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wmail

WMAIL(1)							   User Commands							  WMAIL(1)

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).

July 2006					    wmail v2.0 (C) 2000~2002 Sven Geisenhainer						  WMAIL(1)

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