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NAME

       hmrc - Hypermail configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       Hypermail  can  use  a configuration file to allow you to customize the
       individual aspects of a list.  In past versions  of  hypermail  it  was
       necessary  for  all  hmrc  variables  to begin with ’hm_’.  While still
       supported, it is not necessary to use the ’hm_’ prefix any  longer  and
       this  document  reflects  that.  [This page may be out of date. See the
       hmrc.html file for complete and up to date info.]
(#) are considered comments and are ignored.  The format of the "options" need
to be in lowercase and separated with an equals (=) sign, such as:

       option = value
       mbox = /home/john/my_mailbox
       filemode = 0600
specified,  Hypermail  will  use the one specified as CONFIGFILE in options.h.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       Below is a list of variables that Hypermail understands.

       Boolean numbers can have the value of 0 or 1.

       language = two letter language specification
              This  is  a two-letter string specifying the default language to
              use, or a longer string specifying a language and  locale.   Set
              this  the  value  of  the  language  table  you wish to use when
              running and generating archives.

          Current supported languages:

                de (de_DE) - German
                en (en_US) - English
                es (es_ES) - Spanish
                fi (fi_FI) - Finnish
                fr (fr_FR) - French
                el (el) - Greek
                gr (el_GR) - Greek
                is (is_IS) - Icelandic
                no (no_NO) - Norwegian
                pl (pl_PL) - Polish
                pt (pt_BR) - Brazilian Portuguese
                ru (ru_RU) - Russian
                sv (sv_SE) - Swedish

              The directory /usr/share/i18n/locales on many  systems  has  the
              locale codes that are available on that system.

       mbox = filename
              This  is  the mailbox to read messages in from.  Set this with a
              value of NONE to read from standard input.

       ietf_mbox = boolean_number
              Setting this variable to 1 will tell hypermail that the mbox  is
              formatted  according  to  the  IETF  mbox convention: all lines,
              except for the envelope, are prefixed with a > char.

       linkquotes = [ 0 | 1 ]
              Set this to On to create fine-grained links from quoted text  to
              the  text  where  the  quote  originated.  It  also improves the
              threads index file by more  accurately  matching  messages  with
              replies.  Note  that  this  may be rather cpu intensive (see the
              searchbackmsgnum option to alter the performance).

       eurodate = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to display article received dates with days before
              months instead of months before days.

       folder_by_date = strftime date format
              This  string  causes the messages to be put in subdirectories by
              date. The string will  be  passed  to  strftime(3)  to  generate
              subdirectory  names based on message dates. Suggested values are
              "%y%m" or "%b%y" for monthly subdirectories,  "%Y"  for  yearly,
              "%G/%V"  for  weekly.  Do not alter this for an existing archive
              without removing the old html files. If you use this and  update
              the  archive  incrementally  (e.g.  with  -u),  you must use the
              usegdbm option.

       msgsperfolder = number
              Put messages in  subdirectories  with  this  many  messages  per
              directory.  Do  not  use  this  and  folder_by_date  on the same
              archive.  Do not alter this  for  an  existing  archive  without
              removing  the  old  html  files.  Deleted/expired  messages  ARE
              COUNTED for the purpose of deciding how many messages to put  in
              a subdirectory.

       increment = [ 0 | 1 | -1 ]
              Define  as 1 to append all input messages to the end of existing
              archives.
               Define as 0 for it to read a mailbox that  corresponds  to  the
              entire  archive. (See the mbox_shortened option for an exception
              to the requirement that it be the entire archive).  If there are
              any existing html messages, it will figure out which ones at the
              end of the mailbox are new, and add only those that haven’t been
              converted yet.
               Define  as -1 to have hypermail figure out whether the input is
              entirely new messages to be  appended  or  whether  it  contains
              messages  that  are already in the archive. A value of -1 cannot
              be used with the mbox_shortened option or with  the  -i  command
              line option or with mbox = NONE.

       label = label name
              Define this as the label to put in archives.

       dir = directory
              This is the directory that Hypermail will look for when creating
              and updating archives.  If defined as NONE  the  directory  will
              have the same name as the input mailbox.

          Using  date  substitution cookies, you can tell Hypermail to archive
          messages in directories by the date they were received.

