RMAIL(1,C)                  AIX Commands Reference                   RMAIL(1,C)



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rmail



PURPOSE

Handles remote mail received via UUCP.

SYNTAX


rmail --- user ---|
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Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The rmail command interprets incoming mail received via uucp.  It collapses
"From" lines in the form generated by bellmail into a single line of the form:

  return-path!sender

It passes the processed mail on to sendmail.

The rmail command works with uucp and sendmail.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "uucp" and "sendmail, mailq, newaliases."






















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