WMF(1)

🌸 WMF — the web mail folder glow-up 💌

okay bestie, listen up, because wmf is literally the moment. it's the Web Mail Folder tool — it takes your emails and turns them into html pages. iconic behavior honestly. your source can be a file or stdin, so it's flexible like that. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

wmf [ options ]

no args? no problem. just vibes and options. 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

WMF (that's Web Mail Folder, keep up 🎀) generates html-pages from email. that's the whole personality. the source can be a file or stdin — whatever you're feeling today.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

Available command line options are the following — and yes, we're listing all of them, no skipping, we're thorough here:

• -? — print a summary of the command line options. your little cheat sheet 🫶
• -a url — the About link. if this link presents, it gets placed in the index section. cute little credit moment ✨
• -c file — another configurationfile. default is ~/.wmfrc 💜
• -d directory — where all the files write to. default is ./ 🍓
• -e command — the Mail-command. default is MAILTO: 📮
• -f permission — set file permission after creation. numeric mode only, like chown (1) 🔒
• -h — print a summary of command line options. same energy as -?, both icons fr 😌
• -l days — Daylimit. mails older than <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 🧵 (yes, brocken. we respect the original spelling in this house)
• -r — reverse sorting 🔄
• -t level — threading level limitation 🌳
• -v — print the programname and the version. identity reveal moment 💫
• -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 !!! — yes bestie, ALL of them. this is not a drill. 💀

• Mode 2: if you want to extend an existing archive. 📚
• Mode 3: specially 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) 🐛

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🌈 ENVIROMENT 🌈

(yes, it's spelled that way, we don't make the rules 💖)

All switches can be defined with enviroments. so like, everything up there? also down here. versatile king.

• WMF_CONFIG — another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc) 💜
• WMF_DAYS — Daylimit. mails older than <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) ✍️

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

so... this section is literally empty in the original. nothing. not a single example. it's giving "we'll add it later" energy 😭 so i'm not gonna invent anything, because inventing technical claims is not the vibe. the examples section simply is, and we respect it. 🙈

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🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net> — the icon who made all of this happen 👑

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📁 FILES 📁

• ~/.wmfrc — the config file, home sweet home 💖

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

• wmfrc (1)
• procmail (1)

go read those too bestie, cross-referencing is self-care ✨

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💫 NOTES 💫

Thanks to all the people, who sent emails with bug-reports and suggestions. y'all are the real ones 🫶

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💀 BUGS 💀

There will always rest one bug (Murphys law). if you find it, so please report it to Norbert.Kuemin@gmx.net. fr fr, don't be shy, they want to know 🐛

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⭐ 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.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this one shipped as part of the 4th Berkeley Distribution, dated November 1996, and the manual page is WMF(1). vintage, iconic, still slaying. 💅✨