NAME

       wmf - convert and index mails in html format.

SYNOPSIS

       wmf [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       WMF (Web Mail Folder) generates html-pages from email. Source can be a file or stdin.

OPTIONS

       Available command line options are the following:

       -?     Print a summary of command line options.

       -a url About link. If this link presents it will be placed to the index section.

       -c file
              Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)

       -d directory
              Where all the files write to (default ./)

       -e command
              Mail-command (default MAILTO:)

       -f permission
              Set file permission after creation. Numeric mode only like chown (1)

       -h     Print a summary of command line options.

       -l days
              Daylimit, mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the indexes.  0 = no limit
              (default=0).

       -m mbox
              Name of the mailbox file, - is used for stdin.

       -n name
              Name of the mail folder.

       -p lines
              Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0).  Threads won't be brocken.

       -r     Reverse sorting.

       -t level
              threading level limitation

       -v     Print the programname and the version.

       -w mode
              Write-mode (0=indexing 1=overwrite 2=append 3=append no index).   Mode  0:  If  you
              made  changes manual or anything went wrong until indexing.  Mode 1: If you want to
              start from scratch witch one big mbox file.  Warning: All files  in  the  directory
              will  be  deleted  !!!  Mode 2: If you want to extend an existing archive.  Mode 3:
              Specialy made if  you  need  to  convert  emails  stored  in  single  files.  After
              converting all files you can call WMF again in Mode 0 for indexing.

       -x level
              Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)

ENVIROMENT

       All switches can be defined with enviroments.

       WMF_CONFIG
              Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)

       WMF_DAYS
              Daylimit,  mails older then <days> day won't be listed in the indexes. 0 = no limit
              (default=0)

       WMF_DEBUG
              Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)

       WMF_EXTENSION
              Define the file extension (default=".html").

       WMF_DIR
              Where all the files write to (default ./)

       WMF_LINES
              Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0) Threads won't be brocken.

       WMF_MBOX
              Name of the mailbox, - is used for stdin

       WMF_MCMD
              Mail-command (default MAILTO:)

       WMF_NAME
              Name of the mailinglist

       WMF_RSORT
              Reverse sorting

       WMF_WMODE
              Write-mode (0=indexing 1=append 2=overwrite)

EXAMPLES

AUTHOR

       Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net>

FILES

       ~/.wmfrc

SEE ALSO

       wmfrc (1), procmail (1)

NOTES

       Thanks to all the people, who sent emails with bug-reports and suggestions.

BUGS

       There will always rest one bug (Murphys law). If you find  it,  so  please  report  it  to
       Norbert.Kuemin@gmx.net

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1996, 1997 by Norbert Kuemin.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as  published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,  Cambridge,  MA  02139,
       USA.