lsmbox - list number of total, old unread, and new messages for the specified mailbox(es)

Author

       lsmbox and its manual-pages are written by David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>

Copyright

       Copyright © 2002-2006 David Weinehall
       This  is  free  software;  see  the  source  for  copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

David Weinehall                                   Apr 16, 2006                                         LSMBOX(1)

Description

lsmbox lists the number of messages in a mailbox. Both total, unread but old, and new messages can be
listed, for one or several mailbox files. Non-existing or empty mailboxes will be silently ignored. If
the program has been compiled with curses support, you can execute a predefined command on a mailbox by
choosing that mailbox using the cursor keys and pressing enter. If the program has been compiled with
ncurses, the command can also be executed by clicking on the mailbox with the mouse-pointer.

By default, lsmbox will look in $MAIL (if defined) or /var/spool/mail/USERNAME for the inbox, and in
$HOME/Mail/ for other mailboxes. This can be overridden by changing the default paths in
$HOME/.lsmboxrc. See lsmboxrc(5) for further details. If $HOME is not defined on your system, the
program will look in the current directory for mailboxes.

If no mailbox is given as an argument, the program will default to listing information about the
mailboxes listed in $HOME/.lsmboxrc. If no default mailboxes have been specified in that file, or if
that file does not exist, the program will abort with an error.

A filename of ! denotes your inbox. A leading ("=") or ("+") in a filename will be expanded into the
path to your mail-directory.

If the name of a mailbox given at the command-line contains a path-separator ("/"), it is assumed that
the default mailbox path shall be ignored for that entry, unless it has a leading ("=") or ("+").

Environment

MAILCHECK
              Interval in seconds between each update of the statistics.

Examples

       To get information about your inbox:

            lsmbox!

       To get information about the mailboxes debian-devel, linux-kernel, and spam:

            lsmboxdebian-devellinux-kernelspam

       To get information about the mailbox test which resides in your home directory:

            lsmbox~/test

       To use lsmbox to keep track of updates in all mailboxes listed in $HOME/.lsmboxrc:

            lsmbox-c

Files

$HOME/.lsmboxrc
              Personal preferences for lsmbox.

History

       Apr 16 2006: Updated for v2.1.0 of lsmbox.
       Apr 16 2004: Updated for v2.0.0 of lsmbox.
       Mar 13 2004: Updated for v1.9.0 of lsmbox.
       Mar 15 2003: Updated for v1.7.0 of lsmbox.
       Jan 16 2003: Minor fixes.
       Jan 06 2003: Minor fixes.
       Dec 09 2002: Minor fixes.
       Nov 06 2002: Updated for v1.5.0 of lsmbox.
       Oct 30 2002: Updated for v1.4.2 of lsmbox.
       Oct 30 2002: Fixed a typo.
       Oct 30 2002: Updated for v1.4.0 of lsmbox.
       Oct 29 2002: Updated for v1.3.1 of lsmbox.
       Oct 29 2002: Updated for v1.3.0 of lsmbox.
       Oct 28 2002: Fixed a typo.
       Oct 26 2002: Updated for v1.1.0 of lsmbox.
       Oct 26 2002: Updated for v1.0.1 of lsmbox.
       Oct 21 2002: Initial release.

Name

       lsmbox - list number of total, old unread, and new messages for the specified mailbox(es)

Options

-c,--continuous
              Update statistics continuously rather than just listing them once.  Exit with `q' (waits  for  the
              next  mailcheck  to  finish)  or  `<ctrl>  +  c'  (aborts immediately).  Note: this option is only
              available if the program has been compiled with curses support

       -i,--check-interval
              Interval in seconds between each update of the statistics.  This option overrides the  environment
              variable  $MAILCHECK.   Using a low interval will give you faster notification of newly arrived e-
              mail, but will put increased load on your system.  Note: this option  is  only  available  if  the
              program has been compiled with curses support

       -n,--new-only
              Only display mailboxes with new messages (and old unread, if the mark_old option has been unset)

       -o,--no-old
              Do not display the number of old messages each mailbox contains

       -p,--padding
              Width to use for the mailbox column; leave empty to use the smallest possible

       -s,--no-summary
              Do not display a summary of the statistics for all mailboxes

       -S,--short-names
              Only display the name of the mailbox rather than the full path

       -t,--no-total
              Do not display total number of messages each mailbox contains

       --help Display help for the command

       --version
              Display version and author information

Reporting Bugs

       Report bugs to <tao@acc.umu.se>.

Synopsis

lsmbox [OPTION]...  [MAILBOX]...