RNMAIL(1)							     RNMAIL(1)

NAME
       Rnmail - a program for replying via mail

SYNOPSIS
       Rnmail destination_list
	 or
       Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
	 or
       Rnmail

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,
       Rnmail will tell you what it wants to know.

       If you put a .signature file in your home directory, Rnmail will append
       it to your message after you are done editing it.  If you prefer to see
       your signature while you are editing, rename your .signature file to be
       .mail_sig  and it will be appended before you begin to edit.  Note that
       both .mail_sig and .signature obey the setting of DOTDIR unless	Rnmail
       was  modified  to take the .signature appending out of Rnmail's control
       and that if both files exist you get two signatures appended.

       The -h form is used when invoked from trn or 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	 MAIL‐
       POSTER  as  "Rnmail  -h %h %A".	You can also modify the the MAILHEADER
       environment variable to change the header file  that  [t]rn  passes  to
       Rnmail.

ENVIRONMENT
       DOTDIR  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.

	       Default: $HOME

       EDITOR  The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.

	       Default:	 whatever  your	 news administrator installed, usually
	       vi.

       HOME    Your home directory.

	       Default: $LOGDIR

       LOGDIR  Your home directory if HOME is undefined.

       LOGNAME Your login name, if USER is undefined.

	       Default: value of "whoami".

       MAILRECORD
	       If defined, contains the name of a file to which	 the  finished
	       message will be appended.

	       Default: message not saved

       NEWSORG Either  the  name  of  your organization, or the name of a file
	       containing the name of your organization. (For use at organiza‐
	       tions  where  the ORGANIZATION environmental variable is in use
	       for other purposes). If both NEWSORG and ORGANIZATION are  set,
	       NEWSORG will override ORGANIZATION.

	       Default: whatever your news administrator chose.

       ORGANIZATION
	       Either  the  name  of  your organization, or the name of a file
	       containing the name of your organization.

	       Default: whatever your news administrator chose.

       REPLYTO The contents of a "Reply-To:" header line to insert  into  your
	       message.

	       Default: header line not inserted.

       USER    Your login name.

	       Default: $LOGNAME

       VISUAL  The editor you want to use.

	       Default: $EDITOR

FILES
       $DOTDIR/.letter
       $DOTDIR/.signature
       $DOTDIR/.mail_sig
       ~/dead.letter

SEE ALSO
       trn(1), rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
       Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.

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