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       --duplicate=N
36              Reply to duplicate number N. The numbering starts  from  1,  and
37              matches  the  order  used  by show --duplicate and search --out‐
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40       --format=(default|json|sexp|headers-only)
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42              default
43                     Includes subject and quoted message body as an  RFC  2822
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46              json   Produces  JSON output containing headers for a reply mes‐
47                     sage and the contents of the original message. This  out‐
48                     put can be used by a client to create a reply message in‐
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51              sexp   Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a re‐
52                     ply  message  and  the  contents of the original message.
53                     This output can be used by a client  to  create  a  reply
54                     message intelligently.
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56              headers-only
57                     Only  produces  In-Reply-To,  References, To, Cc, and Bcc
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60       --format-version=N
61              Use the specified structured output format version. This is  in‐
62              tended  for programs that invoke notmuch internally. If omitted,
63              the latest supported version will be used.
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65       --reply-to=(all|sender)
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67              all (default)
68                     Replies to all addresses.
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70              sender Replies only to the sender. If  replying  to  user's  own
71                     message  (Reply-to:  or From: header is one of the user's
72                     configured email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: head‐
73                     ers  in  this  order, and copy values from the first that
74                     contains something other than only the user's addresses.
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76       --decrypt=(false|auto|true)
77              If true, decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the  selected
78              content  (i.e.,  "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the de‐
79              cryption will be reported (currently only supported with  --for‐
80              mat=json  and  --format=sexp),  and on successful decryption the
81              multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted  con‐
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84              If  auto,  and  a  session key is already known for the message,
85              then it will be decrypted, but notmuch will not  try  to  access
86              the user's secret keys.
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88              Use false to avoid even automatic decryption.
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90              Non-automatic  decryption  expects a functioning gpg-agent(1) to
91              provide any needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will
92              likely fail.
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94              Default: auto
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96       See  notmuch-search-terms  for  details  of  the  supported  syntax for
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99       Note: It is most common to use  notmuch  reply  with  a  search  string
100       matching  a  single  message,  (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
101       useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
102       of  patches  are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
103       allows for the reply to comment on issues found  in  multiple  patches.
104       The  default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but
105       the JSON and S-Expression formats do not.
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EXIT STATUS

108       This command supports the following special exit status codes
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110       20     The requested format version is too old.
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112       21     The requested format version is too new.
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SEE ALSO

115       notmuch, notmuch-config,  notmuch-count,  notmuch-dump,  notmuch-hooks,
116       notmuch-insert,     notmuch-new,    notmuch-restore,    notmuch-search,
117       notmuch-search-terms, notmuch-show, notmuch-tag
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AUTHOR

120       Carl Worth and many others
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123       2009-2023, Carl Worth and many others
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