Replying to Mail Messages (R)(r)

If, after reading a message, you wish to send an immediate reply, you can do so with the reply (R or r) command. For a Sun Workstation:

• use an uppercase R to send a reply to the sender and any other recipients of the original message
• use a lowercase r to send a reply to only the sender of the original message

For an IBM workstation

• use a lowercase r to send a reply to the sender and any other recipients of the original message
• use an uppercase R to send a reply to only the sender of the original message.

For example, if you are using a Sun workstation and wish to reply to message 1, then just after you read that message, enter

R

Mail responds with:

and waits for you to type your message. After you have typed your message, press Return to send the cursor to a new line. Then press CTRL-d or a period (.) and Return. The mail System will display

EOT

and return you to the mail & prompt.

If you want to reply to a particular message, you can indicate that message after the r or R. For example, if you were using a Sun workstation and wanted to reply to message 5, enter

R 5

at the & prompt, and continue as above.