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WMF(1) General Commands Manual WMF(1)

wmf - convert and index mails in html format.

wmf [ options ]

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.
About link. If this link presents it will be placed to the index section.
Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)
Where all the files write to (default ./)
Mail-command (default MAILTO:)
Set file permission after creation. Numeric mode only like chown (1)
Print a summary of command line options.
Daylimit, mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0).
Name of the mailbox file, - is used for stdin.
Name of the mail folder.
Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0). Threads won't be brocken.
Reverse sorting.
threading level limitation
Print the programname and the version.
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.

Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)

All switches can be defined with enviroments.

Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)
Daylimit, mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0)
Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)
Define the file extension (default=".html").
Where all the files write to (default ./)
Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0) Threads won't be brocken.
Name of the mailbox, - is used for stdin
Mail-command (default MAILTO:)
Name of the mailinglist
Reverse sorting
Write-mode (0=indexing 1=append 2=overwrite)

Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net>

~/.wmfrc

wmfrc (1), procmail (1)

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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November 1996 4th Berkeley Distribution