fromsmtp(1M)                                                   fromsmtp(1M)


   NAME
         fromsmtp - receive RFC822 mail from SMTP

   SYNOPSIS
         fromsmtp [ -d ] [ -h host ] [ -s sender ] to ...

   DESCRIPTION
         fromsmtp reads an RFC822 message from its standard input, does some
         conversion of the message to make it acceptable to UNIX system mail,
         and pipes the result to rmail.  The to arguments are passed as
         arguments to rmail.  fromsmtp is normally invoked by smtpd to deliver
         incoming mail messages.

         The -d option may be used for debugging fromsmtp.  It will cause the
         command line for rmail to be echoed to standard output, as well as
         the results of the message (after conversion).  The message will not
         be given to rmail when this option is used.

         The -h host option may be used to prepend a host or network name to
         the front of the sender path in the From line at the beginning of the
         message.  This is useful if you need to identify which of several
         possible networks a message was received from (for possible use in
         replying).

         The -s sender option is used to give a default sender name, in case
         fromsmtp cannot determine the name of the sender from the message it
         reads.  If this option is not used, the default sender name unknown
         will be used.

   FILES
         /usr/bin/rmail          where converted mail is piped to

   SEE ALSO
         rmail(1M), smtpd(1M)
         RFC822 - Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages


















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