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     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
	  mailnews, sendnews - send unbatched news as mail
	  recenews, recpnews - receive mailed news
	  bdecode - decode encoded mailed news

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
	  ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssssbbbbiiiinnnn////rrrreeeellllaaaayyyy////mmmmaaaaiiiillllnnnneeeewwwwssss address ...
	  ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssssbbbbiiiinnnn////rrrreeeellllaaaayyyy////sssseeeennnnddddnnnneeeewwwwssss address ...
	  ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssssbbbbiiiinnnn////iiiinnnnppppuuuutttt////rrrreeeecccceeeennnneeeewwwwssss
	  ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssssbbbbiiiinnnn////iiiinnnnppppuuuutttt////rrrreeeeccccppppnnnneeeewwwwssss
	  ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssssbbbbiiiinnnn////iiiinnnnppppuuuutttt////bbbbddddeeeeccccooooddddeeee [ file	]

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
	  Sometimes it is necessary to transmit	news via mail, to deal
	  with network connections that	have no	notion of arbitrary
	  file transfer	or non-mail traffic.  These programs handle
	  unbatched transmission and batched or	unbatched reception.
	  (Batched transmission	is handled by the batching subsystem;
	  see _n_e_w_s_b_a_t_c_h(8).)

	  _M_a_i_l_n_e_w_s accepts news	from its standard input, encodes it
	  using	_b_e_n_c_o_d_e	(see _b_e_n_c_o_d_e(1)	or _n_e_w_s_b_a_t_c_h(8)) to ensure
	  that stupid mailers do not corrupt it, and mails it to the
	  _a_d_d_r_e_s_ses.

	  _S_e_n_d_n_e_w_s does	likewise, but uses an inferior method of
	  mailer protection (prepending	`N' to each line) which	does
	  not protect against all forms	of mailer brain-damage.	 It is
	  provided for backward	compatibility; its use is discouraged.

	  _M_a_i_l_n_e_w_s and _s_e_n_d_n_e_w_s	are located in the default path	of
	  transmission commands	in the _s_y_s file	(see _n_e_w_s(5)) so that
	  they can be used from	there without giving a full pathname.

	  _R_e_c_e_n_e_w_s receives encoded news sent by _m_a_i_l_n_e_w_s or a
	  batcher, decodes it, and feeds it to _r_n_e_w_s (see _r_n_e_w_s(8)).
	  _R_e_c_p_n_e_w_s does	likewise for mail protected with `N'.
	  Normally one should arrange that mail	arriving at the
	  mailbox ``enews'' is sent to _r_e_c_e_n_e_w_s	and likewise for
	  ``rnews'' (the name is historical, for compatibility again)
	  and _r_e_c_p_n_e_w_s.

	  _B_d_e_c_o_d_e passes standard input, or the	_f_i_l_e if	there is one,
	  to standard output, decoding the _b_e_n_c_o_d_e encoding and
	  stripping off	debris prepended and appended by mailers.

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
	  bencode(1), mail(1), news(5),	newsbatch(8), rnews(8)

     HHHHIIIISSSSTTTTOOOORRRRYYYY
	  Written at U of Toronto by Henry Spencer, with contributions
	  by Geoff Collyer.  _B_d_e_c_o_d_e written at	University of Waterloo



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