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.