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32.\" @(#)rmail.8 6.8 (Berkeley) 4/20/91
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34.Vx
35.Vx
36.Dd April 20, 1991
37.Dt RMAIL 8
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm rmail
41.Nd handle remote mail received via uucp
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm rmail
44.Ar user ...
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm Rmail
47interprets incoming mail received via
48.Xr uucp 1 ,
49collapsing ``From'' lines in the form generated
50by
51.Xr binmail 1
52into a single line of the form ``return-path!sender'',
53and passing the processed mail on to
54.Xr sendmail 8 .
55.Pp
56.Nm Rmail
57is explicitly designed for use with
58.Xr uucp
59and
60.Xr sendmail .
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr binmail 1 ,
63.Xr uucp 1 ,
64.Xr sendmail 8
65.Sh HISTORY
66.Nm Rmail
67apeared in 4.2 BSD.
68.Sh BUGS
69.Nm Rmail
70should not reside in /bin.