fromsmtp(1M)                     UNIX System V                     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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