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| -rw-r--r-- | archivemail.1 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | archivemail.sgml | 21 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/archivemail.1 b/archivemail.1 index 04cf8a3..4e9b298 100644 --- a/archivemail.1 +++ b/archivemail.1 @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ Display brief summary information about how to run \fBarchivemail\fR\&. .SH "NOTES" .PP \fBarchivemail\fR requires \fBpython\fR(1) version 2.3 or later. -.PP When reading an \fBmbox\fR-format mailbox, \fBarchivemail\fR will create a lockfile with the extension \fI\&.lock\fR so that procmail will not deliver to the mailbox while it is being processed. It will @@ -250,9 +249,10 @@ mailbox while it is being read. \fBarchivemail\fR will always attempt to preserve the mode, last-access and last-modify times of the input mailbox. However, archive mailboxes are always created with a mode of \fB0600\fR\&. -.PP If \fBarchivemail\fR finds a pre-existing archive mailbox it will append rather than overwrite that archive. +\fBarchivemail\fR will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic +links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories. .PP \fBarchivemail\fR attempts to find the delivery date of a message by looking for valid dates in the following headers, in order of precedence: @@ -264,11 +264,8 @@ will use the last-modified file timestamp on \fBMH\fR and \fBMaildir\fR format mailboxes, or the date on the \fBFrom\fR line on \fBmbox\fR-format mailboxes. .PP -The conversion from other formats to \fBmbox\fR(5) will silently overwrite existing +A conversion from other formats to \fBmbox\fR(5) will silently overwrite existing \fBStatus\fR and \fBX-Status\fR message headers. -.PP -\fBarchivemail\fR will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic -links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories. .SS "IMAP" .PP When \fBarchivemail\fR processes an \fBIMAP\fR folder, all messages @@ -280,9 +277,9 @@ This does not apply, however, if you run \fBarchivemail\fR with the options .PP \fBarchivemail\fR relies on server-side searches to determine the messages that should be archived. -When matching dates, \fBIMAP\fR servers refer to server internal message -dates, and these may differ from both delivery time and the message's -\fBDate\fR header. +When matching message dates, \fBIMAP\fR servers refer to server internal +message dates, and these may differ from both delivery time of a message and +its \fBDate\fR header. Also, there exist broken servers which do not implement server side searches. .SS "IMAP URLS" .PP diff --git a/archivemail.sgml b/archivemail.sgml index 14c95cf..e1f5d43 100644 --- a/archivemail.sgml +++ b/archivemail.sgml @@ -379,9 +379,6 @@ Display brief summary information about how to run <Command/archivemail/. <Title>Notes</Title> <Para> <Command/archivemail/ requires &python; version 2.3 or later. -</Para> - -<Para> When reading an <application/mbox/-format mailbox, <command/archivemail/ will create a lockfile with the extension <filename>.lock</filename> so that procmail will not deliver to the mailbox while it is being processed. It will @@ -394,11 +391,10 @@ mailbox while it is being read. <Command/archivemail/ will always attempt to preserve the mode, last-access and last-modify times of the input mailbox. However, archive mailboxes are always created with a mode of <application/0600/. -</Para> - -<Para> If <Command/archivemail/ finds a pre-existing archive mailbox it will append rather than overwrite that archive. +<Command/archivemail/ will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic +links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories. </Para> <Para> @@ -414,15 +410,10 @@ will use the last-modified file timestamp on <application/MH/ and </Para> <Para> - The conversion from other formats to &mbox; will silently overwrite existing + A conversion from other formats to &mbox; will silently overwrite existing <application/Status/ and <application/X-Status/ message headers. </Para> -<Para> -<Command/archivemail/ will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic -links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories. -</Para> - <RefSect2> <Title><acronym/IMAP/</Title> <Para> @@ -436,9 +427,9 @@ This does not apply, however, if you run <command/archivemail/ with the options <Para> <command/archivemail/ relies on server-side searches to determine the messages that should be archived. -When matching dates, <application/IMAP/ servers refer to server internal message -dates, and these may differ from both delivery time and the message's -<application/Date/ header. +When matching message dates, <application/IMAP/ servers refer to server internal +message dates, and these may differ from both delivery time of a message and +its <application/Date/ header. Also, there exist broken servers which do not implement server side searches. </Para> <RefSect3><Title><acronym/IMAP/ <acronym/URLs/</Title> |