RCVTTY(1) [nmh-1.0.4] (MH.6.8) RCVTTY(1)
NAME
rcvtty - report new mail
SYNOPSIS
/usr/freeware/lib/nmh/rcvtty [command]
[-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width columns]
[-bell] [-nobell] [-newline] [-nonewline] [-biff]
[-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
The rcvtty can be used to report new mail. It is used
primarily in conjunction with mail filtering agents such as
slocal or procmail.
The rcvtty program executes the named command with the
message as its standard input, and writes the resulting
output on your terminal.
Alternately, if no command is specified (or is bogus), then
rcvtty will instead write a one-line scan listing. The
default output format of this scan listing may be overridden
by using either the `-form formatfile' or `-format string'
option, similar to the equivalent options for scan and inc.
See mh-format(5) for details.
A newline is output before the message output, and the
terminal bell is rung after the output. The `-nonewline'
and `-nobell' options will inhibit these functions.
The switch `-width columns' may be given to specify the
width of the scan line. The default is to use the width of
the terminal.
In addition to the standard format escapes described in
mh-format(5), rcvtty also recognizes the following
additional component escapes:
Escape Returns Description
body string the (compressed) first part of the body
dtimenow date the current date
folder string the name of the current folder
By default, rcvtty will send its output to every terminal on
the local machine that is owned by current user, and that
has given write permission as granted by the command
mesg (1). If the option `-biff' is given, then rcvtty will
obey the notification status set by the command biff (1)
instead.
FILES
/usr/freeware/lib/nmh/etc/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
$HOME/.maildelivery The file controlling local delivery
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/usr/freeware/lib/nmh/etc/maildeliverRather than the standard file
DEFAULTS
`-width' defaults to the width of the terminal
`-newline'
`-bell'
SEE ALSO
rcvdist(1), rcvpack(1), rcvstore(1), mh-format(5), slocal(1)
BUGS
Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.
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