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6 rcvtty - report new mail with nmh
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9 /usr/libexec/nmh/rcvtty [-help] [-version] [command] [-form formatfile]
10 [-format string] [-width columns] [-bell | -nobell] [-newline |
11 -nonewline] [-biff]
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14 The rcvtty command can be used to report new mail. It is used primar‐
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18 rcvtty executes the named command with the message as its standard
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21 Alternatively, if no command is specified (or the command is bogus),
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23 output format of this scan listing may be overridden by using either
24 the -form formatfile or -format string option, similar to the equiva‐
25 lent options for scan and inc. See mh-format(5) for details.
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27 A newline is output before the message output, and the terminal bell is
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31 The switch -width columns may be given to specify the width of the scan
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37 Escape Returns Description
38 body string the (compressed) first part of the body
39 dtimenow date the current date
40 folder string the name of the current folder
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42 By default, rcvtty will send its output to every terminal on the local
43 machine that is owned by current user, and that has given write permis‐
44 sion as granted by the command mesg(1). If the option -biff is given,
45 then rcvtty will obey the notification status set by the command
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49 /etc/nmh/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
50 $HOME/.maildelivery The file controlling local delivery
51 /etc/nmh/maildelivery Rather than the standard file
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57 `-width' defaults to the width of the terminal
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62 mh-format(5), rcvdist(1), rcvpack(1), rcvstore(1), slocal(1)
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