Ubuntu Manpage: WMBiff - A dockable Mailbox Monitor

NAME

       WMBiff - A dockable Mailbox Monitor

SYNOPSIS

       wmbiff [-display <display name>] [-geometry +XPOS+YPOS] [-c <filename>] [-h] [-v] [-debug]
       [-fg <foreground-color>] [-bg  <background-color>]  [-hi  <highlight-color>]  [-font  <X11
       font>|default] [-o] [+w]

DESCRIPTION

       WMbiff  displays  the  status  of  up  to  five mailboxes. It shows the number of new mail
       messages, if any, otherwise 0. In classic mode instead of 0 it shows the total  number  of
       messages.   It  also  has  mail  retrieval  capabilities, and can be configured to do this
       automatically. At the moment, UNIX-style, maildir, POP3,  APOP  and  IMAP4  mailboxes  are
       supported.

       The  mailboxes are displayed in 5 different lines, each one with its own description of up
       to five chars. If no mail is present in a given mailbox, WMbiff  will  display  the  total
       number  of  mails in cyan. If there's new mail in the box, the number of new messages will
       be displayed in yellow. When new mail arrives, this number will  optionally  flash  for  a
       small  period of time, and also optionally, a command can be executed on mail arrival (for
       example, opening your mail reader or playing a sound file).

       Pressing mouse button 1 will execute a command, defined in the user's config  file.  Mouse
       button 3 will execute a command to fetch mail, if defined.  To restart wmbiff, press mouse
       button 1 while holding control and shift keys, or send it SIGUSR1.

OPTIONS

-h Show summary of options.

-v Show version of program.

-display <display name>
Use an alternate X Display.

-geometry <geometry>
Initial window position.

-c <filename>
Use specified configuration file instead of ~/.wmbiffrc.

-debug Print verbose log of progress.

-fg <color>
Use specified X11 color for foreground. Implies -font default, unless overridden.

-bg <color>
Use specified X11 color for background. Implies -font default, unless overridden.

-hi <color>
Use specified X11 color for new mail counters. Implies -font default, unless
overridden.

-font <font>
Use specified X11 font instead of the LED pixmap. This may be more readable or
suitable for some non-US characters. The special font "default" tells wmbiff to
use a compile time default.

-skip-certificate-check
When using TLS (IMAPS), keep going, even if the server's certificate is invalid.
Invalid certificates have expired, have a different hostname than you connected to,
are corrupt, or have been revoked. Do not use this option unless wmbiff fails and
suggests it to you, and even then, be careful and consider alerting your mail
system administrator first. The need to use this option is a sign of server
misconfiguration.

-relax Assume the configuration is correct, parse it without paranoia, and assume
hostnames are okay.

-o Enable classical mode look and behaviour: shows the number of new mail messages, if
any, or the total number of messages. This option also enables the special keyword
"beep" (disabled by default).

+w Do not use the "withdrawn" state: the wmbiff window will not be captured as an icon
and placed in the dock, but will instead have its own window. This option starts
with a '+' for consistency with other software programs: many use '-w' to mean the
opposite.

BUGS

       Send bug reports or suggestions to the Window  Maker  Development  Mailing  List  <wmaker-
       dev@googlegroups.com>.   Consider attaching a transcript of your session, generated using:
              wmbiff -debug | tee wmbiff-log
       Be sure to remove any instances of your password.

FILES

       ~/.wmbiffrc
              peruser wmbiff configuration file.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>, originally for the
       Debian system (but may be used by others).
       WMBiff was first maintained by Gennady Belyakov. Since January 2001 it is maintained group
       of  people  that  have  added lots of new features to the original program. Please see the
       README document for a list of all the people involved.