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MAILESTCTL(1)		     General Commands Manual		   MAILESTCTL(1)

NAME
     mailestctl -- control the mailest

SYNOPSIS
     mailestctl [-h] [-S suffix] [-s socket] [-m maildir] command [args ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The mailestctl program controls the mailestd(8) daemon.  To use the mailest
     for the search backend for the Mew program, see the EXAMPLE section in mew-
     mailest(1).

     The options are as follows:

     -S suffix
	     The suffix of the mail files instead of the default .mew.	This op-
	     tion  is only used only when the mailestctl invoking mailestd(8) to
	     pass the suffix configuration.  This option exists to keep the com-
	     patibility with the existing "mewest", and it  doesn't  change  the
	     suffix   configuration   of   the	running  mailestd(8).	See  the
	     mailestd.conf(5) to configure in proper way.

     -s socket
	     Use the socket instead of the  default  (maildir)/.mailest.sock  to
	     comunicate with mailestd(8).

     -m maildir
	     The  base	directory  of  the  mail  folders instead of the default
	     ${HOME}/Mail.

     -h      Show the usage.

     The following commands are available:

     start   Start the mailestd(8) daemon.

     stop    Stop the running mailestd(8) daemon.

     restart
	     Restart the mailestd(8) daemon.

     message-id message-id
	     Search the indexes by the message-id.

     parent-id message-id
	     Search the indexes by the parent message's message-id.

     csearch [-vu] [-max max] [-ord ord] [-ic ic] [-attr attr] phrase
	     Search the indexes of the mail messages in estcmd(1) compatible ar-
	     guments.  This command is used by "Mew" though the wrapper  program
	     mew-mailest(1)  to  search  the  file names which include the given
	     phrase.  Specify -vu always since the other output options are  not
	     avaiable.	 The mailestd(8) daemon will start automatically if it's
	     not running.

     update [folder]
	     Start the indexes of the messages.  If the folder is specified, the
	     indexing is done in the specified folder, otherwise index all fold-
	     ers following the configuration of mailestd.  A shell globing  pat-
	     tern  (like "openbsd-*") is usable for the folder.  The mailestd(8)
	     daemon will start automatically if it's not running.

     suspend
	     Suspend the indexing.

     resume  Resume the indexing.

     debug   Increase the debug level of the mailestd(8) daemon.

     -- -debug
	     Decrease the debug level of the mailestd(8) daemon.  "--" is needed
	     to speparate this command from treating as the mailestctl program's
	     option.

FILES
     ${HOME}/Mail	      Default maildir.
     (maildir)/.mailest.sock  Unix-domain socket  used	for  communication  with
			      mailestd(8)

SEE ALSO
     mailestd(8), mew-mailest(1)

AUTHORS
     The  mailestctl  program  was  written  by  YASUOKA  Masahiko  <yasuoka@ya-
     suoka.net>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  April 4, 2015 		   MAILESTCTL(1)

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