Re: [Nmh-workers] Getting the addresses with comments of sent messages

[norm]

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> writes:
>Hi Norm,
>
>> > repl(1) does.  Does
>> >
>> >     yes n |
>> >     repl -cc all -query -editor false 2>/dev/null |
>> >     sed -r 's/\<Reply to ([^?]+)\? /\1\n/g'
>> >
>> > help?  It leaves an abandoned draft behind for later clear-up.
>>
>> Works like a charm. Now I have to figure how it works.  If it ddoes
>> leave abandoned draft behind, I can't figure our where.  Certainly not
>> in my Draft-folder.
>
>A cut-down manual version gives
>
>$ repl -cc all -query -editor false
>Reply to Norman Shapiro <address@hidden>? n
>Reply to Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden>? n
>Reply to address@hidden n
>Reply to address@hidden n
>Reply to ralph? n
>whatnow: problems with edit--draft left in /home/ralph/mail/drafts/,41
>$
>
>for me.
>
>Cheers, Ralph.
>
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Extremely clever and creative!

When you said, earlier, it leaves an abandoned draft behind, I didn't realize
you meant a comma file.

Very minor quibble: The repl man page doesn't say that it prompts with "Reply
to". So there is nothing, except inerita, to stop that from being changed.


    Norman Shapiro