Ubuntu Manpage: wmbiffrc - configuration file for wmbiff(1)

NAME

       wmbiffrc - configuration file for wmbiff(1)

DESCRIPTION

       WMbiff  is  a mail notification tool for the WindowMaker and AfterStep window managers. It
       can handle up to 5 mailboxes, more when run using other window managers.  You  can  define
       actions  on  mouse clicks for the different mailboxes. This manpage explains the different
       options which can be specified in a user's wmbiffrc.

OPTIONS

Each option takes the form option[.mbox] = value. Comments must be preceded by pound
signs (#).

The supported configuration options are:

certfile
File that holds TLS (SSL) certificates. If specified, wmbiff will check certificates
and exit on a failure, so your password is secure. If not present, wmbiff will trust
all certificates and may be vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack. WMbiff's will
not prompt if you want to accept new certificates. Instead, wmbiff expects your mail
client to keep certificates in a file. For example, if mutt is your mailreader, you
may add:

certfile=/home/<me>/.muttsslcerts

tls
Specify cipher suite preferences on a TLS session. Can be a predefined value from
gnults or a custom value. Default value is: NORMAL.

gnutls predefined values:

PERFORMANCE (gnutls >= 2.2.0)
NORMAL (gnutls >= 2.2.0)
SECURE128 (gnutls >= 2.2.0)
SECURE192 (gnutls >= 3.0.0)
SECURE256 (gnutls >= 2.2.0)
SUITEB128 (gnutls >= 3.0.0)
SUITEB192 (gnutls >= 3.0.0)
EXPORT (gnutls >= 2.2.0)
NONE (gnutls >= 2.2.0)

See http://gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#Priority-Strings for more details.

interval
Global interval between mailbox checking. Value is the number of seconds, 5 is the
default.

askpass
Program run to ask for IMAP passwords, if left empty in the configuration file. The
default is /usr/bin/ssh-askpass. Can be specified on a per-mailbox basis.

skinfile
XPM pixmap file to load for the background. If not a full path, wmbiff will search
/usr/share/wmbiff/skins, /usr/share/wmbiff, /usr/local/share/wmbiff, and the current
directory for the pixmap file.

globalnotify
Command to be executed when new mail is received in any mailbox. Set notify.n to
override this option for mailbox n.

label.n
Specifies the displayed label for a mailbox. It can be up to five characters long.

path.n
Path to the mailbox, local or remote one. Path lines start with a prefix, which
specifies the type of wmbiff box you're setting up. The following types are supported:

mbox This is a local mbox mailbox. After the prefix, you only need to put the path to
the mailbox wmbiff needs to read. Local mboxes may be specified using shell
commands enclosed in back-ticks. (`s.)
mbox:/path/to/mail/debian-devel

maildir
This works just like mbox above.
maildir:[:flags:]/path/to/mail/bugtraq/

flags can one or more of:

F Flush directory caches by creating (then deleting) a temporary file in
each maildir prior to checking. This hack speeds up checking network-
mounted maildirs in cases where directory caching can cause unwanted
delays (eg. SFS-mounted maildirs).

pop3 Using this type, WMBiff will check for mail on a pop3 server using the specified
username, password, host and an optional port number (defaulting to 110). If
your password contains a special character, eg. '@' or ':', use the second path
format. See Authentication below for a description of the auth field.
pop3:user:passwd@server[:port] [auth]
pop3:user passwd server[ port] [auth]

pop3s Exactly like pop3, only uses TLS (SSL) when built with gnutls and defaults to
port 995. This copy of WMBiff was compiled with GNUTLS.

imap These are IMAP4 boxes. As with pop3, WMBiff will report the status of an IMAP4
mbox using the given values. This type accepts user, optional password, host and
optional path to mailbox and port number. See Authentication below for a
description of the auth field. The password may be left empty: see askpass
above for information on password prompting. If your password includes a @, use
the space delimited form. If it contains a space or #, use the askpass option
instead. The mailbox field may be quoted, e.g., server/"Mail/Eggs and Spam".
Mailboxes in subfolders may be described as /INBOX.subfolder by some servers and
/Mail/subfolder by others.
imap:user:passwd@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
imap:user:@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
imap:user passwd server[/mailbox][ port] [auth]
imap:user:passwd@server[/"mail box"][:port] [auth]

