On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Michael Kjorling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24 Aug 2008 15:25 -0400, by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shreevatsa R): >> Is it possible to reply to a specific message (specified by its >> Message-ID, say) from the command line? >> >> I was told on the #mutt IRC channel that it is possible to write such >> a script using mutt -e ..., and that someone on this mailing list >> might know how. > > The obvious solution would be to open the correct mailbox, set a limit, > the editor and any reply-related settings (if needed), then invoke the > reply command. Have you looked into that?
Thanks, that works: function reply() { MID=$1; shift; mutt -e "push 'l ~h $MID<Enter>g'" $@ } Excellent, now I can reply through mutt even when I'm reading email through Gmail :) Thanks, Shreevatsa