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1.1 root 1: ''' $Header: Rnmail.1,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall Exp $
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3: ''' $Log: Rnmail.1,v $
4: ''' Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall
5: ''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
6: '''
7: .de Sh
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13: ..
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18: '''
19: ''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash;
20: ''' string Tr holds user defined translation string.
21: ''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character.
22: '''
23: .ie n \{\
24: .tr \(bs-\*(Tr
25: .ds -- \(bs-
26: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
27: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
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29: .ds R" ""
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31: .ds R' '
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35: .tr \*(Tr
36: .ds L" ``
37: .ds R" ''
38: .ds L' `
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40: 'br\}
41: .TH RNMAIL 1 LOCAL
42: .SH NAME
43: Rnmail - a program for replying via mail
44: .SH SYNOPSIS
45: .B Rnmail destination_list
46: .br
47: or
48: .br
49: .B Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
50: .br
51: or
52: .br
53: .B Rnmail
54: .SH DESCRIPTION
55: Rnmail is a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.
56: It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
57: and then mail it off.
58: If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
59: .I Rnmail
60: will tell you what it wants to know.
61: .PP
62: The -h form is used when invoked from
63: .IR rn .
64: If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which
65: you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment
66: variable MAILPOSTER as \*(L"Rnmail -h %h %A\*(R".
67: You can also modify the the MAILHEADER environment variable to change the
68: header file that
69: .I rn
70: passes to Rnmail.
71: .SH ENVIRONMENT
72: .IP EDITOR 8
73: The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
74: .Sp
75: Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
76: .IP HOME 8
77: Your home directory.
78: .Sp
79: Default: $LOGDIR
80: .IP LOGDIR 8
81: Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
82: .IP LOGNAME 8
83: Your login name, if USER is undefined.
84: .Sp
85: Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R".
86: .IP ORGANIZATION 8
87: Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
88: name of your organization.
89: .Sp
90: Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
91: .IP USER 8
92: Your login name.
93: .Sp
94: Default: $LOGNAME
95: .IP VISUAL 8
96: The editor you want to use.
97: .Sp
98: Default: $EDITOR
99: .SH FILES
100: /tmp/rnmail$$
101: .br
102: ~/dead.letter
103: .SH SEE ALSO
104: rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)
105: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
106: .SH BUGS
107: Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.
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