imaps These are IMAP4 boxes wrapped in a TLS (SSL) connection. This copy of WMBiff was
compiled with GNUTLS. Parameters are the same as those for ordinary IMAP4 boxes.
Port defaults to 993. If 143 is specified, WMBiff will attempt to connect
unencrypted but negotiate TLS using IMAP's STARTTLS command. TLS support uses
GNUTLS, which is under development and may be insecure. See the imap format
above for additional detail about specifying your password.
imaps:user:passwd@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
imaps:user:@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
imaps:user passwd server[/mailbox][ port] [auth]

shell With this keyword, wmbiff will launch the specified shell command and read its
output (STDOUT) expecting an integer message count or a three-character string.
If "new" is in the first line, the string or number will be displayed in yellow.
The behavior of this experimental keyword is likely to change in future
revisions.
shell:::/path/to/command shell:::lpq | grep Queue | awk '{print $2}'

notify.n
Command to be executed on new mail arrival in the given mailbox. Accepts the special
keyword "beep" to use the pc speaker.

action.n
Command to be executed on left mouse click on a mailbox label. Accepts the special
keyword "msglst" to pop up a window of recent message headers from IMAP or POP3
mailboxes when the left mouse button is held.

buttontwo.n
Command to be executed on middle mouse click on a mailbox level. Accepts the special
keyword "msglst" to pop up a window of recent message headers from IMAP or POP3
mailboxes when the middle mouse button is held.

interval.n
Per mailbox check interval. Value is the amount of seconds between checkings, default
is the global interval.

fetchinterval.n
Interval between mail auto-fetching. Values accept 0 to disable, -1 for autofetching on
new mail arrival, and positive values for a given interval in seconds.

fetchcmd.n
Command to be executed to fetch mail. If not specified, fetching through wmbiff is
disabled completely. Accepts the special keyword "msglst" to pop up a window of recent
message headers from IMAP and POP3 mailboxes when the right mouse button is held down,
though not when fetchinterval is nonzero.

debug.n
Show debugging messages from this mailbox. Currently supported values are "all" and
"none". The -debug option to wmbiff overrides this setting. Since IMAP uses a single
connection per server, per-mailbox debugging may not

SIZING

       WMBiff  will  automatically  size its window to the number of configured mailboxes.  While
       WindowMaker's Dock and AfterStep's  Wharf  expect  square,  64x64  applets,  other  window
       managers,  such as Blackbox or Openbox do not have this limitation.  This uncharacteristic
       "dockapp" behavior is intended to help those users who don't have exactly  five  mailboxes
       to watch.

       To  preserve  the  old-style  five-mailbox  window  even  when  you  have  only  two,  add
       path.4=<space><space> to configure a blank 5th mailbox.

       To use the new-style sizing, just configure as many mailboxes as you want.

AUTHENTICATION

       Authentication methods include "cram-md5", "apop" (for Pop3), and "plaintext".  "cram-md5"
       and "apop" are only available when wmbiff is compiled with libgcrypt.  This copy of WMBiff
       was compiled with gcrypt.  Authentication methods are tried in the following order:  cram-
       md5, apop, plaintext.

       Each  authentication  method  will be tried unless a list is included in the [auth] field.
       For example, append "cram-md5 apop" if  you  don't  want  your  password  to  be  sent  in
       cleartext  over  the  network.  Conversely, append "plaintext" if you don't want wmbiff to
       bother with other authentication  methods.   Leaving  authentication  methods  unspecified
       should  be  reasonably  safe.   The  order  of entries in the [auth] list is not currently
       considered.

TROUBLESHOOTING

       For  problems  authenticating  to  servers,  try  specifying  the  authentication   method
       explicitly  as described above: sometimes a failed attempt to authenticate can cause later
       failures.  Some servers claim to support cram-md5 but fail: telling wmbiff not to try  can
       help.

       For other problems, run wmbiff with the -debug option.  See wmbiff(1) for details.

       While  editing  .wmbiffrc,  you may find it useful to restart wmbiff using either control-
       shift mouse button 1, or killall -USR1 wmbiff.

FILES

       ~/.wmbiffrc
              per-user wmbiff configuration file.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by  Jordi  Mallach  <jordi@debian.org>,  originally  for  the
       Debian system (but may be used by others).