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