Library /sys$common/syshlp/MAILHELP.HLB  —  REPLY  Examples
    1.MAIL> REPLY/EXTRACT
      To:  FLAXEN::STARCK
      Subj: RE: Verbosity

      This text was mailed to a user named STARCK.
      [End of File]
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      Command: EXIT
      DISK$:[STARCK]MAIL.TMP;1 17 lines
      MAIL>

      This example shows how to use the /EXTRACT qualifier to edit
      your response before sending it to a user named STARCK on node
      FLAXEN.

    2.MAIL> REPLY/SELF
      To:  FLAME::CORSTAN, HOWE
      Subj:  RE:  Ecology
      Enter your message below.  Press Ctrl/Z when complete, Ctrl/C to quit:
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 <Ctrl/Z>

      New mail on node MARBLE from HOWE

      This example shows how a user named HOWE on node MARBLE replies
      to a user named CORSTAN on node FLAME. The /SELF qualifier
      enables Mail to return a copy of the reply back to HOWE.

    3.MAIL> READ
      From: ADAMS
      To: JEFFERSON
      Subject: Meeting in Washington
      Don't forget the meeting today.

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      MAIL> REPLY/SUBJECT="What time?"
      To: ADAMS
      Subject: What time?
      Enter your message below.  Press Ctrl/Z when complete, Ctrl/C to quit:
      What time was that meeting?
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      This example shows how to specify a different subject in
      response to a message. User JEFFERSON receives a message from
      user ADAMS with the subject Meeting in Washington. In response,
      user ADAMS wants to change the subject line to What time? The
      RE: prompt does not appear on the subject line.
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