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\majorheading{extcompose(1)     (Release 1)    extcompose(1)

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}\indent1{\tempindentneg1{NAME 

}extcompose - Compose a reference to external data for inclusion in a mail 
message 

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SYNOPSIS 

}\bold{extcompose} file-name 

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DESCRIPTION 

}The \italic{extcompose }program will allow a user on a properly-equipped 
workstation to enter the appropriate data to enable a mail message he is 
sending to make reference to "external" data, that is, data that is not 
included in the mail message itself but is otherwise available on the 
network via a suitable mechanism. 


The user will be prompted for all necessary information. External data may 
be referenced as local or AFS files, as files available for FTP (anonymous 
or authenticated), or as data available via a mailserver mechanism. The 
user will be asked to provide a MIME content-type value to describe the 
type of data being referenced, and to specify whether or not the data has 
been encoded with one of the algorithms for encoding data for email. (Such 
encoding is not necessary, and is in fact inefficient and silly when used 
with externally referenced data.) 


This program is intended primarily to be called from mailcap files by 
programs like mailto(1). 

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SEE ALSO 

}showexternal(1), mailto(1), metamail(1) 

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COPYRIGHT 

}Copyright (c) 1992 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. 

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AUTHOR 

}Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore 







































































































































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