forw Reference Guide

forw: forward messages

+folder (default: current folder)

Folder name

msgs (default: current)

Message(s) to forward

-annotate

Add Forwarded: field to original message

-noannotate (default)

Don't add Forwarded: field

-dashmunging (default)

Format messages for bursting

-nodashmunging

Don't prepend "- " to dashes in column 1

-draftfolder folder

Name of draft folder

-draftmessage msg

Draft message number (default: current)

-nodraftfolder (default)

Don't use draft folder

-editor editor

Draft editor instead of prompter

-noedit

Don't edit draft

-filter filterfile, more...

Filter message(s) through mhl filterfile

-format

Use -filter mhl.forward

-noformat (default)

Forward message exactly, don't filter.

-mime

Forward in MIME format. Doesn't work with -filter or -forward.

-nomime (default)

Don't use MIME format.

-form formfile, more...

Draft message template (default: forwcomps, or digestcomps with -digest)

-inplace

Annotate in place (don't break any links)

-noinplace (default)

Break any links before annotating

-whatnowproc program, more...

Program to replace whatnow

-nowhatnowproc

Create draft and quit

-digest list

Digest name

-issue number

Issue number (default: last issue plus 1)

-volume number

Volume number (default: last volume)

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This file is from the third edition of the book MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers, ISBN 1-56592-093-7, by Jerry Peek. Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This file is freely-available; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, see the file copying.htm.