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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt xii 1
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm xii
.Nd X-Image viewer
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.
.Sh DESCIPTION
.Pp
.Nm
downloads and views images specified in any number of
.Ql X-Image
headers contained in any number of e-mail messages given on standard input.
Any line not containing an
.Ql X-Image
header is ignored.

This means that you can conveniently pipe messages from
.Xr mailx 1
into
.Nm
to display any referenced remote images.

.Ql X-Image
headers serve as a way of referencing (remote) images in an e-mail message without MIME.
They are used in the output of
.Xr blm 1 .

.Nm
views images in
.Xr fbi 1 ,
an image viewer for the Linux framebuffer,
or
.Ev VIEWER .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Pp
.Nm
is written by John Ankarström
.Aq Mt john (at) ankarstrom.se .