-.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "October 21, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
.HP 5
.na
.B sendfiles
-.RB [ \-bzip2 " | " \-compress " | " \-gzip " | " \-lzma " | " \-none " | " -zip ]
+.RB [ -compress
+.IR bzip2 " | " compress " | " gzip " | " lzma " | " none " | " zip ]
.br
.RB [ \-from
.IR sender ]
-.RI [ \-delay ]
+.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.br
+.B \-to
+.I recipient
+.B \-subject
+.IR subject " | "
.I recipient
.I subject
+.br
.I file/directory1
.RI [ file/directory2
\&...]
of files and directories via electronic mail.
.PP
.RS 5
-sendfiles recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
+sendfiles -to recipient -subject \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
.RE
.PP
.B sendfiles
in order to get past most mailers.
.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
mailbox, see
.I localmbox
in
-.BR mh-format (5).
+.IR mh-format (5).
.PP
-The remaining command line switches select the compression program.
-One of these can be used to override the run-time determination of
-the compression program by
+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. If the first
-argument given to
-.B sendfiles
-starts with a dash, then it is
-interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
+and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. The
+.B \-delay
+switch specifies the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
e.g.,
.PP
.RS 5
-sendfiles -30 recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
+sendfiles -delay 30 -to recipient -subject \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
.RE
.PP
-will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.
+will pause 30 seconds in between each posting. An alternate form of
+the switch with just the delay time,
+.BR \-30 ,
+for example, is also supported.
.PP
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