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awayrc

awayrc(5)							   User Manuals 							 awayrc(5)

NAME

       awayrc - configuration file for Away

DESCRIPTION

       An  away configuration file consists of a series of commands.  Each line of the file may contain only one command.  Command names are case-
       insensitive.  Commands and arguments are separated by spaces.

       The hash mark, or pound sign ("#"), is used as a comment character.  You can use it to annotate your configuration file.   All  text  after
       the comment character to the end of the line is ignored.

       Take  note that if any mailboxes are configured in the rc file, they will be the only mailboxes checked, which means that you must add your
       inbox--the $MAIL environment variable will be ignored.

COMMANDS

       mail VALUE
	      This command allows the user to disable or enable the checking of the user's mailboxes.  If mail checking is disabled,  all  mailbox
	      and maildir commands are ignored.  VALUE can be 0, 1, no, or yes.  The default value is 'yes'.

       mailbox FILENAME
	      A  file  that  should  be  checked  for "new mail."  The filename will be appended to the previous maildir declaration.  An optional
	      description of the mailbox may be supplied.  If the description contains a space, the entire description must be enclosed in braces,
	      "{" and "}".

       maildir DIRECTORY
	      A path where subsequent mailbox declarations will be located.  The only argument is the path itself.

       persist VALUE
	      This command will set whether to do persistent mail checking.  VALUE can be 0, 1, no, or yes.  The default value is 'yes'.

       time SECONDS
	      This command will set the number of seconds that away sleeps before performing its background tasks.  Presently, the only background
	      task that away will perform is the checking of mailboxes.  The SECONDS value must be more than the minimum,  which  set  at  compile
	      time.  The only argument is the number of seconds.  The default value is 300.

EXAMPLE

       # check mailboxes
       mail yes

       # check mail every 60 seconds
       time 60

       # do not do persistent checking
       persist no

       # inbox
       maildir /var/spool/mail
	   mailbox johndoe		  {your Inbox}

       # procmail folders
       maildir /home/johndoe/mail
	   mailbox linux-security	  {Linux Security}
	   mailbox mutt-announce	  {Mutt Announce}

FILES

       ~/.awayrc
	      Per user configuration file.

BUGS

       Bug reports should be sent to the away mailing list <away@unbeatenpath.net>.

SEE ALSO

       away(1)

AUTHORS

       Cameron Moore <cameron@unbeatenpath.net>, and others.

Linux								   November 2000							 awayrc(5)

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