[*** I apologize profusely for the top-posting and for having my signature in the wrong place. I'm using this reply format as an example to help answer Bharath's question. ***]
Is the information at the top of your message below the kind of thing you want to include in your reply? You can get that by setting the 'header' variable. As an example, I use a macro to change my reply format between "Internet" style and "Outlook" style. I set the "Outlook" style for this reply. I use it at work to answer those messages from Outlook users that come formatted as: [reply N] -----Original Message----- ... -----Original Message----- [reply 2] -----Original Message----- [reply 1] -----Original Message----- [original message] and where it is just cleaner to follow suit. macro pager ,O ': set sig_on_top;set indent_string="";set header;set attribution="-----Original Message-----"<Return>' "set Outlook-style replies" macro pager ,o ': unset sig_on_top;set indent_string="> ";unset header;set attribution="On %{%Y-%m-%d}, %f wrote:"<Return>' "set Internet-style replies" Each of those macros is on a single line. HTH, Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mobile Broadband Division http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ | Spokane, Washington, USA -----Original Message----- From: Bharath Bhushan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: attribution Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:37:19 +0530 To: mutt-users@mutt.org User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070307) I want to set the attribution variable such that in the initial portion of the reply, I can put in arbitrary headers from the original mail (at least From, To, Cc, Date, and Subject headers and probably more). I read the documentation for "attribution" and for "index_format" and I don't see much help (Cc insertion is not possible). I looked a bit into "reply-hook" but could not understand how I could achieve what I wanted using it. Any help is appreciated. Bharath