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NAME

       wmbiffrc - configuration file for wmbiff(1)

DESCRIPTION

       WMbiff  is  a  mail notification tool for the WindowMaker and AfterStep
       window managers. It can handle up to 5 mailboxes, more when  run  using
       other  window  managers. You can define actions on mouse clicks for the
       different mailboxes. This manpage explains the different options  which
       can be specified in a user’s wmbiffrc.

OPTIONS

       Each  option  takes  the  form option[.mbox] = value.  Comments must be
       preceeded by pound signs (#).

       The supported configuration options are:

       certfile
          File that holds TLS (SSL) certificates.  If specified,  wmbiff  will
          check  certificates  and  exit  on  a  failure,  so your password is
          secure.  If not present, wmbiff will trust all certificates and  may
          be  vulnerable  to  a  man-in-the-middle  attack.  WMbiff’s will not
          prompt if you want to  accept  new  certificates.   Instead,  wmbiff
          expects  your  mail  client  to  keep  certificates  in a file.  For
          example, if mutt is your mailreader, you may add:

          certfile=/home/<me>/.muttsslcerts

       interval
          Global interval between mailbox checking. Value  is  the  number  of
          seconds, 5 is the default.

       askpass
          Program  run  to  ask  for  IMAP  passwords,  if  left  empty in the
          configuration file.  The default is  /usr/bin/ssh-askpass.   Can  be
          specified on a per-mailbox basis.

       skinfile
          XPM  pixmap  file  to  load for the background.  If not a full path,
          wmbiff  will  search   /usr/share/wmbiff/skins,   /usr/share/wmbiff,
          /usr/local/share/wmbiff,  and  the  current directory for the pixmap
          file.

       globalnotify
          Command to be executed when new mail is recieved in any mailbox. Set
          notify.n to override this option for mailbox n.

       label.n
          Specifies  the  displayed  label for a mailbox. It can be up to five
          characters long.

       path.n
          Path to the mailbox, local or remote one. Path lines  start  with  a
          prefix,  which  specifies  the type of wmbiff box you’re setting up.
          The following types are supported:

          mbox   This is a local mbox mailbox. After the prefix, you only need
                 to  put  the path to the mailbox wmbiff needs to read.  Local
                 mboxes may be specified  using  shell  commands  enclosed  in
                 back-ticks. (‘s.)
                 mbox:/path/to/mail/debian-devel

          maildir
                 This works just like mbox above.
                 maildir:[:flags:]/path/to/mail/bugtraq/

                 flags can one or more of:

                 F      Flush  directory  caches by creating (then deleting) a
                        temporary file in  each  maildir  prior  to  checking.
                        This  hack speeds up checking network-mounted maildirs
                        in cases where directory caching  can  cause  unwanted
                        delays (eg. SFS-mounted maildirs).

          pop3   Using  this type, WMBiff will check for mail on a pop3 server
                 using the specified username, password, host and an  optional
                 port number (defaulting to 110).  If your password contains a
                 special character, eg.  ’@’  or  ’:’,  use  the  second  path
                 format.   See  Authentication  below for a description of the
                 auth field.
                 pop3:user:passwd@server[:port] [auth]
                 pop3:user passwd server[ port] [auth]

          pop3s  Exactly like pop3, only uses TLS (SSL) when built with gnutls
                 and  defaults  to  port 995. This copy of WMBiff was compiled
                 with GNUTLS.

          imap   These are IMAP4 boxes. As with pop3, WMBiff will  report  the
                 status  of  an  IMAP4  mbox using the given values. This type
                 accepts user, optional password, host and  optional  path  to
                 mailbox  and  port  number.   See  Authentication below for a
                 description of the auth field.   The  password  may  be  left
                 empty:   see   askpass  above  for  information  on  password
                 prompting.  If your password includes  a  @,  use  the  space
                 delimited form.  If it contains a space or #, use the askpass
                 option instead.  The  mailbox  field  may  be  quoted,  e.g.,
                 server/"Mail/Eggs  and Spam".  Mailboxes in subfolders may be
                 described   as   /INBOX.subfolder   by   some   servers   and
                 /Mail/subfolder by others.
                 imap:user:passwd@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
                 imap:user:@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
                 imap:user passwd server[/mailbox][ port] [auth]
                 imap:user:passwd@server[/"mail box"][:port] [auth]

          imaps  These are IMAP4 boxes wrapped in a TLS (SSL) connection. This
                 copy of WMBiff was compiled with GNUTLS. Parameters  are  the
                 same  as  those  for  ordinary IMAP4 boxes.  Port defaults to
                 993. If 143 is specified,  WMBiff  will  attempt  to  connect
                 unencrypted  but negotiate TLS using IMAP’s STARTTLS command.
                 TLS support uses GNUTLS, which is under development  and  may
                 be insecure.  See the imap format above for additional detail
                 about specifying your password.
                 imaps:user:passwd@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
                 imaps:user:@server[/mailbox][:port] [auth]
                 imaps:user passwd server[/mailbox][ port] [auth]

