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the ellipsis is not an optional argument; while here, sync the usage
and synopsis of commands

lots of good ideas by jmc@

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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 6 2007 $
.Dt RMAIL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rmail
.Nd handle remote mail received via uucp
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rmail
.Ar user ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility interprets incoming mail received via
uucp, collapsing
.Dq From
lines in the form generated by
.Xr mail.local 8
into a single line of the form
.Dq return-path!sender ,
and passing the processed mail on to
.Xr sendmail 8 .
.Pp
.Nm
is explicitly designed for use with
uucp and
.Xr sendmail 8 .
.Pp
.Sy Note:
uucp is not part of the base
.Ox
system.
It comes as part of the uucp suite,
and can be installed via
.Xr ports 7
or
.Xr packages 7 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mail.local 8 ,
.Xr sendmail 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
should not reside in
.Pa /bin .