XFMAIL(1L)XFMailXFMAIL(1L)NAMEXFMail - XForms based mailer application
SYNTAX
xfmail [ options ] [ address , address ]
DESCRIPTIONXFMail is an X11 application for managing electronic mail.
It was created using the XForms library toolkit by T.C.
Zhao and Mark Overmars.
Three different types of mailboxes (folders) are sup
ported:
- standard unix mailbox (elm-style)
- MH (compatible with mhtools)
- IMAP (located on IMAP4 or IMAP4rev1 servers)
XFMail supports the POP, SMTP, and IMAP e-mail protocols
and has full MIME support.
PGP encryption/decryption is supported through an external
PGP utility.
See Help/Contents in the main menu for more info.
OPTIONS
The command line options/arguments are:
address Send mail to address.
-help Display help message
-display display
This option specifies the X server to contact.
-geometry geom
This option specifies the size and/or location of
the window.
-private
Use private colormap
-standard
Use standard colormap
-shared Use shared colormap
-double Enable double buffering
-bw width
Set controls border width (-3 ... 3)
-iconic Start iconized
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XFMAIL(1L)XFMailXFMAIL(1L)-readonly
Run in readonly mode. Changes to configuration
files will not be saved. More than one copy of
XFMail can be started from the same account.
-cfgfile <file>
Use <file> instead of .xfmailrc (Can be also set
through XFMAILRC environment variable)
-cfgdir <dir>
Set XFMail configuration directory to <dir>
instead of ~/.xfmail/ (Can be also set through
XFMAILDIR environment variable)
-compose
Go directly into message composer (this mode is
choosed automatically if any <addrs> are speci
fied)
-message <file>
Use <file> as message text (- for stdin)
-withhdr
Signifies that <file> used with -message contains
message header as well
-subject , -s <subject>
Specify message subject (be careful to quote sub
jects containing spaces.)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution
of XFMail:
XFMAILRC
The location of .xfmailrc configuration file
(default is ~/.xfmail/.xfmailrc)
XFMAILDIR
The directory which holds XFMail configuration
files (default is ~/.xfmail/)
USER Your username
HOME Your home directory
SEE ALSOxforms(5), X(1), RFC822
See http://burka.netvision.net.il/xfmail/xfmail.html for
more details
AUTHOR
Copyright 1995-1998 by Gennady B. Sorokopud
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