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chainmail reply

Reply to a message, quoting it under the new text.

The reply goes to the original's Reply-To, or else its From. --all adds the original's To and Cc, less this account's own address. --to, --cc and --bcc add more recipients. The account is the one the message is on. The body options are as for send, and a body is required.

Running the same command again within 7 days reports the first reply instead of sending twice: without --idempotency-key, the key is derived from the ref, the recipients, the body and files, and --all. To send again on purpose, pass a new --idempotency-key.

--draft saves the reply to Drafts instead of sending it. --dry-run writes it as MIME to stdout, as send --dry-run does. Policy holds apply as for send.

Usage​

chainmail reply <ref> [flags]

Examples​

chainmail reply cm1:work:INBOX:7:42 --body "Thanks, paid."
chainmail reply cm1:work:INBOX:7:42 --all --body-file reply.md --draft

Flags​

      --all                      reply to everyone: add the original's To and Cc, less this account's own address
      --attach stringArray       attach this file (repeatable)
      --bcc stringArray          a blind-copied recipient, kept out of the message itself (repeatable)
      --body string              the body as Markdown, or - to read it from stdin
      --body-file string         read the Markdown body from this file
      --cc stringArray           a copied recipient (repeatable)
      --draft                    save the message to Drafts instead of sending it
      --dry-run                  write the message as MIME to stdout instead of sending it
      --html-file string         send this HTML file as the body, with --body as its text part when given
      --idempotency-key string   the key that stops a repeat from sending again (default: derived from the message)
      --inline stringArray       show image file F inline where the body refers to NAME, as NAME=F (repeatable)
      --no-signature             leave out the account's signature
      --text                     send the body as plain text instead of Markdown
      --to stringArray           another recipient, added to the ones the reply goes to (repeatable)

Global flags​

      --output string   output format: json or table (default $CHAINMAIL_OUTPUT, then cli.toml, then table on a terminal, json otherwise)
      --socket string   daemon socket (default $CHAINMAIL_SOCKET, then cli.toml, then /run/chainmail/chainmail.sock)

See also​