Replying to mail

At the mailbox prompt, you can use the r and R subcommands to reply to mail as shown in the following examples.

The mail program must be installed on your system.
There must be mail in your system mailbox.

Item Description

r Creates a new message that is addressed to the sender of the selected message and copied to the people in the Cc: field (if any). The Subject: field of the new message refers to the selected message. The default value of the r subcommand is the current message. This default can be overridden by typing the message number after the r.

R Starts a reply only to the sender of the message. The default value of the R subcommand is the current message.

Item	Description
r	Creates a new message that is addressed to the sender of the selected message and copied to the people in the Cc: field (if any). The Subject: field of the new message refers to the selected message. The default value of the r subcommand is the current message. This default can be overridden by typing the message number after the r.
R	Starts a reply only to the sender of the message. The default value of the R subcommand is the current message.
R `4`	Starts a reply only to the sender of the message. You can override the current message by typing the message number after the R. This example starts a reply to message 4. The system responds with a message similar to the following: `To: karen@thor Subject: Re: Department Meeting` You then can type your response: `I'll be there.` When you finish typing the text, press either the period (`.`) or the Ctrl-D key sequence to send the message. After the reply is sent, you are returned to the mailbox prompt.

R 4

Starts a reply only to the sender of the message. You can override the current message by typing the message number after the R. This example starts a reply to message 4. The system responds with a message similar to the following:

To: karen@thor
Subject: Re: Department Meeting

You then can type your response:

I'll be there.

When you finish typing the text, press either the period (.) or the Ctrl-D key sequence to send the message. After the reply is sent, you are returned to the mailbox prompt.