          licq   With this box type, wmbiff will read the given  history  file
                 and  track the number of messages in it. It just needs a path
                 to a given licq history file.
                 licq:/path/to/.licq/history/file.history

          gicu   With this box type, wmbiff will ask gnomeicu for  the  number
                 of  pending  messages.   If  gnomeicu is not running, nothing
                 will be displayed.  gnomeicu-client must  be  in  your  path.
                 The user’s icq UIN is optional.
                 gicu:[UIN]

          finger With  this  box type, wmbiff will finger an account to see if
                 there is unread mail.  Both finger and perl must be  in  your
                 path, and your server must run a finger daemon.
                 finger:user@host

          shell  With  this  keyword,  wmbiff  will launch the specified shell
                 command and read its output  (STDOUT)  expecting  an  integer
                 message  count  or  a three-character string.  If "new" is in
                 the first line, the string or number  will  be  displayed  in
                 yellow.  The  behavior of this experimental keyword is likely
                 to change in future revisions.
                 shell:::/path/to/command  shell:::lpq  |  grep  Queue  |  awk
                 ’{print $2}’

       notify.n
          Command  to  be  executed  on new mail arrival in the given mailbox.
          Accepts the special keyword "beep" to use the pc speaker.

       action.n
          Command to be executed on left  mouse  click  on  a  mailbox  label.
          Accepts  the  special  keyword "msglst" to pop up a window of recent
          message headers from IMAP or POP3  mailboxes  when  the  left  mouse
          button is held.

       buttontwo.n
          Command  to  be  executed  on middle mouse click on a mailbox level.
          Accepts the special keyword "msglst" to pop up a  window  of  recent
          message  headers  from  IMAP or POP3 mailboxes when the middle mouse
          button is held.

       interval.n
          Per mailbox check interval. Value is the amount of  seconds  between
          checkings, default is the global interval.

       fetchinterval.n
          Interval  between mail auto-fetching. Values accept 0 to disable, -1
          for autofetching on new mail arrival,  and  positive  values  for  a
          given interval in seconds.

       fetchcmd.n
          Command  to  be  executed  to fetch mail. If not specified, fetching
          through wmbiff is disabled completely.  Accepts the special  keyword
          "msglst"  to pop up a window of recent message headers from IMAP and
          POP3 mailboxes when the right mouse button is held down, though  not
          when fetchinterval is nonzero.

       debug.n
          Show  debugging  messages  from  this  mailbox.  Currently supported
          values are "all" and "none".  The -debug option to wmbiff  overrides
          this  setting.  Since IMAP uses a single connection per server, per-
          mailbox debugging may not

SIZING

       WMBiff will automatically size its window to the number  of  configured
       mailboxes.   While  WindowMaker’s  Dock  and  AfterStep’s  Wharf expect
       square, 64x64 applets, other  window  managers,  such  as  Blackbox  or
       Openbox  do  not have this limitation.  This uncharacteristic "dockapp"
       behavior is intended to help those users who don’t  have  exactly  five
       mailboxes to watch.

       To  preserve  the old-style five-mailbox window even when you have only
       two, add path.4=<space><space> to configure a blank 5th mailbox.

       To use the new-style sizing, just configure as many  mailboxes  as  you
       want.

AUTHENTICATION

       Authentication  methods  include  "cram-md5",  "apop"  (for  Pop3), and
       "plaintext".  "cram-md5" and "apop" are only available when  wmbiff  is
       compiled with libgcrypt.  This copy of WMBiff was compiled with gcrypt.
       Authentication methods are tried  in  the  following  order:  cram-md5,
       apop, plaintext.

       Each  authentication  method will be tried unless a list is included in
       the [auth] field.  For example, append "cram-md5  apop"  if  you  don’t
       want   your  password  to  be  sent  in  cleartext  over  the  network.
       Conversely, append "plaintext" if you don’t want wmbiff to bother  with
       other   authentication   methods.    Leaving   authentication   methods
       unspecified should be reasonably safe.  The order  of  entries  in  the
       [auth] list is not currently considered.

TROUBLESHOOTING

       For   problems   authenticating   to   servers,   try   specifying  the
       authentication method explicitly as described above: sometimes a failed
       attempt  to  authenticate can cause later failures.  Some servers claim
       to support cram-md5 but fail: telling wmbiff not to try can help.

       For other problems, run wmbiff with the -debug option.   See  wmbiff(1)
       for details.

       While editing .wmbiffrc, you may find it useful to restart wmbiff using
       either control-shift mouse button 1, or killall -USR1 wmbiff.

FILES

       ~/.wmbiffrc
              per-user wmbiff configuration file.

AUTHOR

       This manual page  was  written  by  Jordi  Mallach  <jordi@debian.org>,
       originally for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       wmbiff(1)
       /usr/share/doc/wmbiff/examples/sample.wmbiffrc  (or  equivalent on your
       system)