---
name: "wmf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmf"
version: "1.0.5-8.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmf"
---

# wmf(1)

convert and index mails in html format.

## NAME

wmf - convert and index mails in html format.

## SYNOPSIS

**wmf** \[ *options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

WMF (Web Mail Folder) generates html-pages from email. Source can be a file or stdin.

## OPTIONS

Available command line options are the following:

- \-?

  Print a summary of command line options.

- \-a url

  About link. If this link presents it will be placed to the index section.

- \-c file

  Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)

- \-d directory

  Where all the files write to (default ./)

- \-e command

  Mail-command (default MAILTO:)

- \-f permission

  Set file permission after creation. Numeric mode only like chown (1)

- \-h

  Print a summary of command line options.

- \-l days

  Daylimit, mails older then \<days\> day won't be listed in the indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0).

- \-m mbox

  Name of the mailbox file, - is used for stdin.

- \-n name

  Name of the mail folder.

- \-p lines

  Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0). Threads won't be brocken.

- \-r

  Reverse sorting.

- \-t level

  threading level limitation

- \-v

  Print the programname and the version.

- \-w mode

  Write-mode (0=indexing 1=overwrite 2=append 3=append no index). **Mode 0:** If you made changes manual or anything went wrong until indexing. **Mode 1:** If you want to start from scratch witch one big mbox file. *Warning: All files in the directory will be deleted !!!* **Mode 2:** If you want to extend an existing archive. **Mode 3:** Specialy made if you need to convert emails stored in single files. After converting all files you can call WMF again in Mode 0 for indexing.

- \-x level

  Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)

## ENVIROMENT

All switches can be defined with enviroments.

- WMF\_CONFIG

  Another configurationfile (default ~/.wmfrc)

- WMF\_DAYS

  Daylimit, mails older then \<days\> day won't be listed in the indexes. 0 = no limit (default=0)

- WMF\_DEBUG

  Debug level (Bit0=Functions Bit1=Information Bit2=Fileoperations)

- WMF\_EXTENSION

  Define the file extension (default=".html").

- WMF\_DIR

  Where all the files write to (default ./)

- WMF\_LINES

  Lines / page index. 0 = only one page (default 0) Threads won't be brocken.

- WMF\_MBOX

  Name of the mailbox, - is used for stdin

- WMF\_MCMD

  Mail-command (default MAILTO:)

- WMF\_NAME

  Name of the mailinglist

- WMF\_RSORT

  Reverse sorting

- WMF\_WMODE

  Write-mode (0=indexing 1=append 2=overwrite)

## EXAMPLES

## AUTHOR

```
Norbert Kuemin <norbert.kuemin@gmx.net>
```

## FILES

```
~/.wmfrc
```

## SEE ALSO

```
wmfrc (1), procmail (1)
```

## NOTES

```
Thanks to all the people, who sent emails with bug-reports and suggestions.
```

## BUGS

```
There will always rest one bug (Murphys law). If you find it, so please
report it to Norbert.Kuemin@gmx.net
```

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright 1996, 1997 by Norbert Kuemin.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
```