Sends a message to the sender  of  the  message  you  are  currently
  reading or the one you last read.  If you do not specify the name of
  a file to be sent as your reply, you will be prompted for  the  text
  of your reply.

  You can use the ANSWER command and the REPLY command interchangeably
  because they work the same way.

  One of the two qualifiers (/EDIT and /LAST) can  be  specified.   If
  you specify both qualifiers, an error message is issued.

  You must be reading a message in order to reply to it.

   Format:

       ANSWER [file-spec]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiersExamples

 file-spec

  Indicates the name of the file to be sent as a reply.

Additional information available:

/EDIT/EXTRACT/LAST/SELF

 /EDIT

 Invokes the editor  to  edit the reply you  are  sending.   When  you
  EXIT  from te editor the message  is sent.  To cancel the sending of
  the message, enter the EDT command QUIT, if you are using EDT.

 /EXTRACT

 Invokes the editor to enable you to edit the current  message  to
  which you are replying.

 /LAST

 Specifies that the last message you sent be  used  as  text  for  the
  reply.

 /[NO]SELF

 Determines whether or not MAIL sends a copy of the response  back  to
  the  user who is responding to the message.  The default is /NOSELF,
  unless you have used the  SET  COPY_SELF  command  to  specify  that
  copies be sent to yourself automatically.

  1.
       MAIL> ANSWER
       To:      AUTUMN::GREGG
       Subj:    RE:Nova Scotia

       Enter your message below.  Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:


  This example shows how to use the ANSWER command  to  respond  to  a
  message sent by a user named Gregg on node AUTUMN.

  2.
       MAIL> ANSWER/EDIT
       To:       ARCTIC::SWENSON
       Subj:     RE:SIAM
       [EOB]


  This example shows how to use the /EDIT qualifier  with  the  ANSWER
  command  to  respond  to a message from a user named Swenson on node
  ARCTIC.