IFROM(LOCAL)IFROM(LOCAL)NAMEifrom - one line per message summary of IMAP mailbox
SYNOPSISifrom [-l][-s][-n][-t][-f][-d][-h] mailbox
DESCRIPTIONifrom is a program which produces a one-line-per-message
summary of a mailbox using the IMAP protocol. The summary
line contains:
Msg# Status: From: Date Subject:
The mailbox argument is required and can be any valid IMAP
mailbox specification. Typically one would use:
{imapserver.domain}inbox to summarize their inbox. The
specification: {newshost.domain/nntp}comp.os.unix can be
used to summarize the contents of a newsgroup.
If the -h flag is given, some very crude usage is sup
plied.
If the -l flag is given, the From: and Subject: fields are
not truncated to fit an 80 column terminal display. This
makes ifrom output suitable for piping to grep.
If the -s flag is given, the Status field is omitted mak
ing the from field longer.
If the -n flag is given, the Msg# field is omitted making
the subject field longer.
If the -d flag is given, the date field is omitted
(including the time) making the subject field longer.
If the -t flag is given, the time portion of the date
field is omitted making the subject field longer.
If the -f flag is given, From: Real Name <email> is re-
written as email (Real Name).
EXAMPLES
Check most recent mail:
ifrom '{mailserver}inbox' | tail
Note that the quotes are required to protect the braces
from the shell.
Look for news postings with summary lines matching
'search-pattern':
ifrom-l '{news/nntp}comp.os.pine' | grep search-pat
tern
BUGS
Most likely there are some.
AUTHOR
Eric Horst, erich@cac.washington.edu
SEE ALSOgrep(1)IFROM(LOCAL)
