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NAME
       showexternal - Fetch and display the body of a mail message that is
       included 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
       "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.

SEE ALSO
       metamail(1)

ENVIRONMENT
       The FTP environment variable can override "ftp" as the name of the ftp
       program.

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
       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
       pertaining to this material without the specific, prior written
       permission of an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES
       NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL
       FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
       IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR
       Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore

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