          Substitution cookies supported

              %d - two digit day of month (1-28/30/31)
              %D - three letter day of the week
              %m - two digit month of year (1-12)
              %M - three letter month of year (Jan, ..., Dec)
              %y - four digit year (1990,..2001)

          For example, if you wished to have Hypermail archive files  by  year
          and month, you might use

                    dir = /lists/somelist/%y/%M

          When  a  message  was  processed  it  would  be put into a directory
          /lists/somelist/1998/Jun (if the message is  processed  in  June  of
          1998).   If  the  message arrives and there is no storage directory,
          Hypermail will automatically create it and store the message in  the
          new directory.
           Note  that the date that Hypermail was run will be used, not a date
          from the message (use the folder_by_date option  to  have  Hypermail
          use dates from messages).

       dateformat = strftime date format
              Format  used  in  strftime(3)  call  for  displaying dates.  See
              strftime(3) for the valid conversion specifications.

       stripsubject = string
              A string to be stripped from all subject lines. Helps  unclutter
              mailing lists which add tags to subject lines.

       archives = URL
              This  will  create  a  link  in the archived index pages labeled
              Other mail archives to the specified URL.  Set this to  NONE  to
              omit such a link.

       custom_archives = HTML text
              If  this variable is defined, a navigation entry will be created
              below the sorted_by_x list  entry,  with  the  text  Other  mail
              archives: followed by the value of this variable. Set it to NONE
              to ommit such an entry.

       about = URL
              This will create a link in  the  archived  index  pages  labeled
              About  this  archive  to the specified URL.  Set this to NONE to
              omit such a link.

       usemeta = boolean_number
              This option allows you to use metadata to store the content type
              of  a  MIME  attachment  and, later on,  when a user browses the
              attachment, send back this information in the HTTP  Content-Type
              header.   When  set  to  1,  the  Content-Type header of  a MIME
              attachment will be stored in a metadata file.  Let us  say  that
              the  MIME attachments for a message are stored in directory att-
              num.  The metadata for those attachments will then be stored  in
              directory att-num/.meta.  If a MIME attachment is stored in file
              att-file, its metadata will be  stored  in  file  att-file.meta.
              This  convention  is  directly compatible with the Apache server
              handling of metada.

       indextable = boolean_number
              Setting this variable to 1 will tell Hypermail  to  generate  an
              message index Subject/Author/Date listings using a table format.
              Set to 0 if you want the standard Hypermail index page look  and
              feel.

       reverse = boolean_number
              Setting this variable to 1 will reverse-sort the article entries
              in the date and  thread  index  files  by  the  date  they  were
              received.   That is, the most recent messages will appear at the
              top of the index rather than the other way around.

       showheaders = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to show the article header lines in  the  archived
              HTML files.  These lines typically include the To: , From: , and
              Subject: information found in most email messages.

       showhtml = [ 0 | 1 | 2 ]
              Set this to 1 to show the articles  in  a  proportionally-spaced
              font  rather than a fixed-width (monospace) font.  Set this to 2
              for  more  complex  conversion  to  html  similar  to  that   in
              txt2html.pl.   Showhtml  = 2 will normally produce nicer looking
              results than showhtml = 1, and showhtml =  0  will  look  pretty
              dull,  but  1  and  2  run  risks  of altering the appearance in
              undesired ways.

       showbr = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to place <br> tags at the end  of  article  lines.
              Otherwise,  all  non-quoted  article lines will word wrap.  This
              only takes effect if showhtml is enabled.

       iquotes = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to italicize quoted lines.

       show_msg_links = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to put the individual message links at the top  of
              the  individual  message  pages.  Set this to 0 to produce pages
              without the Next, Previous, Reply, In-Reply-To, etc.  links.

       showreplies = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to show all replies  to  a  message  as  links  in
              article files.

       discard_dup_msgids = boolean_number
              Set this to 0 to accept messages with a Message-ID matching that
              of a message already in this archive.  By default such  messages
              are discarded.

       require_msgids = boolean_number
              Set  this  to  0 to accept messages without a Message-ID header.
              Set this to 1 to discard messages without a  Message-ID  header.
              By default such messages are discarded.

