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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 conver-
     sion).  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  Mes-
     sages






















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