NAME

       awayrc - configuration file for Away

DESCRIPTION

       An  away configuration file consists of a series of commands.  Each line of the file may contain only one
       command.  Command names are case-insensitive.  Commands and arguments are separated by spaces.

       The hash mark, or pound sign ("#"), is used as a comment character.  You can  use  it  to  annotate  your
       configuration file.  All text after the comment character to the end of the line is ignored.

       Take  note  that if any mailboxes are configured in the rc file, they will be the only mailboxes checked,
       which means that you must add your inbox--the $MAIL environment variable will be ignored.

COMMANDS

       mail VALUE
              This command allows the user to disable or enable the checking of the user's mailboxes.   If  mail
              checking  is  disabled,  all  mailbox and maildir commands are ignored.  VALUE can be 0, 1, no, or
              yes.  The default value is 'yes'.

       mailbox FILENAME
              A file that should be checked for "new mail."  The filename  will  be  appended  to  the  previous
              maildir  declaration.  An optional description of the mailbox may be supplied.  If the description
              contains a space, the entire description must be enclosed in braces, "{" and "}".

       maildir DIRECTORY
              A path where subsequent mailbox declarations will be located.   The  only  argument  is  the  path
              itself.

       persist VALUE
              This command will set whether to do persistent mail checking.  VALUE can be 0, 1, no, or yes.  The
              default value is 'yes'.

       time SECONDS
              This  command  will  set  the  number of seconds that away sleeps before performing its background
              tasks.  Presently, the only background task that away will perform is the checking  of  mailboxes.
              The  SECONDS value must be more than the minimum, which set at compile time.  The only argument is
              the number of seconds.  The default value is 300.

EXAMPLE

       # check mailboxes
       mail yes

       # check mail every 60 seconds
       time 60

       # do not do persistent checking
       persist no

       # inbox
       maildir /var/spool/mail
           mailbox johndoe                {your Inbox}

       # procmail folders
       maildir /home/johndoe/mail
           mailbox linux-security         {Linux Security}
           mailbox mutt-announce          {Mutt Announce}

FILES

       ~/.awayrc
              Per user configuration file.

BUGS

       Bug reports should be sent to the away mailing list <away@unbeatenpath.net>.

SEE ALSO

       away(1)

AUTHORS

       Cameron Moore <cameron@unbeatenpath.net>, and others.

Linux                                             November 2000                                        awayrc(5)