showexternal(1)showexternal(1)NAMEshowexternal - Fetch and display the body of a mail message that is
included by reference
SYNOPSISshowexternal body-file access-type name [site [directory [mode
[server]]]]
DESCRIPTION
The showexternal program will attempt to obtain the real body of a mail
message that is included only by reference, using the MIME type "mes‐
sage/external-body". It is intended to be called by metamail via a
mailcap entry like the following:
message/external-body; showexternal %s %{access-type} %{name} %{site}
%{directory} %{mode} %{server} ; needsterminal
If it succeeds in fetching the message body, showexternal will then
call metamail to actually display it.
SEE ALSOmetamail(1)ENVIRONMENT
The FTP environment variable can override "ftp" as the name of the ftp
program.
BUGS
Not the greatest error handling in the world.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any
purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and
that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity per‐
taining to this material without the specific, prior written permission
of an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRE‐
SENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY
PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WAR‐
RANTIES.
AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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