       spamprotect = boolean_number
              Set  this to 1 to make hypermail not output real email addresses
              in the output HTML, but instead obfuscate  them  a  little.   By
              default email addresses are obfuscated.

       antispam_at = string
              Set  this  to 1 make hypermail use something like "_at_" instead
              of the RFC 2822 @ address separator.

       spamprotect_id = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to make hypermail not output  real  email  message
              ids  in  HTML  comments (sometimes used internally by hypermail)
              but instead it will obfuscate them a little so they  don’t  look
              like email addresses to spammers.

       attachmentsindex = boolean_number
              Set  this to 0 to make hypermail not output an index of articles
              with attachments.  By default hypermail outputs this index.

       mailto = address
              The address of the contact point that is put in the HTML  header
              line
                 <LINK REV=made HREF=mailto:MAILTO>
              Setting this to NONE disables <LINK...> header generation.

       mailcommand = command
              This  specifies  the  mail  command to use when converting email
              addresses to links.  The variables $TO, $SUBJECT, and $ID can be
              used in constructing the command string.

          $TO represents the address to send mail to,

          $SUBJECT represents the subject that is being replied to, and

          $ID  represents  the message ID of the article that is being replied
          to.

          If defined as NONE , email addresses will not be converted to  links
          in    articles.     A    possible   command   one   could   use   is
          mailto:$TO?subject=$SUBJECT and the Subject: would  also  be  filled
          in.   This  can  be  changed  to specify a CGI program such as /cgi-
          bin/mail?to=$TO .  A CGI mail program is included  with  the  source
          which can be used for this purpose.

       domainaddr = domainname
              Set  this  to  the  domainname  you want added to a mail address
              appearing in the RFC822 field which lack a hostname.   When  the
              list  resides  on the same host as the user sending the message,
              it is  often  not  required  of  the  MTA  to  domain-ize  these
              addresses  for  delivery.  In such cases, Hypermail will add the
              DOMAINADDR to the email address.  If  defined  as  NONE  ,  this
              feature is turned off.

       htmlsuffix = suffix
              Use  this  to  specify  the  html  file  suffix  to be used when
              Hypermail generates the html files.  This is dependent on  local
              needs.   Do  not  put  a  ’.’  in the value.  It would result in
              "file..html", probably not what you want.

       describe_folder = string describing folder
              Controls  the  labels  used  in  folders.html  to  describe  the
              directories  created  by  the  folder_by_date  or  msgsperfolder
              options. For folder_by_date labels, the  describe_folder  string
              will  be  passed  to  strftime(3) the same as the folder_by_date
              string.  For msgsperfolder:

                %d for the directory number (starts with 0)
                %D for the directory number (starts with 1)
                %m for the number of the first message in the directory
                %M for the number of the last message that can be put  in  the
              directory.

       latest_folder = string
              If folder_by_date or msgsperfolder are in use, create a symbolic
              link by this name to the  most  recently  created  subdirectory.
              Note that many web servers are configured to not follow symbolic
              links for security reasons. The link  will  be  created  in  the
              directory specified by the "dir" or "-d" option.

       base_url = url
              The url of the archive’s main directory. This is needed when the
              latest_folder  option  is  used  and  the  folder_by_date  makes
              directories more than one level deep (e.g. with ’%y/%m’).

       iso2022jp = boolean_number
              Set this to On to support ISO-2022-JP messages.

       uselock = boolean_number
              Controls  whether to use hypermail’s built-in locking mechanism.
              By default, this option is set to 1.  Set it to 0 if you have an
              external  locking  mechanism,  like,  for  example,  when  using
              procmail or smartlist.

       locktime = number-of-seconds
              Set this to the number of seconds that a lock should be  honored
              when processing inbound messages.  Defaults to 3600 seconds.

       deleted = list of headers
              This is the list of headers that indicate the message should not
              be displayed if the value of this header is ’yes’.  The  default
              is "X-Hypermail-Deleted X-No-Archive".

       expires = list of headers
              This is the list of headers that indicate the message should not
              be displayed if the value of this header is a date in the  past.
              The default value is "Expires".

