[Info-vax] REPLY/ALL in VMS Mail client ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/15/2021 4:42 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <spdclc$9if$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> 
>> On 2021-12-14, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>> In article <spaug5$8ji$4 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 2021-12-13, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone use VMS mail to anything *at all* today?
>>>>> The ony use, as I see it, is to sent messages *from*
>>>>> a VMS system.
>>>>
>>>> The vast majority of the time I don't. It's just that when I
>>>> _do_ receive mail on a VMS system, it would be nice to have
>>>> better standard tools to reply to it.
>>>
>>> Is REPLY/ALL all that you miss?
>>>
>>
>> Quoted replies
> 
>  From my EDTINI.EDT:
> 
> !From:	SMTP%"FAIRFIELD at slac.stanford.edu" 17-NOV-1995 11:49:25.89
> DEFINE MACRO QUOTE
> FIND BUFFER QUOTE
> insert;set quiet
> insert;change; er -l 9999(i> ^Z -2l) ex
> insert;set noquiet
> FIND LAST
> DEFINE KEY GOLD Q AS "EXT QUOTE."
> 
> If I want to quote a message, I hit GOLD Q in EDT.  I want to choose
> whether to quote (i.e. prefix each line with some symbol) each message I
> reply to, forward, etc.

I got some TPU code doing something similar:
- quote with string from logical
- include short or long signature files via logical based on whether
   VMS mail or internet email

I suspect most have something.

Arne