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- From: adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: "Reply to *typed* address"
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.031147.17559@das.harvard.edu>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 03:11:47 GMT
- Article-I.D.: das.1993Jan8.031147.17559
- References: <9301080223.AA22606@SERVER.uwindsor.ca>
- Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
- Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
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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.
-