---
name: "wmail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmail"
version: "2.3-2+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmail"
---

# wmail(1)

watches your inbox

## 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 qmail's 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**, **--interval** \<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

- **-rc**, **--rcfile** \<string\>

  specify another rc-file ($HOME/.wmailrc is default)

- **-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 originally written by Sven Geisenhainer, with more recent updates by Doug Torrance and Jeremy Sowden.  This man page was written by Felipe Augusto van de Wiel.

## SEE ALSO

[**fetchmail**(1)](/fetchmail/1.md).