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+.TH IMP 6
+.CT 1 mail
+.SH NAME
+imp \- interactive mail program
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /usr/games/imp
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Imp
+attempts to avoid the complexity of using modern mail programs by
+asking for control information interactively rather than by
+expecting the user to supply it on the command line or by
+using defaults that are sometimes not exactly what the user has
+in mind.
+Thus,
+.I imp
+prompts for the userid of the mail target, the target's home
+machine, the userid and home machine of the sender, and the postmark.
+The message can be entered from the standard input as in
+.IR mail (1)
+or taken from a file.
+.PP
+A particularly useful application of
+.I imp
+is to cause mail that you send from some borrowed account
+to appear as if it came from you on your home machine, thereby
+reducing the possibility of confusing the recipient.
+.SH FILES
+.F /dev/tty
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR mail (1),
+.IR upas (8)
+.SH BUGS
+Probably.
+Try sending mail to yourself before using
+.I imp
+to send mail to others.