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NAME
       showpartial - Fetch and display the body of a mail message that is
       included by reference

SYNOPSIS
       showpartial  file id partnum totalnum

DESCRIPTION
       The showpartial program will squirrel away the body of a MIME-format
       message that is of type "message/partial" for later use.  When it is
       called on the last piece, it will put the pieces together and call
       metamail to display the full message.  It is intended to be called by
       metamail via a mailcap entry like the following:

       message/partial; showpartial %s %{id} %{number} %{total}

       The parts are squirrelled away on /tmp, which means that /tmp can fill
       up if you never get the remaining parts.  When the message is finally
       displayed, via metamail, the parts are all discarded, and the user is
       asked whether or not to delete the file containing the entire message.

SEE ALSO
       metamail(1)

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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