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-.\"
+.TH SENDFILES %manext1% 2012-11-14 "%nmhversion%"
+.
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
-.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.
 .SH NAME
-sendfiles \- send multiple files via a MIME message
+sendfiles \- send multiple files by MIME message with nmh
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B sendfiles
-.RB [ delay ]
-.I mailpath
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ -compress
+.IR bzip2 " | " compress " | " gzip " | " lzma " | " none ]
+.br
+.RB [ \-from
+.IR sender ]
+.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ]
+.br
+.B \-to
+.I recipient
+.B \-subject
+.IR subject " | "
+.I recipient
 .I subject
-.I file1
-.RI [ file2
+.br
+.I file/directory1
+.RI [ file/directory2
 \&...]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The shell script
-.BR sendfiles ,
+.B sendfiles
 is used to send a collection
 of files and directories via electronic mail.
 .PP
-.RS 5
-sendfiles mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
-.RE
-.PP
 .B sendfiles
 will archive the files and directories you name
 with the
 .B tar
 command, and then mail the compressed
-archive to the \*(lqmailpath\*(rq with the given \*(lqsubject\*(rq.
+archive to the \*(lqrecipient\*(rq with the given \*(lqsubject\*(rq.
 The archive
 will be automatically split up into as many messages as necessary
 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
+.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.  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 mailpath \*(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
 .SS "Extracting the Received Files"
 When these messages are received, invoke
@@ -123,7 +165,7 @@ listing is generated, the files are extracted.
 A prudent user will never put
 .B \-auto
 in the
-.I \&.mh\(ruprofile
+.I \&.mh_profile
 file.  The correct procedure is to first use
 .B mhlist
 to find out what will be extracted.  Then
@@ -131,14 +173,12 @@ to find out what will be extracted.  Then
 can be invoked with
 .B \-auto
 to perform the extraction.
-
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
+.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile
 .fi
-
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
@@ -147,16 +187,19 @@ to perform the extraction.
 ^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
 .fi
-
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1). 
+.IR mhbuild (1),
+.IR mhlist (1),
+.IR mhshow (1),
+.IR mhstore (1),
+.IR mh-format (5)
+.PP
 .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
-(RFC\-934)
-
+(RFC 934)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-noverbose '
+.RB ` "\-delay\ 0" '
+.RB ` "\-from localmbox" '
 .fi
-
 .SH CONTEXT
 None