4 .TH RCVTTY %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 rcvtty \- report new mail
16 .RB [ \-bell " | " \-nobell ]
17 .RB [ \-newline " | " \-nonewline ]
25 can be used to report new mail. It is used primarily
26 in conjunction with mail filtering agents such as
33 program executes the named command with the message as
34 its standard input, and writes the resulting output on your terminal.
36 Alternately, if no command is specified (or is bogus), then
38 will instead write a one\-line scan listing. The default output format
39 of this scan listing may be overridden by using the
42 option, similar to the
43 equivalent options for
51 A newline is output before the message output, and the terminal bell is
52 rung after the output. The
57 inhibit these functions.
62 may be given to specify the width of
63 the scan line. The default is to use the width of the terminal.
65 In addition to the standard format escapes described in
68 also recognizes the following additional
74 .ta \w'Dtimenow 'u +\w'Returns 'u
75 Escape Returns Description
76 body string the (compressed) first part of the body
77 dtimenow date the current date
78 folder string the name of the current folder
84 will send its output to every terminal on the
85 local machine that is owned by current user, and that has given write
86 permission as granted by the command
92 will obey the notification status
100 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
101 ^$HOME/\&.maildelivery~^The file controlling local delivery
102 ^%etcdir%/maildelivery~^Rather than the standard file
110 .RB ` \-width "' defaults to the width of the terminal"
116 rcvdist(1), rcvpack(1), rcvstore(1), mh\-format(5), slocal(1)
119 Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.