NAME

       WMBiff - A dockable Mailbox Monitor

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       WMbiff displays the status of up to five mailboxes. It shows the number of new mail messages, if any,  or
       the  total  number  of messages.  It also has mail retrieval capabilies, and can be configured to do this
       automatically. At the moment, UNIX-style, maildir, POP3, APOP and IMAP4 mailboxes are supported.   WMbiff
       also  supports  Licq  history  files  and gnomeicu, displaying the number of new messages in your running
       session, as if they were mail.

       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.  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.

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

       -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.

       +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   WMBiff    Development    Mailing    List    <wmbiff-
       devel@lists.sourceforge.net>.   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.

SEE ALSO

       wmbiffrc(5)
       /usr/share/doc/wmbiff/examples/sample.wmbiffrc (or equivalent for your system)

wmbiff                                           October 4, 2001                                       WMBIFF(1)