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78          If auto, and a session key is already known for the message, then it
79          will be decrypted, but notmuch will not try to access the user's se‐
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82          Use false to avoid even automatic decryption.
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84          Non-automatic decryption expects a functioning gpg-agent(1) to  pro‐
85          vide any needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will likely
86          fail.
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88          Default: auto
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90       See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of  the  supported  syntax  for
91       <search-terms>.
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93       Note:  It  is  most  common  to  use notmuch reply with a search string
94       matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>),  but  it  can  be
95       useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
96       of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the  entire  thread
97       allows  for  the  reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches.
98       The default format supports replying to multiple messages at once,  but
99       the JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
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EXIT STATUS

102       This command supports the following special exit status codes
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104       20     The requested format version is too old.
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SEE ALSO

109       notmuch(1),  notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), not‐
110       much-hooks(5), notmuch-insert(1),  notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-restore(1),
111       notmuch-search(1),   notmuch-search-terms(7),   notmuch-show(1),   not‐
112       much-tag(1)
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AUTHOR

115       Carl Worth and many others
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118       2009-2021, Carl Worth and many others
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