1RCVTTY(1)                    [nmh-1.2-20070115cvs]                   RCVTTY(1)
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NAME

6       rcvtty  - report new mail
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/libexec/nmh/rcvtty [command] [-form formatfile] [-format string]
10            [-width columns] [-bell | -nobell] [-newline | -nonewline] [-biff]
11            [-version] [-help]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  rcvtty  can  be  used to report new mail.  It is used primarily in
15       conjunction with mail filtering agents such as slocal or procmail.
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17       The rcvtty program executes the named command with the message  as  its
18       standard input, and writes the resulting output on your terminal.
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20       Alternately, if no command is specified (or is bogus), then rcvtty will
21       instead write a one-line scan listing.  The default  output  format  of
22       this  scan  listing may be overridden by using either the -form format‐
23       file or -format string option, similar to the  equivalent  options  for
24       scan and inc.  See mh-format(5) for details.
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26       A newline is output before the message output, and the terminal bell is
27       rung after the output.  The -nonewline and -nobell options will inhibit
28       these functions.
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30       The switch -width columns may be given to specify the width of the scan
31       line.  The default is to use the width of the terminal.
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33       In addition to the standard format escapes described  in  mh-format(5),
34       rcvtty also recognizes the following additional component escapes:
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36            Escape    Returns  Description
37            body      string   the (compressed) first part of the body
38            dtimenow  date     the current date
39            folder    string   the name of the current folder
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41       By  default, rcvtty will send its output to every terminal on the local
42       machine that is owned by current user, and that has given write permis‐
43       sion  as granted by the command mesg(1).  If the option -biff is given,
44       then rcvtty will obey  the  notification  status  set  by  the  command
45       biff(1) instead.
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FILES

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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CONTEXT

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DEFAULTS

59       `-width' defaults to the width of the terminal
60       `-newline'
61       `-bell'
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SEE ALSO

65       rcvdist(1), rcvpack(1), rcvstore(1), mh-format(5), slocal(1)
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BUGS

69       Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.
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73MH.6.8                            1 Jul 2003                         RCVTTY(1)
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