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extcompose(1)		     General Commands Manual		   extcompose(1)

NAME
     extcompose  -  Compose a reference to external data for inclusion in a mail
     message

SYNOPSIS
     extcompose  file-name

DESCRIPTION
     The extcompose program will allow a user on a properly-equipped workstation
     to enter the appropriate data to enable a mail message  he  is  sending  to
     make  reference  to  "external" data, that is, data that is not included in
     the mail message itself  but is otherwise available on the  network  via  a
     suitable mechanism.

     The user will be prompted for all necessary information.  External data may
     be  referenced as local or AFS files, as files available for FTP (anonymous
     or authenticated), or as data available via a  mailserver	mechanism.   The
     user  will  be  asked  to provide a MIME content-type value to describe the
     type of data being referenced, and to specify whether or not the  data  has
     been encoded with one of the algorithms for encoding data for email.  (Such
     encoding  is  not necessary, and is in fact inefficient and silly when used
     with externally referenced data.)

     This program is intended primarily to be called from mailcap files by  pro-
     grams like mailto(1).

SEE ALSO
     showexternal(1), mailto(1), metamail(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1992 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)

     Permission  to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any pur-
     pose 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  ma-
     terial without the specific, prior written permission of an authorized rep-
     resentative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCU-
     RACY  OR  SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS
     IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR
     Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore

				    Release 1			   extcompose(1)

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