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GNU Mailutils
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This edition of the 'GNU Mailutils Manual', last updated on 2 January
2022, documents GNU Mailutils Version 3.14.
Introduction- Preliminary Information.
- Mailbox
- Mailboxes and URLs.
- 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
- Date/time Format String
- 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
Mailbox
- Local Mailboxes
- Mailboxes stored on the local file system.
- Remote Mailboxes
- Mailboxes stored on remote hosts.
- SMTP Mailboxes
- Mailboxes that send mail.
- Program Mailboxes
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.
- decodemail
- Decode multipart messages.
- sieve
- Mail Filtering Utility.
- guimb
- Mailbox Scanning and Processing Language.
- mda
- Local Mail Delivery Agent.
- lmtpd
- LMTP Daemon.
- putmail
- Incorporate a Message to a Mailbox.
- mimeview
- Universal File Viewer.
- pop3d
- POP3 Daemon.
- imap4d
- IMAP4 Daemon.
- comsatd
- Comsat Daemon.
- mh
- The MH Message Handling System.
- mailutils
- The Mailutils Multi-Purpose Tool.
- dotlock
- The External Locker Utility.
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
- Variables
- Variable Expansion
- include
- Include Statement
- program statement
- logging statement
- debug statement
- mailbox statement
- mime 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
- tls-file-checks 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.
- Reading Mail
- Reading Mail.
- Saving and Recording
- Where Mail Messages are Stored.
- Composing Mail
- Composing Mail.
- MIME
- How to Attach Files.
- Scripting
- Scripting.
- Mail Variables
- How to Alter the Behavior of 'mail'.
- Mail Configuration Files
- Personal and System-wide Configuration Files.
Reading Mail
- Command Syntax
- Syntax of mail internal commands.
- 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
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
- Attaching 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
'movemail' -- Moves Mail from the User Maildrop to the Local File
- Movemail Configuration
- 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'.
'decodemail' - Decode multipart messages
- Opt-decodemail
- Invocation of 'decodemail'.
- Conf-decodemail
- Configuration of 'decodemail'.
- Using-decodemail
- Purpose and caveats of 'decodemail'.
'sieve'
- sieve interpreter
- A Sieve Interpreter
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
mda
- Sendmail-mda
- Using 'mda' with Sendmail.
- Exim-mda
- Using 'mda' with Exim.
- MeTA1-mda
- Using 'mda' with MeTA1.
- Mailbox Quotas
- MDA Scripting
- Forwarding
- Conf-mda
- 'mda' Configuration File Summary.
- Mailing lists
- How to implement Mailing Lists with 'mda'.
Mailbox Quotas
- DBM Quotas
- Keeping Quotas in DBM File.
- SQL Quotas
- Keeping Quotas in SQL Database.
Scripting in 'mda'
- Sieve MDA Filters
- Scheme MDA Filters
- Python MDA Filters
lmtpd
- MeTA1-lmtpd
- Using 'lmtpd' with MeTA1.
putmail
- putmail options
- putmail configuration
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
mailutils
- mailutils invocation syntax
- mailutils help
- Display a terse help summary.
- mailutils info
- Show Mailutils configuration.
- mailutils cflags
- Show compiler options.
- mailutils ldflags
- List libraries required to link.
- mailutils stat
- Show mailbox status.
- mailutils query
- Query configuration values.
- mailutils 2047
- Decode/encode email message headers.
- mailutils filter
- Apply a chain of filters to the input.
- mailutils acl
- Test access control lists.
- mailutils wicket
- Scan wickets for matching URLs.
- mailutils dbm
- DBM management tool.
- mailutils logger
- Log data using Mailutils log facility.
- mailutils pop
- POP3 client shell.
- mailutils imap
- IMAP4 client shell.
- mailutils send
- Send a message.
- mailutils smtp
- Run a SMTP session.
- mailutils maildir_fixup
- Fix-up maildirs created by versions prior to 3.10.90
mailutils 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
- Extensions
- 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
Extensions
- encoded-character
- relational
- variables
- environment
- numaddr
- editheader
- list
- moderator
- pipe
- spamd
- timestamp
- vacation
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.