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showexternal(1) 	     General Commands Manual		 showexternal(1)

NAME
     showexternal  -  Fetch  and  display the body of a mail message that is in-
     cluded 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 "mes-
     sage/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} %{di-
     rectory} %{mode} %{server} ; needsterminal

     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 pro-
     gram.

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 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			 showexternal(1)

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