Reply Method

Applies To

Document object, MailMessage object.

Description

MailMessage object: Opens a new WordMail message — with the sender's address on the To: line — for replying to the active message.

Document object: Replies to the document by creating a copy of it and preinitializing the new document's mailer to send to the originator. Valid only when the document has a received mailer attached to it (as you can only reply to a document if you've received it). Available only on the Macintosh, with the PowerTalk mail system extension installed.

Syntax

expression.Reply

expression Required. An expression that returns a Document or MailMessage object.

Remarks

To reply to a document, use this method to set up the mailer, use the Mailer property to adjust the mailer settings (if necessary), and then use the SendMailer method to send the reply.

See Also

Forward method, MailMessage object, ReplyAll method.

Example

This example replies to the sender of the active document.

Set original = ActiveDocument
If original.HasMailer Then
    original.Reply
    original.Mailer.Subject = "Here's my reply"
    ActiveDocument.SendMailer
End If

This example opens a new WordMail message for replying to the active message.

Application.MailMessage.Reply