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''' $Header: Rnmail.1,v 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:08 lwall Exp $
''' 
''' $Log:	Rnmail.1,v $
''' Revision 4.3.1.2  85/08/01  14:22:08  lwall
''' Added MAILRECORD, DOTDIR.
''' 
''' Revision 4.3.1.1  85/05/10  11:30:44  lwall
''' Branch for patches.
''' 
''' Revision 4.3  85/05/01  11:34:28  lwall
''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
''' 
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.TH RNMAIL 1 LOCAL
.SH NAME
Rnmail - a program for replying via mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Rnmail destination_list
.br
  or
.br
.B Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
.br
  or
.br
.B Rnmail
.SH DESCRIPTION
Rnmail is a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.
It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
and then mail it off.
If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
.I Rnmail
will tell you what it wants to know.
.PP
The -h form is used when invoked from
.IR rn .
If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which
you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment
variable MAILPOSTER as \*(L"Rnmail -h %h %A\*(R".
You can also modify the the MAILHEADER environment variable to change the
header file that
.I rn
passes to Rnmail.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP DOTDIR 8
If defined, specifies a place other than your home directory where 'dot' files
may be stored.
This is primarily for accounts which are shared by more than one person.
.Sp
Default: $HOME
.IP EDITOR 8
The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
.Sp
Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
.IP HOME 8
Your home directory.
.Sp
Default: $LOGDIR
.IP LOGDIR 8
Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
.IP LOGNAME 8
Your login name, if USER is undefined.
.Sp
Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R".
.IP MAILRECORD 8
If defined, contains the name of a file to which the finished message will
be appended.
.Sp
Default: message not saved
.IP ORGANIZATION 8
Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
name of your organization.
.Sp
Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
.IP USER 8
Your login name.
.Sp
Default: $LOGNAME
.IP VISUAL 8
The editor you want to use.
.Sp
Default: $EDITOR
.SH FILES
$DOTDIR/.letter
.br
~/dead.letter
.SH SEE ALSO
rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.SH BUGS
Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.
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6048dd29 C	1	''' $Header: Rnmail.1,v 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:08 lwall Exp $
	2	'''
	3	''' $Log: Rnmail.1,v $
	4	''' Revision 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:08 lwall
	5	''' Added MAILRECORD, DOTDIR.
	6	'''
	7	''' Revision 4.3.1.1 85/05/10 11:30:44 lwall
	8	''' Branch for patches.
	9	'''
	10	''' Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall
	11	''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
	12	'''
	13	.de Sh
	14	.br
	15	.ne 5
	16	.PP
	17	\fB\\$1\fR
	18	.PP
	19	..
	20	.de Sp
	21	.if t .sp .5v
	22	.if n .sp
	23	..
	24	'''
	25	''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash;
	26	''' string Tr holds user defined translation string.
	27	''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character.
	28	'''
	29	.ie n \{\
	30	.tr \(bs-\*(Tr
	31	.ds -- \(bs-
	32	.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
	33	.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
	34	.ds L" ""
	35	.ds R" ""
	36	.ds L' '
	37	.ds R' '
	38	'br\}
	39	.el\{\
	40	.ds -- \(em\\|
	41	.tr \*(Tr
	42	.ds L" ``
	43	.ds R" ''
	44	.ds L' `
	45	.ds R' '
	46	'br\}
	47	.TH RNMAIL 1 LOCAL
	48	.SH NAME
	49	Rnmail - a program for replying via mail
	50	.SH SYNOPSIS
	51	.B Rnmail destination_list
	52	.br
	53	or
	54	.br
	55	.B Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
	56	.br
	57	or
	58	.br
	59	.B Rnmail
	60	.SH DESCRIPTION
	61	Rnmail is a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.
	62	It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
	63	and then mail it off.
	64	If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
65	.I Rnmail
66	will tell you what it wants to know.
67	.PP
68	The -h form is used when invoked from
69	.IR rn .
70	If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which
71	you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment
72	variable MAILPOSTER as \(L"Rnmail -h %h %A\(R".
73	You can also modify the the MAILHEADER environment variable to change the
74	header file that
75	.I rn
76	passes to Rnmail.
77	.SH ENVIRONMENT
78	.IP DOTDIR 8
79	If defined, specifies a place other than your home directory where 'dot' files
80	may be stored.
81	This is primarily for accounts which are shared by more than one person.
82	.Sp
83	Default: $HOME
84	.IP EDITOR 8
85	The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
86	.Sp
87	Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
88	.IP HOME 8
89	Your home directory.
90	.Sp
91	Default: $LOGDIR
92	.IP LOGDIR 8
93	Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
94	.IP LOGNAME 8
95	Your login name, if USER is undefined.
96	.Sp
97	Default: value of \(L"whoami\(R".
98	.IP MAILRECORD 8
99	If defined, contains the name of a file to which the finished message will
100	be appended.
101	.Sp
102	Default: message not saved
103	.IP ORGANIZATION 8
104	Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
105	name of your organization.
106	.Sp
107	Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
108	.IP USER 8
109	Your login name.
110	.Sp
111	Default: $LOGNAME
112	.IP VISUAL 8
113	The editor you want to use.
114	.Sp
115	Default: $EDITOR
116	.SH FILES
117	$DOTDIR/.letter
118	.br
119	~/dead.letter
120	.SH SEE ALSO
121	rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)
122	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
123	.SH BUGS
124	Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.