showexternal(1)                                               General Commands Manual                                              showexternal(1)

NAME

       showexternal - Fetch and display the body of a mail message that is included by reference

SYNOPSIS

       showexternal  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
       "message/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 ALSO

       metamail(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
       pertaining to this material without the specific, prior written permission of an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES  NO
       REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR

       Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore

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