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WMBIFF(1)		     General Commands Manual		       WMBIFF(1)

NAME
     WMBiff - A dockable Mailbox Monitor

SYNOPSIS
     wmbiff  [-display	<display  name>]  [-geometry +XPOS+YPOS] [-c <filename>]
     [-h] [-v] [-debug] [-fg <foreground-color>] [-bg  <background-color>]  [-hi
     <highlight-color>] [-font <X11 font>|default] [-o] [+w]

DESCRIPTION
     WMbiff  displays the status of up to five mailboxes. It shows the number of
     new mail messages, if any, otherwise 0. In classic mode  instead  of  0  it
     shows  the  total number of messages.  It also has mail retrieval capabili-
     ties, and can be configured to do this automatically. At the moment,  UNIX-
     style, maildir, POP3, APOP and IMAP4 mailboxes are supported.

     The mailboxes are displayed in 5 different lines, each one with its own de-
     scription	of  up	to five chars. If no mail is present in a given mailbox,
     WMbiff will display the total number of mails in cyan. If there's new  mail
     in  the  box,  the number of new messages will be displayed in yellow. When
     new mail arrives, this number will optionally flash for a small  period  of
     time,  and  also optionally, a command can be executed on mail arrival (for
     example, opening your mail reader or playing a sound file).

     Pressing mouse button 1 will execute a command, defined in the user's  con-
     fig  file. Mouse button 3 will execute a command to fetch mail, if defined.
     To restart wmbiff, press mouse button 1 while  holding  control  and  shift
     keys, or send it SIGUSR1.

OPTIONS
     -h     Show summary of options.

     -v     Show version of program.

     -display <display name>
	    Use an alternate X Display.

     -geometry <geometry>
	    Initial window position.

     -c <filename>
	    Use specified configuration file instead of ~/.wmbiffrc.

     -debug
	    Print verbose log of progress.

     -fg <color>
	    Use  specified  X11 color for foreground. Implies -font default, un-
	    less overridden.

     -bg <color>
	    Use specified X11 color for background. Implies -font  default,  un-
	    less overridden.

     -hi <color>
	    Use  specified  X11  color	for new mail counters. Implies -font de-
	    fault, unless overridden.

     -font <font>
	    Use specified X11 font instead of the LED pixmap.  This may be  more
	    readable  or  suitable for some non-US characters.	The special font
	    "default" tells wmbiff to use a compile time default.

     -skip-certificate-check
	    When using TLS (IMAPS), keep going, even if the server's certificate
	    is invalid.  Invalid certificates have  expired,  have  a  different
	    hostname  than  you connected to, are corrupt, or have been revoked.
	    Do not use this option unless wmbiff fails and suggests it	to  you,
	    and even then, be careful and consider alerting your mail system ad-
	    ministrator  first.  The need to use this option is a sign of server
	    misconfiguration.

     -relax
	    Assume the configuration is correct, parse it without paranoia,  and
	    assume hostnames are okay.

     -o     Enable  classical  mode  look and behaviour: shows the number of new
	    mail messages, if any, or the total number of messages.  This option
	    also enables the special keyword "beep" (disabled by default).

     +w     Do not use the "withdrawn" state: the wmbiff window will not be cap-
	    tured as an icon and placed in the dock, but will instead  have  its
	    own  window.   This  option  starts  with a '+' for consistency with
	    other software programs: many use '-w' to mean the opposite.

BUGS
     Send bug reports or suggestions to the  Window  Maker  Development  Mailing
     List  <wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com>.    Consider  attaching a transcript of
     your session, generated using:
	    wmbiff -debug | tee wmbiff-log
     Be sure to remove any instances of your password.

FILES
     ~/.wmbiffrc
	    peruser wmbiff configuration file.

AUTHOR
     This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>, orig-
     inally for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
     WMBiff was first maintained by Gennady Belyakov. Since January 2001  it  is
     maintained  group	of  people  that  have added lots of new features to the
     original program. Please see the README document for a list of all the peo-
     ple involved.

SEE ALSO
     wmbiffrc(5)
     /usr/share/doc/wmbiff/examples/sample.wmbiffrc (or equivalent for your sys-
     tem)

wmbiff				 October 4, 2001		       WMBIFF(1)

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