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GNU Mailutils

This edition of the GNU Mailutils Manual, last updated on 3 May 2015, documents GNU Mailutils Version 2.99.99.

• Introduction:

Preliminary Information.

• Programs:

Mailutils Programs.

• Libraries:

Mailutils Libraries.

• Sieve Language:

The Sieve Language.

• Reporting Bugs:

How to Report a Bug.

• News:

Getting News About GNU Mailutils.

• Acknowledgement:

Thanks and Credits.


Appendices

• References:

References.

• Date Input Formats:

• Usage Vars:

Configuring Help Summary

• GNU FDL:

This manual is under the GNU Free Documentation License.


Indices

• Function Index:

All Mailutils Functions.

• Variable Index:

All Mailutils Variables.

• Keyword Index:

Index of Keywords.

• Program Index:

All Mailutils Programs.

• Concept Index:

Index of Concepts.

 — The Detailed Node Listing —

Introduction

• Book Contents:

What this Book Contains

• History:

A bit of History


Mailutils Programs

• command line:

Command Line Syntax.

• configuration:

Common Configuration File.

• debugging:

• frm and from:

List Headers from a Mailbox.

• mail:

Send and Receive Mail.

• messages:

Count the Number of Messages in a Mailbox.

• movemail:

Moves Mail from the User Maildrop to the Local File.

• readmsg:

Extract Messages from a Folder.

• sieve:

Mail Filtering Utility.

• guimb:

Mailbox Scanning and Processing Language.

• maidag:

General-purpose Mail Delivery Agent.

• mimeview:

Universal File Viewer.

• pop3d:

POP3 Daemon.

• imap4d:

IMAP4 Daemon.

• comsatd:

Comsat Daemon.

• mh:

The MH Message Handling System.

• mu:

Mailutils Multi-Purpose Tool.


Command Line

• Option Basics:

Basic Notions About Command Line Options.

• Common Options:

Options That are Common for All Utilities.


Mailutils Configuration File

• conf-syntax:

Configuration File Syntax

• Include:

Include Statement

• Logging Statement:

• Debug Statement:

• Mailbox Statement:

• Locking Statement:

• Mailer Statement:

• ACL Statement:

• Tcp-wrappers Statement:

• Server Settings:

• Auth Statement:

• PAM Statement:

• Virtdomain Statement:

• Radius Statement:

• SQL Statement:

• LDAP Statement:

• TLS Statement:

• GSASL Statement:


Configuration File Syntax

• Comments:

• Statements:

• Paths:


Server Settings

• General Server Configuration:

• Server Statement:


Debugging

• Level Syntax:

• Level BNF:

• Debugging Categories:


mail — Send and Receive Mail

• Invoking Mail:

Command Line Options.

• Specifying Messages:

How to Specify Message Sets.

• Composing Mail:

Composing Mail.

• Reading Mail:

Reading Mail.

• Scripting:

Scripting.

• Mail Variables:

How to Alter the Behavior of mail.

• Mail Configuration Files:

Personal and System-wide Configuration Files.


Composing Mail

• Quitting Compose Mode:

• Getting Help on Compose Escapes:

• Editing the Message:

• Modifying the Headers:

• Enclosing Another Message:

• Adding a File to the Message:

• Printing And Saving the Message:

• Signing the Message:

• Printing Another Message:

• Inserting Value of a Mail Variable:

• Executing Other Mail Commands:

• Executing Shell Commands:


Reading Mail

• Quitting the Program:

• Obtaining Online Help:

• Moving Within a Mailbox:

• Changing mailbox/directory:

• Controlling Header Display:

• Displaying Information:

• Displaying Messages:

• Marking Messages:

• Disposing of Messages:

• Saving Messages:

• Editing Messages:

• Aliasing:

• Replying:

• Controlling Sender Fields:

• Incorporating New Mail:

• Shell Escapes:


movemail — Moves Mail from the User Maildrop to the Local File

• Movemail Configuration:

• Movemail Options:

Description of the Available Options

• Ownership:

Setting Destination Mailbox Ownership

• Summary:

Short Movemail Invocation Summary


readmsg — Extract Messages from a Folder

• Opt-readmsg:

Invocation of readmsg.

