WMBIFF(1)

💌 WMBIFF — bestie, it's a dockable Mailbox Monitor 💌

okay so like. wmbiff is the manual page name, and it's section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and honestly? it's giving "your mail, but make it a vibe". let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's the whole mood right there. no cap.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so WMbiff shows you the status of up to five mailboxes. iconic. it tells you the number of new mail messages, if there are any, and if there aren't any it just shows 0. BUT — in classic mode, instead of showing 0 it shows you the total number of messages. periodt.

it also has mail retrieval capabilities and can be configured to do that automatically, which is lowkey the best part. rn it supports UNIX-style, maildir, POP3, APOP and IMAP4 mailboxes. we love range 💅

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 gets 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 — like opening your mail reader or playing a sound file. main character behavior tbh 🎀

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. slay.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h — shows a summary of options. your little cheat sheet bestie 💖
• -v — shows the version of the program. flex the build.
• -display <display name> — use an alternate X Display.
• -geometry <geometry> — initial window position.
• -c <filename> — use the specified configuration file instead of ~/.wmbiffrc.
• -debug — print a verbose log of progress. very "let me see the receipts" of it.
• -fg <color> — use the specified X11 color for foreground. implies -font default, unless overridden.
• -bg <color> — use the specified X11 color for background. implies -font default, unless overridden.
• -hi <color> — use the specified X11 color for new mail counters. implies -font default, unless overridden.
• -font <font> — use the 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. 🦋
• -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.

okay bestie, listen. 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. like, it's giving 🚩 not 🎀.

• -relax — assume the configuration is correct, parse it without paranoia, and assume hostnames are okay. chill vibes only.
• -o — enable classical mode look and behaviour: shows the number of new mail messages, if any, or the total number of messages. this option also enables the special keyword "beep" (disabled by default). 🔊
• +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. iykyk.

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💀 BUGS 💀

send bug reports or suggestions to the Window Maker Development Mailing List <wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com>. consider attaching a transcript of your session, generated using:

wmbiff -debug | tee wmbiff-log

be sure to remove any instances of your password. fr fr. do not be out here leaking your creds to the group chat 😭

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• ~/.wmbiffrc — peruser wmbiff configuration file.

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👑 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 by a 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. we stan a collaborative effort 🌈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

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

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and that's the whole page bestie ✨ this was wmbiff, from the General Commands Manual, dated October 4, 2001 — yes she's a 2001 girlie and she's still serving 💖 go read your mail, drink some water, and remember: never -skip-certificate-check unless you really have to. mwah 🫶💅