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NAME
exim_msgdate - Utility to convert an exim message-id to a human readable date+time
SYNOPSIS
exim_msgdate [ -u|--unix | --GMT | --z|-Zulu | --UTC | -l|--local ] [ --base 36 | --base 62 | --base36 | --base62 | --b36 | --b62 ] [ --pid ] [ --debug ] [ --localhost_number ] [ -c c<full path to exim cnfig file> ] exim-message-id [ | exim-message-id ...] exim_msgdate --help|--man
DESCRIPTION
exim_msgdate is a tool which converts an exim message-id to a human readable form, usuall just the date+time, but with the --pid option the process id as well.
Message IDs:
Three exim message ID formats are recognized. In each case the 'X's are taken from the base (see below) which depends upon the platform. XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XX found in the exim logfile, EXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XX found in the Message-Id header, XXXXXX just the first six characters of the message id.
OPTIONS
Time Zones and Unix Time -u | --unix Display time as seconds since 1 Jan 1970, the Unix Epoch. --GMT -u|--UTC -z|--zulu Display time in GMT/UTC - we assume these are the same. Zulu time is another name for GMT. -l | --local Display time in the local time-zone. Do not confuse this with the --localhost_number option. The default is the local timezone. User Assistance Options --help A brief list of the options --man A more detailed manual for exim_msgdate --debug Information about what went wrong, mostly for developers. Specialized Options --base n | --base36 | --base62 The message-id is usually encoded in base-62 (0-9A-Za-z), but on systems with case- insensitive file systems, such as MacOS and Cygwin, base-36 (0-9A-Z) is used instead. The installation script should have set the default appropriately, but these options allow the default base to be overridden. The default matches "exim"; in this installation it is base-62. --pid Report the process id as well as the date and time in the message-id. --localhost_number n If the Exim configuration option localhost_number has been set, the third and final section of the message-id will include this and the timer resolution will change (see the Exim Spec. for details). "Exim_msgdate" reads the Exim config file (see --C) to find this value, but it can be overridden with this option. The value is an integer between 0 and 16, or the value "none" which means there is no localhost_number. Do not confuse this with the --local option, which displays times in the local timezone. --C full path to exim configuration file This overrides the usual exim search path. We set "localhost_number" from the exim configfile. -dexim_path The test test harness passes the full path of the "exim" binary, or here the "exim_msgdate" being tested. Not currently used.
SEE ALSO:
exim(8) Exim spec.txt chapter 4 <https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch- how_exim_receives_and_delivers_mail.html#SECTmessiden>