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1.1     ! root        1:           SENDMAIL -- An Internetwork Mail Router
        !             2:                        Eric Allman
        !             3:                     Britton-Lee, Inc.
        !             4: 
        !             5: Routing mail through a heterogenous internet presents many new
        !             6: problems.  Among the worst of these is that of address mapping.
        !             7: Historically, this has been handled on an ad hoc basis.  However,
        !             8: this approach has become unmanageable as internets grow.
        !             9: 
        !            10: Sendmail acts a unified "post office" to which all mail can be
        !            11: submitted.  Address interpretation is controlled by a production
        !            12: system, which can parse both old and new format addresses.  The
        !            13: new format is "domain-based", a flexible technique that can
        !            14: handle many common situations.  Sendmail is not intended to perform
        !            15: user interface functions.
        !            16: 
        !            17: Sendmail will replace delivermail in the Berkeley 4.2 distribution.
        !            18: Several major hosts are now or will soon be running sendmail.
        !            19: This change will affect any users that route mail through a sendmail
        !            20: gateway.  The changes that will be user visible will be discussed.

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