followup to list, mail to sender

followup to list, mail to sender

[Eric Abrahamsen]

I notice many people on mailing lists, when replying to news, will send
to the newsgroup and add a mail reply to the original sender. This seems
pretty handy, and I was assuming gnus would have a command for this, but
couldn't find anything likely -- how do people do this with gnus?

Thanks,
Eric

Re: followup to list, mail to sender

[Dave Goldberg]

> I notice many people on mailing lists, when replying to news, will send
> to the newsgroup and add a mail reply to the original sender. This seems
> pretty handy, and I was assuming gnus would have a command for this, but
> couldn't find anything likely -- how do people do this with gnus?

I don't use News anymore but this works when replying to a mailing list on which I know the poster is not a member (happens a lot at work).

C-c C-t runs the command message-insert-to, which is an interactive
compiled Lisp function in `message.el'.

It is bound to C-c C-t, <menu-bar> <Field> <Fetch To>.

(message-insert-to &optional FORCE)

Insert a To header that points to the author of the article being replied to.
If the original author requested not to be sent mail, don't insert unless the
prefix FORCE is given.



-- 
Dave Goldberg
david.goldberg6@verizon.net

Re: followup to list, mail to sender

[Eric Abrahamsen]

david.goldberg6@verizon.net (Dave Goldberg) writes:

>> I notice many people on mailing lists, when replying to news, will send
>> to the newsgroup and add a mail reply to the original sender. This seems
>> pretty handy, and I was assuming gnus would have a command for this, but
>> couldn't find anything likely -- how do people do this with gnus?
>
> I don't use News anymore but this works when replying to a mailing list on which I know the poster is not a member (happens a lot at work).
>
> C-c C-t runs the command message-insert-to, which is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in `message.el'.
>
> It is bound to C-c C-t, <menu-bar> <Field> <Fetch To>.
>
> (message-insert-to &optional FORCE)
>
> Insert a To header that points to the author of the article being replied to.
> If the original author requested not to be sent mail, don't insert unless the
> prefix FORCE is given.

Perfect! I knew it would be something simple...

Thanks,
E