usr/src/bin/rmail/rmail.8

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.Dd
.Dt RMAIL 8
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm rmail
.Nd handle remote mail received via uucp
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rmail
.Ar user ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Rmail
interprets incoming mail received via
.Xr uucp 1 ,
collapsing ``From'' lines in the form generated
by
.Xr mail.local 8
into a single line of the form ``return-path!sender'',
and passing the processed mail on to
.Xr sendmail  8  .
.Pp
.Nm Rmail
is explicitly designed for use with
.Xr uucp
and
.Xr sendmail  .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uucp 1 ,
.Xr mail.local 8 ,
.Xr sendmail 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm rmail
program appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm Rmail
should not reside in
.Pa /bin .