''' $Header: Rnmail.1,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall Exp $
''' Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall
''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash;
''' string Tr holds user defined translation string.
''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character.
.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
Rnmail - a program for replying via mail
.B Rnmail destination_list
.B Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
Rnmail is a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.
It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
will tell you what it wants to know.
The -h form is used when invoked from
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
The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
Your login name, if USER is undefined.
Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R".
Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
name of your organization.
Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
The editor you want to use.
Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.