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1.1       root        1: .TH XSEND 1 "18 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: xsend, xget, enroll \- secret mail
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B xsend
                      6: person
                      7: .br
                      8: .B xget
                      9: .br
                     10: .B enroll
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: These commands implement a secure communication
                     13: channel;
                     14: it is like
                     15: .IR mail (1),
                     16: but no one can read the messages except the intended recipient.
                     17: The method embodies a public-key cryptosystem using knapsacks.
                     18: .PP
                     19: To receive messages, use
                     20: .IR enroll ;
                     21: it asks you for a password that you must subsequently quote
                     22: in order to receive secret mail.
                     23: .PP
                     24: To receive secret mail,
                     25: use
                     26: .IR xget .
                     27: It asks for your password, then gives you the messages.
                     28: .PP
                     29: To send secret mail, use
                     30: .IR xsend
                     31: in the same manner as the ordinary mail command.
                     32: (However, it will accept only one target).
                     33: A message announcing the receipt of secret mail is also sent
                     34: by ordinary mail.
                     35: .SH FILES
                     36: /usr/spool/secretmail/*.key: keys
                     37: .br
                     38: /usr/spool/secretmail/*.[0-9]: messages
                     39: .SH SEE ALSO
                     40: mail (1)
                     41: .SH BUGS
                     42: It should be integrated with ordinary mail.
                     43: The announcement of secret mail makes traffic analysis possible.

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