4 .TH FORW %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 forw \- forward messages
13 .RB [ \-annotate " | " \-noannotate ]
41 may be used to prepare a message containing other messages.
43 It constructs the new message from a forms (components) file, with a
44 body composed of the message(s) to be forwarded. An editor is invoked
47 and after editing is complete, the user is prompted
48 before the message is sent.
50 The default message form contains the following elements:
59 .RI \*(lq forwcomps \*(rq
60 exists in the user's mmh directory,
61 it will be used instead of this default form. You may also specify an
62 alternate forms file with the switch
68 switch is given, each message being forwarded will
69 be annotated with the line:
77 This annotation will be done only if the message is sent directly from
79 If the message is not sent immediately from
83 may be used to re\-edit and send the constructed
84 message, but the annotations won't take place. Annotations
85 are always done inplace in order to preserve any links to the message.
89 for a description of the
94 generates an attachment header field for the messages to be forwarded.
96 will care to encapsulate them using MIME rules.
98 To send non-MIME forwarded messages, compose a new message (e.g. with
100 and read in the output of:
103 mhl \-forwall \-form mhl.forward `mhpath
110 switch indicates the editor to use for the
111 initial edit. Upon exiting from the editor,
122 switch is intended to be used by the Emacs mh-e interface to
124 and is only present if
126 was compiled with support for mh-e.
127 It causes a file `draft' in the mail storage root
128 to be created, containing the draft message that would normally be presented
129 to the user for editing.
133 No mail is actually sent. Note that this switch is not guaranteed to
134 be present or to have the same effects in future versions of
136 it is documented here only for completeness.
146 switches implement a digest facility for
148 Specifying these switches enables and/or overloads the following escapes:
152 .ta \w'Component 'u +\w'Escape 'u +\w'Returns 'u
153 .I "Type Escape Returns Description
154 component digest string Argument to `\-digest'
155 function cur integer Argument to `\-volume'
156 function msg integer Argument to `\-issue'
161 .I "Advanced Features"
164 User's Manual for more information on making digests.
169 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
170 ^%etcdir%/forwcomps~^The standard message skeleton
171 ^or $HOME/.mmh/forwcomps~^Rather than the standard skeleton
172 ^%etcdir%/digestcomps~^The message skeleton if `\-digest' is given
173 ^or $HOME/.mmh/digestcomps~^Rather than the standard skeleton
174 ^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
175 ^+drafts~^The draft folder
178 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
182 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
183 ^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
184 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
185 ^Draft\-Folder:~^To set the default draft\-folder
186 ^Editor:~^To override the default editor
187 ^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new message (draft)
188 ^whatnowproc:~^Program to ask the \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq questions
192 mhbuild(1), comp(1), repl(1), send(1), whatnow(1), mh\-format(5),
193 .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
198 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
199 .RB ` msgs "' defaults to cur"
204 If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
205 The first message forwarded will become the current message.
210 is told to annotate the messages it forwards, it
211 doesn't actually annotate them until the draft is successfully sent.
218 it's possible to confuse
220 by re\-ordering the file (e.g. by using
223 before the message is successfully sent.
227 don't have this problem.