Often you will want to reply to an article with only a private mail
message, rather than a public news article.  To test doing a reply
through mail choose an article that *you* posted and then your test
reply will go to you.

Prompt                           Type      In Order To...
======                           ====      ==============
<reading article you posted>     r         Reply in mail
Include original article?        y (or n)  Include (or don't include) the 
                                           article
<your editor>                    <text>    (There must be a completely
                                           blank line between the headers 
                                           and body.)
                                 <exit ed>


You'll then see this prompt:
  a)bort e)dit h)old m)ail r)eedit s)end v)iew w)rite
  Action: (send letter)

To send the message press RET.


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