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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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