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Re: "Reply to *typed* address"

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From: Adam Shostack
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 03:11
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In article <9301080223.AA22606@SERVER.uwindsor.ca> ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:

>When one hits "r" from the index screen or while reading an item, 
>one means "reply to whatever originator/sender/reply-to address is
>in the header of this item".
>
>But other than laboriously rewriting the address on the headers
>screen, there's no (simple) way to specify a different address.
>And it's so much easier to specify the addr while one can still see it
>in an item or so, whereas a twitch of the finger can send the item to
>the wrong addr if this action has to be delayed till after writing the
>item...

How does this differ from forward?

>In the doc I have access to, the "r" command is explained, but there
>seems to be no "R" command.  And "R" isn't recognized by this version
>of elm.  

There is no R command.  I suggested that it be used to reply to a mail
and include the headers and such, which is an occaisonally useful
thing to do.  It could also be used for R)espond and automatically
include the message.  Or we could leave it for some future feature.

Adam
Adam Shostack 					adam@das.harvard.edu

What a terrible thing to have lost one's .sig.  Or not to have a .sig
at all.  How true that is.
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