message/partial; showpartial %s %{id} %{number} %{total}
The parts are squirrelled away on /tmp, which means that /tmp can fill up if you never get the remaining parts. When the message is finally displayed, via metamail, the parts are all discarded, and the user is asked whether or not to delete the file containing the entire message.
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