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12.Dd May 19, 1998
13.Dt RMAIL 8
14.Os BSD 4.2
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm rmail
17.Nd handle remote mail received via uucp
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Nm rmail
20.Ar user ...
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22.Nm Rmail
23interprets incoming mail received via
24.Xr uucp 1 ,
25collapsing ``From'' lines in the form generated
26by
27.Xr mail.local 8
28into a single line of the form ``return-path!sender'',
29and passing the processed mail on to
30.Xr sendmail  8  .
31.Pp
32.Nm Rmail
33is explicitly designed for use with
34.Xr uucp
35and
36.Xr sendmail  .
37.Sh SEE ALSO
38.Xr uucp 1 ,
39.Xr mail.local 8 ,
40.Xr sendmail 8
41.Sh HISTORY
42The
43.Nm rmail
44program appeared in
45.Bx 4.2 .
46.Sh BUGS
47.Nm Rmail
48should not reside in
49.Pa /bin .
50