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NAME

       whatnow - prompting front-end for send (only available within the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS

       whatnow [options] [file]

OPTIONS

       Specifies  the  folder in which whatnow searches for the draft message. By default, the current message in the named folder is used. If you
       wish to specify another message, use the -draftmessage option. For more information on using a draft folder, see comp(1).  The -draftfolder
       option  can be set up in your user profile; see mh_profile(4) for more information.  Specifies the draft message to be used. If you specify
       a folder with the -draftfolder option, the -draftmessage option takes the number of a message in that folder.  If  you  do  not	specify  a
       folder,	-draftmessage  takes  the  name  of a file. If you do not give an absolute pathname (one beginning with a / or or ), -draftmessage
       assumes that the file is located in your Mail directory. (This is different from the file argument to whatnow, which assumes that the  file
       you name is in your current working directory.)	Specifies the name of the editor you want to use to edit the draft message. Any legal edi-
       tor can be specified. This option is used only if you select the edit response to the What now?	 prompt.   Prints  a  list  of	the  valid
       options	for  this command.  Prevents the initial invocation of an editor when an MH command is run. Normally, when you enter an MH command
       such as comp, dist, forw, or repl, the whatnow program is called to start the initial edit of the draft message. If you add this option	to
       the  whatnow entry in your is disabled. This is a convenient way of disabling this edit for all MH commands, rather than adding the -noedit
       entry to the entries for the individual commands in Specifies the prompt used by whatnow. The prompt you receive when  you  invoke  whatnow
       can  be	specified  as a string with this option. If the prompt contains spaces, you must enclose the entire string in double quotes (" ").
       The default prompt is What now?

DESCRIPTION

       After you have finished editing a draft message in comp, dist, forw or repl, the whatnow program prompts you for the next required  action.
       Press <Return> at the What now?	prompt to see a list of the available responses. These responses are:

       display	[options]  edit  [editor]  [options]  list  [options]  push  [options] quit [-delete] refile [option] +folder send  [options] whom
       [options]

       For more information on the options available with these commands, see the following reference pages: refile(1), send(1), whom(1).

       Use display if you have been using repl or dist and want to see the original message.  Use edit if you want to continue editing the  draft.
       Use  list to display the draft message. If you use push, send operates in the background and frees your terminal while the message is being
       sent.

       Use quit to exit from whatnow and to save the draft message. The -delete option to quit will exit from whatnow and delete  the  draft  mes-
       sage.

       Use refile +folder to refile the draft message in a specified folder. The send response will cause the message to be delivered. Use whom to
       find out who will receive the mail when it is sent.

       Unless the -noedit option is given, the editor starts when whatnow is invoked.

       For the edit response, you can specify an editor if you wish to override the editor specified in your file. If you specify an  editor  with
       the  edit  response, any valid option to the editor is valid. Similarly, for the send and whom responses, any valid option to send and whom
       commands, respectively, are valid.

       For the push response, use any valid option to send. MH invokes send with the -push option.

       For the refile response, any valid option to the fileproc is valid. The fileproc is the element of your mail profile which defines the pro-
       gram used to refile messages in another folder. For more information, see mh_profile(4).

       For the display and list responses, any valid argument to the lproc is valid. If any non-option arguments are present, then the pathname of
       the draft is excluded from the argument list given to the lproc (this is useful for listing another MH message). The lproc is  the  element
       in your mail profile which defines the program used to display draft messages on your screen.  For more information, see mh_profile(4).

       See  mh_profile(4)  for	further  information about how editors are used by MH.	It also describes lproc and fileproc and shows how complex
       variables can be used to direct the actions performed by whatnow.

       Although whatnow is usually invoked by other commands, you can use it as a separate command. You can run whatnow on a named file by  speci-
       fying  the  file  as  the  file argument. If you do not give an absolute pathname (one beginning with a / or or ), whatnow assumes that the
       named file is in your current working directory.  If you want to run whatnow on an existing message, use the -draftfolder and -draftmessage
       options.

RESTRICTIONS

       If  the sendproc entry in your is send, whatnow uses a built-in program rather than running the regular send.  If you define your own send-
       proc program, you should not call it send, as whatnow will not run it.

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path: To determine your MH directory

       Draft-Folder: To find the default draft folder

       Editor: To override the default editor

       lasteditor-next: To name an editor to be used after exit from lasteditor

       fileproc: Program to refile the message

       lproc: Program to list the contents of a message

       sendproc: Program to send the message

       whomproc: Program to determine who a message would go to

EXAMPLES

       In the following example, whatnow takes the current message in the folder +drafts, and asks what you want to do with it: % whatnow  -draft-
       folder  +drafts	What  now?   In  the  following  example,  whatnow takes message 6 from the folder +drafts: % whatnow -draftfolder +drafts
       -draftmessage 6 What now?  The following example sets the prompt to be Now What?: % whatnow -prompt "Now What?"	Now what?

FILES

       The user profile.

SEE ALSO

       comp(1), send(1), whom(1)

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