wmf(1) convert and index mails in html format.

SYNOPSIS

wmf [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

WMF (Web Mail Folder) generates html-pages from email. Source can be a file or stdin.

OPTIONS

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)

ENVIROMENT

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)

EXAMPLES

AUTHOR

Norbert Kuemin <[email protected]>

FILES

~/.wmfrc

NOTES

Thanks to all the people, who sent emails with bug-reports and suggestions.

BUGS

There will always rest one bug (Murphys law). If you find it, so please
report it to [email protected]

COPYRIGHT

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
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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