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1 SYNOPSIS
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`notmuch' `reply' [option ...] <`search-term'> ...


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2 DESCRIPTION
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Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.

To make replying to email easier, `notmuch reply' takes an existing set
of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. Its To: address is
set according to the original email in this way: if the Reply-to:
header is present and different from any To:/Cc: address it is used,
otherwise From: header is used. Unless `--reply-to=sender' is
specified, values from the To: and Cc: headers are copied, but not
including any of the current user's email addresses (as configured in
primary_mail or other_email in the .notmuch-config file) in the
recipient list.

It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if
not already present), and adding the message IDs of the messages being
replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field
correctly.

Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing
each line with '> ' and included in the body.

The resulting message template is output to stdout.

Supported options for `reply' include

`--format='(`default'|`json'|`sexp'|`headers-only')

    `default'
          Includes subject and quoted message body as an RFC 2822
          message.

    `json'
          Produces JSON output containing headers for a reply message
          and the contents of the original message. This output can be
          used by a client to create a reply message intelligently.

    `sexp'
          Produces S-Expression output containing headers for a reply
          message and the contents of the original message. This output
          can be used by a client to create a reply message
          intelligently.

    `headers-only'
          Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc
          headers.

`--format-version=N'
     Use the specified structured output format version. This is
     intended for programs that invoke `notmuch(1)' internally. If
     omitted, the latest supported version will be used.

`--reply-to='(`all'|`sender')

    `all' (default)
          Replies to all addresses.

    `sender'
          Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own message
          (Reply-to: or From: header is one of the user's configured
          email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers in this
          order, and copy values from the first that contains something
          other than only the user's addresses.

`--decrypt=(false|auto|true)'

     If `true', decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected
     content (i.e., "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the
     decryption will be reported (currently only supported with
     `--format=json' and `--format=sexp'), and on successful decryption
     the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
     content.

     If `auto', and a session key is already known for the message,
     then it will be decrypted, but notmuch will not try to access the
     user's secret keys.

     Use `false' to avoid even automatic decryption.

     Non-automatic decryption expects a functioning `gpg-agent(1)' to
     provide any needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will
     likely fail.

     Default: `auto'

See `notmuch-search-terms(7)' for details of the supported syntax for
<search-terms>.

Note: It is most common to use `notmuch reply' with a search string
matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be
useful to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series
of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches. The
default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but the
JSON and S-Expression formats do not.


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3 EXIT STATUS
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This command supports the following special exit status codes

`20'
     The requested format version is too old.

`21'
     The requested format version is too new.


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4 SEE ALSO
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`notmuch(1)', `notmuch-config(1)', `notmuch-count(1)',
`notmuch-dump(1)', `notmuch-hooks(5)', `notmuch-insert(1)',
`notmuch-new(1)', `notmuch-restore(1)', `notmuch-search(1)',
`notmuch-search-terms(7)', `notmuch-show(1)', `notmuch-tag(1)'



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