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.TH RCVPACK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
-rcvpack \- append message to file
+rcvpack \- append message to mbox file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
-.B %libdir%/rcvpack
-.I file
+.B rcvpack
+.RI [ file ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B rcvpack
-program will append a copy of the message to the file
-listed on its command line.
+program will read a message on standard in, convert it and
+append it to the mbox file listed on the command line.
.PP
-The messages are separated using mbox (uucp) style delimiters.
+The RFC 822 message is converted to the mbox format.
This is the format used by most mail clients (elm, mailx, etc.).
+For the nitpickers: It's the mboxo format.
.PP
.B rcvpack
will correctly lock and unlock the file to serialize
access to the file, when running multiple copies of
.B rcvpack .
.PP
-In general, its use is obsoleted by the
-.B file
-action of
-.BR slocal ,
-although it might still have occasional uses in various
-shell scripts.
+If no
+.I file
+argument is given, the converted message is printed to standard out.
+No locking will be done in this case.
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), rcvtty(1), slocal(1)
+rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), slocal(1), packf(1)
+
+.SH HISTORY
+Some people say that this tool would be obsoleted by the
+.B file
+action of
+.BR slocal ,
+although it might still have occasional uses in various
+shell scripts.
.SH BUGS
Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.