• Conf-readmsg:

Configuration of readmsg.


sieve

• sieve interpreter:

A Sieve Interpreter

• sieve.scm:

A Sieve to Scheme Translator and Filter


A Sieve Interpreter

• Invoking Sieve:

• Sieve Configuration:

• Logging and Debugging:

• Extending Sieve:


guimb — A Mailbox Scanning and Processing Language

• Specifying Scheme Program to Execute:

• Specifying Mailboxes to Operate Upon:

• Passing Options to Scheme:

• Command Line Option Summary:


maidag

• Sendmail-maidag:

Using maidag with Sendmail.

• Exim-maidag:

Using maidag with Exim.

• MeTA1-maidag:

Using maidag with MeTA1.

• Mailbox Quotas:

• Maidag Scripting:

• Forwarding:

• Url-mode:

Delivering Messages to a URL.

• Remote Mailbox Delivery:

• Conf-maidag:

Maidag Configuration File Summary


Mailbox Quotas

• DBM Quotas:

Keeping Quotas in DBM File.

• SQL Quotas:

Keeping Quotas in SQL Database.


Maidag Scripting

• Sieve Maidag Filters:

• Scheme Maidag Filters:

• Python Maidag Filters:


mimeview

• Mimeview Invocation:

• Mimeview Config:


POP3 Daemon

• Login delay:

• Auto-expire:

• Bulletins:

• Conf-pop3d:

Pop3d Configuration

• Command line options:


IMAP4 Daemon

• Namespace:

Namespace.

• Conf-imap4d:

Configuration.

• Starting imap4d:

Invocation Options.


Comsat Daemon

• Starting comsatd:

Invocation.

• Configuring comsatd:

Configuration of comsatd.

• dot.biffrc:

A per-user configuration file.


Configuring comsatd

• General Settings:

• Security Settings:


MH — The MH Message Handling System

• Diffs:

Major differences between Mailutils MH and other MH implementations.


Major differences between Mailutils MH and other MH implementations

• Format String Diffs:

• Profile Variable Diffs:

• Program Diffs:

MU

• mu invocation syntax:

• mu help:

• mu info:

• mu cflags:

• mu ldflags:

• mu query:

• mu 2047:

• mu filter:

• mu acl:

• mu wicket:

• mu dbm:

• mu logger:

• mu pop:

• mu imap:


mu dbm

• Create a Database:

• Add Records to a Database:

• Delete Records:

• List the Database:

• Dump the Database:

• Dump Formats:

• Dbm Exit Codes:


Sieve Language

• Lexical Structure:

• Syntax:

• Preprocessor:

• Require Statement:

• Comparators:

• Tests:

• Actions:

• GNU Extensions:


Syntax

• Commands:

• Actions Described:

• Control Flow:

• Tests and Conditions:


Preprocessor

• #include:

Include the contents of a file.

• #searchpath:

Modify the current search path.


Tests

• Built-in Tests:

• External Tests:


Actions

• Built-in Actions:

• External Actions:


Date Input Formats

• General date syntax:

Common rules.

• Calendar date items:

19 Dec 1994.

• Time of day items:

9:20pm.

• Time zone items:

EST, PDT, GMT.

• Day of week items:

Monday and others.

• Relative items in date strings:

next tuesday, 2 years ago.

• Pure numbers in date strings:

19931219, 1440.

• Seconds since the Epoch:

@1078100502.

• Specifying time zone rules:

TZ="America/New_York", TZ="UTC0".

• Authors of get_date:

Bellovin, Eggert, Salz, Berets, et al.

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