wmf - convert and index mails in html format.
WMF (Web Mail Folder) generates html-pages from email. Source can
be a file or stdin.
Available command line options are the following:
- -?
- Print a summary of command line options.
- -a url
- About link. If this link presents it will be placed to the index
section.
- -c file
- Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)
- -d directory
- Where all the files write to (default ./)
- -e command
- Mail-command (default MAILTO:)
- -f permission
- Set file permission after creation. Numeric mode only like chown (1)
- -h
- Print a summary of command line options.
- -l days
- Daylimit, mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the
indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0).
- -m mbox
- Name of the mailbox file, - is used for stdin.
- -n name
- Name of the mail folder.
- -p lines
- Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0). Threads won't be
brocken.
- -r
- Reverse sorting.
- -t level
- threading level limitation
- -v
- Print the programname and the version.
- -w mode
- Write-mode (0=indexing 1=overwrite 2=append 3=append no index). Mode
0: If you made changes manual or anything went wrong until indexing.
Mode 1: If you want to start from scratch witch one big mbox file.
Warning: All files in the directory will be deleted !!! Mode
2: If you want to extend an existing archive. Mode 3: Specialy
made if you need to convert emails stored in single files. After
converting all files you can call WMF again in Mode 0 for indexing.
- -x level
- Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)
All switches can be defined with enviroments.
- WMF_CONFIG
- Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)
- WMF_DAYS
- Daylimit, mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the
indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0)
- WMF_DEBUG
- Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)
- WMF_EXTENSION
- Define the file extension (default=".html").
- WMF_DIR
- Where all the files write to (default ./)
- WMF_LINES
- Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0) Threads won't be
brocken.
- WMF_MBOX
- Name of the mailbox, - is used for stdin
- WMF_MCMD
- Mail-command (default MAILTO:)
- WMF_NAME
- Name of the mailinglist
- WMF_RSORT
- Reverse sorting
- WMF_WMODE
- Write-mode (0=indexing 1=append 2=overwrite)
Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net>
Thanks to all the people, who sent emails with bug-reports and suggestions.
There will always rest one bug (Murphys law). If you find it, so please
report it to Norbert.Kuemin@gmx.net
Copyright 1996, 1997 by Norbert Kuemin.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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