---
 History.txt |  5 +++++
 bin/sup     | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 27ff788..a59ee50 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ==
 
+* add email command line argument to sup. sup mail.address@isp.tld
+  is now equal to sup --compose mail.address@isp.tld
+
+==
+
 * You can now unsubscribe from mailinglists using an url, if you have
   a goto-hook setup (Timon Vonk).
 
diff --git a/bin/sup b/bin/sup
index 6757312..fba3ea6 100755
--- a/bin/sup
+++ b/bin/sup
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ $opts = Trollop::options do
 Sup is a curses-based email client.
 
 Usage:
-  sup [options]
+  sup [options] [to-address]
+
+Arguments:
+             to-address:  Compose message to this recipient upon startup
+                          --compose overrides an address passed as argument
 
 Options are:
 EOS
@@ -46,8 +50,17 @@ EOS
   opt :subject, "When composing, use this subject", :type => String, :short => "j"
 end
 
+## Trollop does no command argument parsing, only option parsing.
+# After Trollop parsing, ARGV contains only the +rest+ of the command line,
+# thus the arguments to our program
+## compose message if we have an email address as first command line argument
+#  I do not use RMail to check the validity of the address, as RMail tends to throw
+#  exceptions I'm too lazy to handle. Ruthard Baudach
+$opts[:compose] = ARGV[0] if ARGV[0] =~ /.+@.+\..{2,}/ and not $opts[:compose]
+  
 Trollop::die :subject, "requires --compose" if $opts[:subject] && !$opts[:compose]
 
+
 Redwood::HookManager.register "startup", <<EOS
 Executes at startup
 No variables.
-- 
2.1.3

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