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  1. Reading MIME - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  2.  
  3.         sendmail <--------------------
  4.       |                 ^        ^
  5.       v                 |        |
  6.     .forward            |        |
  7.       |                 |        |
  8.       v                 |        |
  9.     mmforward ------> mmsavepart |
  10.       |                 |        |
  11.       v                 v        |
  12.     filter          saved files  |
  13.       |                          |
  14.       v                          |
  15.     mailbox                      |
  16.       |                          |
  17.       v                          |
  18.         Mail User Agent (eg elm)     |
  19.           |                          |
  20.           v                          |
  21.         metamail <--------------------           
  22.           |                          |
  23.           |                          |
  24.       |--->    mmshowexternal ---mmencode -u
  25.           |                          ^
  26.           |--->    mmshowpart ----------|
  27.       |
  28.       v
  29.     mmencode -u
  30.           |
  31.       |--->    mmshowfax ------------------> faxviewer
  32.           |       |
  33.           |       v
  34.       |--->    mmsavefile -----------------> cat > destfile
  35.                   |
  36.                   |
  37. Sending MIME - -  |  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  38.                   |
  39.                   v
  40.         mmsendsh ------->|
  41.                                  |
  42.         mmsendfax ------>|
  43.                                  |
  44.         mmsendfile ----->|
  45.                                  |
  46.                                  v
  47.                 mailto        mmsend
  48.                   |              |
  49.           ----->|<--------
  50.                         |
  51.                         v
  52.               mmencode
  53.                     | 
  54.                         v
  55.                       splitmail
  56.                         |
  57.                         v
  58.         Mail Transfer Agent (eg sendmail)
  59.  
  60.