showexternal(1M)

showexternal -- display the body of a mail message included by reference

Synopsis

showexternal body-file access-type name [site [directory [mode [server]]]]

Description

The showexternal program uses the MIME type message/external-body to identify the real body of a mail message that is included only by reference and attempts to fetch it. It is intended to be called by metamail via a mailcap entry modeled after the following:

   message/external-body; showexternal %s %{access-type} %{name} 
   %{site} %{directory} %{mode} %{server} ; needsterminal

If it succeeds in fetching the message body, showexternal calls metamail to actually display it.

References

metamail(1)

Notices

Author is Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bell Communications Research, Inc. See copyright page for further information.