mailp(1)							   User Commands							  mailp(1)

NAME

       mailp,  digestp,  filep,  newsp,  filofaxp,  franklinp, timemanp, timesysp - frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language)
       pretty print filter

SYNOPSIS

       mailp [options] filename...

       newsp [options] filename...

       digestp [options] filename...

       filep [options] filename...

       filofaxp [options] filename...

       franklinp [options] filename...

       timemanp [options] filename...

       timesysp [options] filename...

DESCRIPTION

       The mailp utility is a frontend to the mp(1) program. It uses different names to provide various mp options:

       mailp	       Prints out mail messages.

       newsp	       Prints out USENET news articles.

       digestp	       Prints out USENET digest files.

       filep	       Prints out ordinary ASCII files.

       filofaxp        Prints out in Filofax personal organiser format.

       franklinp       Prints out in Franklin Planner personal organiser format.

       timemanp        Prints out in Time Manager personal organiser format.

       timesysp        Prints out in Time/System International personal organiser format.

       mailp and the associated programs read each filename in sequence and generate a prettified version of the contents. If  no  filename  argu-
       ments are provided, mailp reads the standard input.

       mailp  works  in  two ways. With the -D option, it will work as an X print server client to produce the PDL of the target printer and spool
       it. With the -d or -P option, it will generate and spool PostScripttm output.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -d printer      Sends output to the named printer. Otherwise, sends output to the printer named in the PRINTER environment variable.

       -D	       Generates the PDL for the target printer and spools it to the printer.

       -F	       Instead of printing who the mail article is for, the top header will contain who the mail article is from. This is a useful
		       option for people with their own personal printer.

       -h	       Banner  printing  is  disabled. Most of the information that typically appears on the banner sheet is output in the mp ban-
		       ners.

       -l	       Formats output in landscape mode. Two pages of text will be printed per sheet of paper.

       -P printer      Same as -d option.

       -s subject      Uses subject as the new subject for the printout. If you are printing ordinary ASCII files which have been specified on the
		       command line, the subject will default to the name of each of these files.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       filename        The name of the file to be read.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       If none of the -d, -D, or -P options is used, mailp uses the PRINTER environment variable to determine the printer to which the output from
       the mp(1)program is sent. If the PRINTER variable is not found, the default destination is the PostScripttm printer.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       1	       An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWmp			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mp(1), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The -P option, which spools the PDL directly to the target printer in mp(1), produces PostScripttm when used in mailp so as to be  backward
       compatible.

SunOS 5.10							    30 Oct 2000 							  mailp(1)