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8.Dd
9.Dt RMAIL 8
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm rmail
13.Nd handle remote mail received via uucp
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm rmail
16.Ar user ...
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18.Nm Rmail
19interprets incoming mail received via
20.Xr uucp 1 ,
21collapsing ``From'' lines in the form generated
22by
23.Xr mail.local 8
24into a single line of the form ``return-path!sender'',
25and passing the processed mail on to
26.Xr sendmail  8  .
27.Pp
28.Nm Rmail
29is explicitly designed for use with
30.Xr uucp
31and
32.Xr sendmail  .
33.Sh SEE ALSO
34.Xr uucp 1 ,
35.Xr mail.local 8 ,
36.Xr sendmail 8
37.Sh HISTORY
38The
39.Nm rmail
40program appeared in
41.Bx 4.2 .
42.Sh BUGS
43.Nm Rmail
44should not reside in
45.Pa /bin .
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