showexternal

NAME

       showexternal  -  Fetch and display the body of a mail mes-
       sage 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} ; needster-
       minal

       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 mate-
       rial  for  any  purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
       provided that the above copyright notice and this  permis-
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       Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity  pertain-
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       permission of an authorized  representative  of  Bellcore.
       BELLCORE  MAKES  NO  REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR
       SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS  PRO-
       VIDED  "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR

       Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore