NAME¶
rcvtty - report new mail
SYNOPSIS¶
/usr/lib/mh/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¶
^/etc/nmh/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
^$HOME/.maildelivery~^The file controlling local delivery
^/etc/nmh/maildelivery~^Rather than the standard file
CONTEXT¶
None
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.