RCVTTY(1)RCVTTY(1)NAMErcvtty - report new mail
SYNOPSIS
/usr/contrib/mh/lib/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 addi-
tional 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/contrib/mh/etc/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
$HOME/.maildelivery The file controlling local delivery
/usr/contrib/mh/etc/maildelivery Rather than the standard file
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RCVTTY(1)RCVTTY(1)DEFAULTS
`-width' defaults to the width of the terminal
`-newline'
`-bell'
SEE ALSOrcvdist(1), rcvpack(1), rcvstore(1), mh-format(5), slo-
cal(1)BUGS
Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.
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