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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man6/imp.6 b/static/unix-v10/man6/imp.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a75bc0a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man6/imp.6 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.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. |