       delete_older = date
              Any  message  older  than  this  date  should  not be displayed.
              Example: delete_older = "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:59:51 +0200"

       delete_newer = date
              Any message newer than this date should not be displayed.

       delete_msgnum = list of message numbers
               This is the list of message numbers that should be deleted from
              the html archive. The mbox is not changed.

       delete_level = [ 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 ]
               0  -  remove  deleted  and  expired  files. Note that with this
              choice threading may be screwed  up  if  there  are  replies  to
              deleted   or   expired   options  and  the  archive  is  updated
              incrementally
               1 - remove message body
               2 - remove message body for  deleted  messages,  leave  expired
              messages
               3 - leave all messages Deleted and expired messages are removed
              from the index files regardless of the  delete_level  selection.
              The default is 1.

       txtsuffix = suffix
               If  you  want the original mail messages archived in individual
              files, set this to the extension that you want these messages to
              have (recommended value: txt).

       filter_out = list of patterns
              Delete  from  the html archives any message having a header line
              which matches any of these expressions. Uses the same rules  for
              deletion  as  the  expires  option. The expressions use the same
              syntax as Perl regular expressions.

       filter_require = list of patterns
              Delete from the html archives  any  message  not  having  header
              lines which match each of these expressions. Uses the same rules
              for deletion as the expires option. The expressions use the same
              syntax as Perl regular expressions.

       filter_out_full_body = list of patterns
              Delete  from  the  html archives any message having a line which
              matches any of  these  expressions.  Uses  the  same  rules  for
              deletion  as  the  expires  option. The expressions use the same
              syntax as Perl regular expressions.

       filter_require_full_body = list of patterns
              Delete from the html archives any message not having lines which
              match  each  of  these  expressions.  Uses  the  same  rules for
              deletion as the expires option. The  expressions  use  the  same
              syntax as Perl regular expressions.

       save_alts = [ 0 | 1 | 2 ]
              This  controls  what  happens  to  alternatives  (other than the
              prefered alternative) for multipart/alternative messages.
               0 - discard non-prefered alternatives
               1 - show all alternatives inline
               2 - put non-prefered alternatives in a separate file.

       alts_text = string
              If save_alts is 1, this text is put  between  the  alternatives.
              If  save_alts  is  2,  this text is used to describe the link to
              each alternative file.

       warn_surpressions = boolean_number
              Set this to On to get warnings (on stdout) about  messages  that
              are  not  converted  because  of  they  are  missing a msgid (if
              require_msgids is On) or because one of  the  following  options
              surpressed   it:   deleted   expires   delete_msgnum  filter_out
              filter_require filter_out_full_body filter_require_full_body.

       unsafe_chars = characters
              Any characters listed in this  string  are  removed  from  user-
              specified   attachment   filenames.  Those  characters  will  be
              replaced by a "_" (which means that specifying  "_"  here  won’t
              have  any effect).  Note that many characters (including / and )
              are removed by the safe_filename in parse.c regardless  of  what
              this option says. There might be some security problems that can
              be prevented if you specify "." here (e.g. if a  web  server  is
              configured to enable server side includes on filenames ending in
              something other than .shtml), but  that  will  prevent  browsers
              from recognizing many file types.

       files_by_thread = boolean_number
              Set  this  to On to generate (in addition to the usual files), a
              file for each thread that contains  all  the  messages  in  that
              thread.

       href_detection = boolean_number
              Set  this  to  On  to  assume that any string on the body of the
              message that says <A HREF=" ... </A> is a URL, together with its
              markup and treat it as such.

       mbox_shortened = boolean_number
              Set  this  to  On to enable use of mbox that has had some of its
              initial messages deleted. Requires usegdbm = 1 and  increment  =
              0.  The first message in the shortened mbox must have a Message-
              Id header.  If discard_dup_msgids is 0, the first message in the
              shortened  mbox  may  not  have the same Message-Id as a message
              that was deleted.  The mbox may not be altered in any way  other
              than  deleting  from  beginning  of  the  mbox  or appending new
              messages to the end (unless you rebuild the archive from scratch
              using a complete mbox).

