showexternal1
Fetch and display the body of a mail message that is included by reference
Usage
showexternal body-file
access-type
name
[site
[directory
[mode
[server]]]]
Overview
The showexternal program will attempt to obtain the real body of a mail message that is included only by reference, using the MIME type "message/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} %{directory} %{mode} %{server} ; needsterminal
If it succeeds in fetching the message body, showexternal will then call metamail to actually display it.
Environment
The FTP environment variable can override "ftp" as the name of the ftp program.
Releases
Unchanged in 10 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz).