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 WMF(1)                                                               WMF(1)
                                November 1996



 NAME
      wmf - 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.




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      -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 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:)




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      WMF_NAME
           Name of the mailinglist

      WMF_RSORT
           Reverse sorting

      WMF_WMODE
           Write-mode (0=indexing 1=append 2=overwrite)


 EXAMPLES
 AUTHOR
      Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net>


 FILES
      ~/.wmfrc


 SEE ALSO
      wmfrc (1), procmail (1)


 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 Norbert.Kuemin@gmx.net


 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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