       report_new_folder = boolean_number
              Set this to On to have it print (on stdout) the names of any new
              directories  created   pursuant   to   the   folder_by_date   or
              msgsperfolder  option,  or  the initial creation of the archive.
              It will print the full path if that is what you use  to  specify
              the  archive  directory. Does not print anything when attachment
              or metadata directories are created.

       report_new_file = boolean_number
              Set this to On to have it print (on stdout) the names of any new
              files  created  for new messages. It will print the full path if
              that is what you use to specify the archive directory.

       startmsgnum = number
              Sets the number of the first message of an archive. This  option
              is  only  active  when adding new messages to brand new archive.
              If not set, the default number will be 0000.  Note that  if  you
              change  this setting, you are stuck with it. If you rebuild your
              archive, you must use the same value or you’ll  break  any  link
              pointing to your archive.

       attachmentlink = attachment link format

          Substitution cookies supported:

              %p for the full path to the attachment
              %f for the file name part only
              %d for the directory name only
              %n for the message number
              %c for the content type string

       dirmode = octal_number
              This  is  an  octal number representing the permissions that new
              directories are set to when they are created.  If  the  archives
              will  be  made  publically available, it’s a good idea to define
              this as 0755.

       filemode = octal_number
              This is an octal number representing the file  permissions  that
              new  files  are  set  to when they are created.  If the archives
              will be made publically available, it’s a good  idea  to  define
              this as 0644.

       overwrite = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to make Hypermail overwrite existing archives.

       progress = [ 0 | 1 | 2 ]
              Set this to 1 or 2 to always show a progress report as Hypermail
              works.  With a setting of 1, hypermail overwrites  the  progress
              information  relating to attachment creation.  With a setting of
              2, attachment creation information is listed  individually  with
              the  number  of  the message the attachments relate to.  This is
              written to stdout.

       thrdlevels = number
              This specifies the number of thread levels  to  outline  in  the
              thread  index.   For  instance,  if  thrdlevels is 2, replies to
              messages will be indented once in  the  index,  but  replies  to
              replies, etc., will only be indented once as well.

       defaultindex = type
              This  specifies  the  default  index  that  users  can view when
              entering the archive.  Valid types are date, thread, author, and
              subject.

       avoid_indices = which_index_files_not_to_use
              This  is  a list of index files to not generate. Valid types are
              date, thread, author, and subject.

       ihtmlheaderfile = path
              Define path as the path to a template file containing valid HTML
              formatting  statements  that  you wish to included at the top of
              every index page.  Hypermail will print this file as the  header
              of the index so make sure it contains <HTML>, <HEAD>, <BODY> and
              other statements that suit your local customized needs.

       ihtmlfooterfile = path
              Define path as the path to a template file containing valid HTML
              formatting statements that you wish to included at the bottom of
              every index page.  Hypermail will print this file as the trailer
              of the index so make sure it contains at a minimum a </BODY> and
              </HTML> statement.

       mhtmlheaderfile = path
              Define path as the path to a template file containing valid HTML
              formatting  statements  that you wish to use at the top of every
              message page.  Hypermail will print this file as the  header  of
              the  message so make sure it contains <HTML>, <HEAD>, <BODY> and
              other statements that suit your local customized needs.

       mhtmlfooterfile = path
              Define path as the path to a template file containing valid HTML
              formatting  statements  you  wish  to use at the bottom of every
              message page.  Hypermail will print this file as the trailer  of
              the  message so make sure it contains at a minimum a </BODY> and
              </HTML> statement.

       hmail = Mailing_List_Submission_Address
              Set this to the list’s submission address.  When  enabled,  this
              can  be  used  to submit a new message to the list served by the
              hypermail archive.  NONE means don’t use it.

       icss_url = URL
              This will link an external stylesheet found at the given URL  to
              the  index  files.  This  will happen thru a LINK element in the
              index document’s HEAD.  By default this option is  desactivated.

       mcss_url = URL
              This  will link an external stylesheet found at the given URL to
              the message files. This will happen thru a LINK element  in  the
              message   document’s   HEAD.    By   default   this   option  is
              desactivated.

       show_headers = list_of_RFC_Headers_to_display
              This is the list of headers to be displayed  if  showheaders  is
              set  to  1  (TRUE).  They can be listed comma or space separated
              all on a single line.  If  it  contains  the  special  character
              ‘‘*’’ hypermail will display all header lines.

