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NAME
       extcompose - Compose a reference to external data for inclusion in a
       mail message

SYNOPSIS
       extcompose  file-name

DESCRIPTION
       The extcompose program will allow a user on a properly-equipped
       workstation to enter the appropriate data to enable a mail message he
       is sending to make reference to "external" data, that is, data that is
       not included in the mail message itself  but is otherwise available on
       the network via a suitable mechanism.

       The user will be prompted for all necessary information.  External data
       may be referenced as local or AFS files, as files available for FTP
       (anonymous or authenticated), or as data available via a mailserver
       mechanism.  The user will be asked to provide a MIME content-type value
       to describe the type of data being referenced, and to specify whether
       or not the data has been encoded with one of the algorithms for
       encoding data for email.  (Such encoding is not necessary, and is in
       fact inefficient and silly when used with externally referenced data.)

       This program is intended primarily to be called from mailcap files by
       programs like mailto(1).

SEE ALSO
       showexternal(1), mailto(1), metamail(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1992 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any
       purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
       copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and
       that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity
       pertaining to this material without the specific, prior written
       permission of an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES
       NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL
       FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
       IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR
       Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore

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