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8.Dd
9.Dt XSEND 1
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm xsend ,
13.Nm xget ,
14.Nm enroll
15.Nd private encrypted mail
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Nm xsend
18.Ar person
19.Nm xget
20.Nm enroll
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22The
23.Nm xsend ,
24.Nm xget ,
25and
26.Nm enroll
27utilities
28initiate and conduct encrypted mail on top of the
29regular
30.Xr mail 1
31system. To get started, one
32enrolls with the utility
33.Nm enroll
34which requests a password which is
35then required before the enrollee can read mail sent
36via
37.Nm xsend .
38.Pp
39.Nm Xsend
40is used just like mail, but
41will not
42.Ql cc
43messages.
44The regular
45.Xr mail 1
46facilities deliver mail stating when encrypted mail has arrived.
47.Pp
48The
49.Nm xget
50command is
51used to read the encrypted mail; it
52requests the enrolled password before allowing
53the receipt of mail
54sent with
55.Nm xsend .
56.Pp
57.Sh FILES
58.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/secretmail/*.key:keys -compact
59.It Pa /var/spool/secretmail/*.key: keys
60.It Pa /var/spool/secretmail/*.[0-9]: messages
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr mail 1
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm
67command appeared in
68.At v7 .
69