showpartial

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Release 1
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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}

BUGS

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, which might also be seen as a bug by some...

COPYRIGHT

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

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
BUGS
COPYRIGHT
AUTHOR

CGI rtfm
September 7, 1998