       readone = boolean_number
              Set this to 1 to specify there is only one message in the input.

       inlinehtml = boolean_number
              This is used to make text/html parts to get inlined  within  the
              mail  messages.   If  set  to  0  , HTML-parts will be stored as
              separate files.

       text_types = MIME types to be treated as text/plain.
              This is a list of MIME types that you want  hypermail  to  treat
              exactly  as  if  they  were  text/plain.   This  can  be  listed
              individually on multiple lines or comma or space separated on  a
              single line.

       prefered_types = which alternative types to use
              When  mails using multipart/mixed types are scanned, this is the
              list of alternative MIME types that you want used.  This can  be
              listed   individually  on  multiple  lines  or  comma  or  space
              separated on a single line.  Note: Order is important.

       inline_types = which_image_types_should_be_inlined
              This is the list of MIME types that you want inlined as  opposed
              to   simply  linked  into  the  message.   They  can  be  listed
              individually on multiple lines or comma or space separated on  a
              single line.

       ignore_types = types_of_MIME_attachments_to_ignore
              This  is  the list of MIME attachment types that you do not want
              to do anything with.  They are quietly  ignored.   They  can  be
              listed   individually  on  multiple  lines  or  comma  or  space
              separated on a single line.

       searchbackmsgnum = postive integer
              If the linkquotes option is on  and  an  incremental  update  is
              being done (-u option), this controls the tradeoff between speed
              and the reliability of finding the right source for quoted text.
              Try  to  set  it  to  the  largest  number of messages between a
              message and the final direct reply to that message.

       link_to_replies = [ string | NONE]
              If the linkquotes option is on, specifying a string here  causes
              it  to  generate links from original quoted text the location(s)
              in replies which quote them. The string is used to  display  the
              link.

       quote_hide_threshold = percent (integer)
              If  the linkquotes option is on, setting this to an integer less
              than 100 will cause it to  replace  quoted  text  with  one-line
              links  if the percent of lines in the message body (exluding the
              signature)  consisting  of  quoted  text  exceeds   the   number
              indicated by this option.

       quote_link_string = [ string | NONE ]
              If   the   quote_hide_threshold   option   is  being  used,  the
              quote_link_string will be used if available to display the  link
              that  replaces  the quoted text. If no string is specified here,
              the first line of each section of quoted text will used.

       monthly_index = [ 0 | 1 ]
              Set this to On to create additional index  files  broken  up  by
              month. A summary.html file will provide links to all the monthly
              indices.

       yearly_index = [ 0 | 1 ]
              Set this to On to create additional index  files  broken  up  by
              year.  A  summary.html file will provide links to all the yearly
              indices.

       thread_file_depth = [ 0 | 1 ]
              If nonzero, break the threads index file  into  multiple  files,
              with  the  initial message of each thread in the main index file
              along with links to files containing the replies.  Setting  this
              to  1  creates one file for each thread that has replies, and is
              recommended for archives  with  over  a  few  hundred  messages.
              Setting  this  greater  than  1  will produce multiple levels of
              files for each thread whose replies are nested by  more  than  1
              level,  but  that  is  rarely  useful.  This option is currently
              disabled if the indextable option is  turned  on,  and  probably
              needs to be less than thrdlevels.

HTML TEMPLATE FILE SUBSTITUTION COOKIES

       You  can  insert  "substitution  cookies" in the header and footer HTML
       template files so appropriate information can be filled in at  runtime.

       Substitution cookies supported:

            %% - ’%’ character
            %~ - Storage directory
            %e - Email addres of message author - Not valid on index pages
            %h - HMURL
            %i - Message-id - Not valid on index pages
            %l - Archive label
            %m - Mailto address
            %p - PROGNAME
            %s - Subject of message or Index Title
            %v - VERSION
            %u - Expanded version link (HMURL,PROGNAME,VERSION)
            \n - newline character
            \t - tab character

       Additional cookies generate the complete META lines:

            %A - Author META TAG - Not valid on index pages
            %D - Date META TAG - Not valid on index pages
            %S - Subject META TAG

                               February 04, 2004                       hmrc(5)