A mail which is an answer to another mail Usually recognized by a refernce in the mail header
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
Information requested by a client program by means of the X protocol is sent back to the client with a ``reply '' Both events and replies are multiplexed on the same connection Most requests do not generate replies Some requests generate multiple replies
To answer a message You can reply with or without the original message and reply to all recipients of the original message (including cc'd people) or just the original sender In general, it's a good idea to include at least some of the original message in a reply so that the sender knows what you are replying to The worst kind of message is a reply that just says, "Yes, I agree" -- by the time the original sender gets your message, he or she may not remember what you are agreeing to or about! The original message in most mailers is indicated by > signs at the beginning of each line
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer
reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
A newsgroup article that is posted to the newsgroup as a response to another post It's usually a good idea to quote from the article you're replying to so people know what you're talking about When replying, avoid posting simply "me too" or "I agree "
A posting to a topic A topic consists of the original post that started off the topic, and usually one or more replies
When a case is tried or argued in Court, the argument of the plaintiff in answer to that of the defendant A pleading in response to an answer
A reply is an acknowledgment (positive or negative) sent from receiver to sender via the transmission channel in response to a command The general form of a reply is a completion code (including error codes) followed by a text string The codes are for use by programs and the text is usually intended for human users