NAME

       wmail - watches your inbox

SYNOPSIS

       wmail [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       wmail  is a Window Maker docklet watching your inbox, which is either a ordinary mbox or a
       directory conforming to qmails Maildir format. It provides a nice  little  GUI  displaying
       some useful pieces of information about your inbox.

       -display <string>
              display to use

       -c, --command <string>
              command to run on button-click ("xterm -e mail" is default)

       -i, --intervall <number>
              number of seconds between mail-status updates (1 is default)

       -f, --familyname
              tickers the family-name if available

       -fps, --frames <number>
              ticker frames per second

       -s, --shortname
              tickers the nickname (all before the '@')

       -sc, --symbolcolor <string>
              symbol color-name

       -fc, --fontcolor <string>
              ticker-font color-name

       -bc, --backcolor <string>
              backlight color-name

       -oc, --offcolor <string>
              off-light color-name

       -bg, --background <string>
              frame-background for non-shaped window

       -ns, --noshape
              make the dockapp non-shaped (combine with -w)

       -n, --new
              forces wmail to show new mail exclusively

       -mb, --mailbox <string>
              specify another mailbox ($MAIL is default)

       -e, --execute <string>
              command to execute when receiving a new mail

       -sf, --statusfield
              consider the status-field of the mail header to distinguish unread mails

       -rs, --readstatus <string>
              status field content that your client uses to mark read mails

       -fn, --tickerfont <string>
              use specified X11 font to draw the ticker

       -h, --help
              shows this help text and exit

       -v, --version
              shows program version and exit

       -w, --windowed
              runs the application in windowed mode

ENVIRONMENT

       wmail recognizes the following environment variables:

       $MAIL

              The location of the inbox you are using

NOTES

       Other  mailing mechanisms like POP or IMAP are not supported. Use a tool like fetchmail to
       retrieve POP or IMAP based mail.

AUTHORS

       wmail was written by Sven Geisenhainer. This man page was written by Felipe Augusto van de
       Wiel.

SEE ALSO

       fetchmail(1).