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1.1     ! root        1: .TH IMP 6
        !             2: .CT 1 mail
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: imp \- interactive mail program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/games/imp
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Imp
        !             9: attempts to avoid the complexity of using modern mail programs by 
        !            10: asking for control information interactively rather than by
        !            11: expecting the user to supply it on the command line or by
        !            12: using defaults that are sometimes not exactly what the user has
        !            13: in mind.
        !            14: Thus, 
        !            15: .I imp
        !            16: prompts for the userid of the mail target, the target's home
        !            17: machine, the userid and home machine of the sender, and the postmark.
        !            18: The message can be entered from the standard input as in
        !            19: .IR mail (1)
        !            20: or taken from a file.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: A particularly useful application of
        !            23: .I imp
        !            24: is to cause mail that you send from some borrowed account
        !            25: to appear as if it came from you on your home machine, thereby
        !            26: reducing the possibility of confusing the recipient.
        !            27: .SH FILES
        !            28: .F /dev/tty
        !            29: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            30: .IR mail (1),
        !            31: .IR upas (8)
        !            32: .SH BUGS
        !            33: Probably.
        !            34: Try sending mail to yourself before using
        !            35: .I imp
        !            36: to send mail to others.

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