I am using mailx on several Linux hosts as my mail client. It works as desired on all but one. On this one, when I reply (r) to an email, it automatically includes the original as if I'd done ~m. Furthermore, the included message has "User Name <users@email.com> wrote:" at the top and all message headers are gone.

I can't figure out what's set where to cause this. Normally I do a 'r' command to reply, then a ~m to include the message and I get the message and all headers, no "so-and-so wrote". Or, it I don't want to include the sender's message, I simply dont' do ~m or ~f. In this case, I have no choice. I am using the same .mailrc file as on the other systems and I see no setting causing that behavior.

What's up?

I don't know mailx enough but maybe a systemwide mailrc is used?
What you can do is this:
strace -eopen -f -o /tmp/strace.log mailx
After some seconds, quit mailx and see what files get opened by mailx. *Maybe* that gives you an idea what config file is messing with you
HTH
Upuetz

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Is that machine using a different distro? See /etc/mail.rc or /etc/mailx.rc, depending on distro, for system-wide defaults.

Also, bear in mind that are a few different mailxes: bsd-mailx, heirloom-mailx and s-nail come to mind. They have different parameters and capabilities. You could check which one your machine is using; maybe ~r isn't doing what you think.

Yes! that was it. Mailx uses /etc/nail.rc. Upuetz, that strace is fantastic. I've never used that before. That will come in handy for lots of stuff.

When I copied the nail.rc from a system that worked the way I wanted it to it worked properly. Unfortunately, In comparing the old and new .rc files, I believe this setting in the old nail.rc was the culprit:

# Automatically quote the text of the message that is responded to.
set quote

Glad it worked
Best regards,
Upuetz