showexternal(1M)                                    showexternal(1M)


       NAME
             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.






















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