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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	 work-
       station	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	encod-
       ing  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
       programs	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
       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  per-
       taining to this material	without	the specific, prior written permission
       of  an authorized representative	of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES NO	REPRE-
       SENTATIONS ABOUT	THE ACCURACY OR	SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL  FOR  ANY
       PURPOSE.	  IT  IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WAR-
       RANTIES.

AUTHOR
       Nathaniel S. Borenstein,	Bellcore

				   Release 1			 extcompose(1)

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