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| author | Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de> | 2007-11-06 23:24:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de> | 2007-11-06 23:24:48 +0000 |
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index.html: major overhaul: re-edited and partly rewritten.
Some notably changes:
* don't make so much noise about archivemail being a python program;
* add little box with current version information;
* partly reworded for a more friendly, inviting tone (hopefully);
* removed some superfluous links to trivial information like the pyhon.org
website;
* link changelog and TODO file to HEAD in the svn browser instead of using
(obsolete) copies;
* warmly encourage svn access;
* drop dead link to article about archivemail.
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@@ -4,12 +4,26 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=us-ascii"> - <title>archivemail - a tool for archiving and compressing old email</title> + <title>archivemail – a tool for archiving and compressing old email</title> <link title="archivemail style" rel=stylesheet href="style.css" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> /*<![CDATA[*/ -span.mail {text-decoration: underline;} +.command {font-weight: bold;} +.example { + /*background-color: #e0e0e0;*/ + padding: 0 2em; +} +#status { + float: right; + width: 10em + margin-left: 4em; + margin-top: 1.3em; + padding: 3ex; + border: 1px solid #777777; + line-height: 160%; +} +/*span.mail {text-decoration: underline;}*/ /*]]>*/ </style> </head> @@ -17,17 +31,22 @@ span.mail {text-decoration: underline;} <h1>archivemail</h1> -<h2>Description</h2> - +<hr> +<div id="status"> + <strong>Latest version: 0.7.1</strong><br> + Released on 2007-11-07 +</div> +<h2>What is it?</h2> <p> -<strong>archivemail</strong> is a tool written in <a -href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> for archiving and compressing old -email in mailboxes. It can move messages older than the specified number of -days to a separate <a href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html">mbox -format</a> mailbox that is compressed with <a -href="http://www.gzip.org/">gzip</a>, or optionally just delete old email. - -<h2>Why should I use it?</h2> +<span class="command">archivemail</span> is a tool for archiving and compressing +old email in mailboxes. +It moves messages older than the specified number of +days to a separate <a title="mbox(5) man page" +href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html">mbox format</a> mailbox that is +compressed with <span class="command">gzip</span>. +It can also just delete old email rather than archive it. + +<h2>What can it do for me?</h2> <p> Maybe some of your mailboxes are quite large (eg, over 10,000 messages) and they are taking a while to load in your mail reader. Perhaps they are taking @@ -41,119 +60,132 @@ compressed mailbox will mean: <li>You won't be confronted with semi-obsolete mail all the time. </ol> <p> +You can also use <span class="command">archivemail</span> as a simple backup +tool. -If you would prefer to just delete old email rather than archive it, -<strong>archivemail</strong> can do that too. -</p> - -<h2>Current Release</h2> -<p> - The current release is version <a - href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/archivemail/archivemail-0.7.0.tar.gz?download">0.7.0</a>, - and is ready for download. Older versions are available <a - href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49630">here</a>. -</p> - - -<h2>Features</h2> - +<h2>Features overview</h2> <ul> -<li>Support for archiving - <a href="http://www.imap.org/">IMAP</a>, - <a href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html">mbox</a>, - <a href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/mh-faq/">MH</a> and - <a href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html">maildir</a> format +<li>Supports archiving + <a title="about IMAP" href="http://www.imap.org/">IMAP</a>, + <a title="mbox(5) man page" href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html">mbox</a>, + <a title="MH FAQ" href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/mh-faq/">MH</a> and + <a title="maildir(5) man page" + href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html">Maildir</a> format mailboxes. -<li>You can configure the amount of days before mail is considered old -- - with the default being 180 days. -<li>Messages that are flagged important are not archived or deleted unless you - specify the <em>--include-flagged</em> option. -<li>Optionally warn about duplicate Message-IDs in a mailbox. -<li>You can specify an option so that unread mail is never archived. -<li>Allows you to store the compressed archive mailboxes in a directory of +<li>Old mail can be either archived or just deleted. +<li>The age in days that is considered old is configurable – it defaults + to 180 days. + You can also set an absolute limit date. +<li>Messages that are flagged important are not archived or deleted unless + explicitely requested. +<!--<li>You can specify an option so that unread mail is never archived.--> +<li>Can be configured to preserve unread mail. +<li>Can be configured to only archive messages over a given byte size. +<li>Stores the compressed archive mailboxes in a directory of your choice, with an extension of your choice. -<li>Support for deleting old mail rather than archiving it. -<li>Optional ability to archive messages older than an absolute date with the - <em>--date</em> option. -<li>Ability to only archive messages over a certain byte size. -<li>IMAPS/SSL support. -<li>Arbitrary IMAP filter strings can added on the commandline. +<li>Easy read-only testing, not touching your valuable data. +<li>Supports IMAPS/SSL. +<li>When archiving IMAP mailboxes, the message selection can be refined by + extending the underlying IMAP <code>SEARCH</code> command with arbitrary + search keys (you will have to cope with the raw IMAP protocol, though). </ul> <h2>Documentation</h2> -<ul> -<li> <a href="manpage.html">HTML version of the archivemail manpage</a> -<li> <a href="README">README</a> file -<li> <a href="CHANGELOG">CHANGELOG</a> -<li> <a href="TODO">TODO</a> list -<li> <a href="RELNOTES">Release notes</a> for the latest version -</ul> - - -<h2>Articles</h2> -<ul> -<li> Emmanuel Seyman wrote an -<a href="http://muttfr.org/gen.php3/2002/11/20/108,1,0,0,1.php3">article</a> -about archivemail for <a href="http://www.muttfr.org/">muttfr.org</a>, a -French website about <a href="http://www.mutt.org/">mutt</a>. -</ul> - -<h2>License</h2> <p> -This software is licensed under the -<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL">GNU GPL</a>. -See the file <a href="COPYING">COPYING</a> for more information. - -<h2>Requirements</h2> +The <a href="manpage.html">archivemail manpage</a> is the primary documentation +for <span class="command">archivemail</span>. +To see what has changed in the latest version, check the <a + href="RELNOTES">release notes</a>. +If you want to have a closer look at the current development status, here's the +<a title="changelog in subversion HEAD" href= +"http://archivemail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/archivemail/trunk/CHANGELOG?revision=HEAD&view=markup"> +CHANGELOG</a> and the <a title="TODO list in subversion HEAD" href= +"http://archivemail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/archivemail/trunk/TODO?revision=HEAD&view=markup"> +TODO list</a>, fresh from the repository. + +<h2>Where can I get it?</h2> <p> -<strong>archivemail</strong> requires python version 2.3. It also uses some -optional python modules, but these should be pretty much standard; if you get an -ImportError nonetheless, please report it, thanks. (For contact addresses see -below.) +You can grab the latest version of <span class="command">archivemail</span> +directly from the <a +href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49630">archivemail +download area</a> at Sourceforge. +There will hopefully be up-to-date binary RPM packages at the +<a href="http://software.opensuse.org/download/server:/mail/">OpenSUSE build +service</a> for SUSE Linux and Fedora Core 5 soon. +Also, many Linux distributions provide packages; e.g. there is a +<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/archivemail">Debian +package</a>. <p> - -Python is available from -<a href="http://www.python.org/">http://www.python.org/</a> - -<h2>Download</h2> +<span class="command">archivemail</span> is written in Python, and hacking it is +easy and fun; you can check out the source from the subversion repository with +the following command: +<div class="example"> +<kbd>svn co https://archivemail.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/archivemail/trunk</kbd> +</div> <p> -<strong>archivemail</strong> can be downloaded from the -<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49630">archivemail -download area on Sourceforge</a> or via -<a href="http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=49630">Subversion</a>. +See also the short <a href="http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=49630"> +introduction to subversion access</a> at sourceforge. + +<!-- 2007-11-06: this site has problems, and I cannot read the mentioned article. + <h3>Articles</h3> + <p> + Emmanuel Seyman wrote an + <a href="http://muttfr.org/gen.php3/2002/11/20/108,1,0,0,1.php3">article + about archivemail</a> for <a href="http://www.muttfr.org/">muttfr.org</a>, a + French website about <a href="http://www.mutt.org/">mutt</a>. +--> + +<h2>Getting involved</h2> +<ul> + <li>Visit the <a + href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=49630">archivemail + tracker</a> to browse and/or submit bug reports and feature requests. + <li>You can subscribe to the <a + href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/archivemail-user">archivemail-user + mailing list</a>. + This is a low traffic, subscribers-only list. +<li>Check out the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/archivemail/">project page + for archivemail</a> at Sourceforge for a general overview. +</ul> + +<h2>Requirements</h2> <p> -There should soon be binary RPM packages at -<a href="http://software.opensuse.org/download/server:/mail/">the OpenSUSE build -service</a> for SUSE Linux and Fedora Core 5. There is also a -<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/archivemail.html">debian -package</a>. +<span class="command">archivemail</span> requires Python 2.3 or newer. +It also uses some optional python modules, but these should be pretty much +standard; if you get an ImportError nonetheless, please +<a title="jump to the archivemail tracker" +href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=49630">report it</a>, thanks. -<h2>Support</h2> -<ul> -<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=49630">Browse/submit - bug reports.</a> -<li>The <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/archivemail-user">archivemail-user</a> mailing list. -<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/archivemail/">Project page - for archivemail</a> on Sourceforge. -</ul> +<h2>License</h2> +<p> +This software is licensed under the terms of the +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL">GNU GPL</a>, either +version 2 of the license, or any later version. <h2>Credits</h2> <p> -<strong>archivemail</strong> was written by Paul Rodger -<<span class="mail">paul <em>at</em> paulrodger <em>dot</em> -com</span>><br> -and is currently maintained by Peter Poeml <<span class="mail">poeml -<em>at</em> suse <em>dot</em> de</span>>, Nikolaus Schulz -<<span class="mail">microschulz <em>at</em> web <em>dot</em> -de</span>> and Brandon Knitter. +<span class="command">archivemail</span> was written by Paul Rodger +<code><paul <em>at</em> paulrodger <em>dot</em> + com></code> +and is currently maintained by Peter Poeml <code><poeml + <em>at</em> suse <em>dot</em> de></code>, Nikolaus Schulz <code><a href= +"mailto:microschulz@web.de"><microschulz@web.de></a></code> +and Brandon Knitter. <hr> <p> <!-- sourceforge logo start --> <a href="http://sourceforge.net"> - <img src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=49630&type=3" - width="125" height="37" alt="SourceForge.net Logo"> +<!-- white: --> + <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=49630&type=2" + width="125" height="37" + alt="SourceForge.net Logo"> +<!-- blue: + <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=49630&type=4" + width="125" height="37" + alt="SourceForge.net Logo"> +--> </a> <!-- sourceforge logo end --> </body> |