-
-Sometimes you want \fIsendfiles\fR to pause after posting a partial
-message. This is usually the case when you are running \fIsendmail\fR
-and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. If the first
-argument given to \fIsendfiles\fR starts with a dash, then it is
-interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
-.ne 6
+.PP
+The
+.B \-to
+switch specifies the recipient. The
+.B \-subject
+switch specifies the subject. Alternatively, these two required values
+can be provided without their corresponding switch names.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-from
+switch can, and should, be used to specify the sender's mailbox (name
+and email address). Alternatively, the
+.B PERSON
+environment variable can be used for the same purpose.
+If neither is used,
+.B sendfiles
+will supply a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header field using the sender's local
+mailbox, see
+.I localmbox
+in
+.IR mh-format (5).
+.PP
+The
+.B \-compress
+command line switch can be used to override the run-time determination
+of the compression program by
+.BR sendfiles .
+.B \-compress
+.I none
+(alternatively,
+.BR \-none )
+disables compression.
+.PP
+Sometimes you want
+.B sendfiles
+to pause after posting a partial
+message. This is usually the case when you are running
+.B sendmail
+and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. The
+.B \-delay
+switch specifies the number of seconds to pause in between postings,