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1.1       root        1: .TH ARPA-MAILER 8 12/31/79
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: arpa-mailer \- deliver mail to the
                      4: .SM ARPANET
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: /usr/lib/mailers/arpa
                      7: .I from-address
                      8: .I to-host
                      9: .I to-user
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Arpa-mailer
                     12: queues the letter found on its standard input
                     13: for delivery to the host and user specified.
                     14: The actual delivery will be performed by the
                     15: .SM ARPANET
                     16: mailer daemon.
                     17: .PP
                     18: If the letter does not appear to have a full
                     19: .SM ARPANET
                     20: header,
                     21: .I arpa-mailer
                     22: will insert ``Date:'' and ``From:''
                     23: fields in the proper format.
                     24: The ``From:'' person
                     25: is determined by the from-address argument,
                     26: with colons translated to periods
                     27: and ``@Berkeley'' appended.
                     28: The from-address argument
                     29: is also used by the
                     30: mailer daemon
                     31: to return the mail to you
                     32: if there is a problem at the receiving host.
                     33: .SH FILES
                     34: .RI /dev/net/ to-host
                     35: .br
                     36: /usr/spool/netmail/*
                     37: .SH SEE\ ALSO
                     38: delivermail(8), mailer(ARPA)

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