3 public-inbox-watch - mailbox watcher for public-inbox
9 In ~/.public-inbox/config:
12 ; generic public-inbox-config keys:
13 address = test@example.com
14 url = http://example.com/test
15 inboxdir = /path/to/test.example.com.git
17 ; config keys specific to public-inbox-watch:
19 watch = maildir:/path/to/maildirs/.INBOX.test/
21 ; optional, emails that don't have a header matching
22 ; value will be skipped
23 watchheader = List-Id:<test.example.com>
26 ; optional, enable use of spamc(1) for checking:
29 ; optional, emails marked as read which appear
30 ; here will be trained as spam and deleted from
31 ; the inboxdirs of any public-inboxes which are
32 ; configured for watch.
33 ; This is global for all publicinbox.* sections
34 watchspam = maildir:/path/to/maildirs/.INBOX.spam
38 public-inbox-watch allows watching a mailbox (currently only
39 Maildir) for the arrival of new messages and automatically
40 importing them into public-inbox git repositories and indices.
41 public-inbox-watch is useful in situations when a user wishes to
42 mirror an existing mailing list, but has no access to run
43 L<public-inbox-mda(1)> on a server. Unlike public-inbox-mda
44 which is invoked once per-message, public-inbox-watch is a
45 persistent process, making it faster for after-the-fact imports
48 Upon startup, it scans the mailbox for new messages to be
49 imported while it was not running.
51 Currently, only Maildirs are supported and the
52 L<Filesys::Notify::Simple> Perl module is required.
54 For now, IMAP users should use tools such as L<mbsync(1)>
55 or L<offlineimap(1)> to bidirectionally sync their IMAP
56 folders to Maildirs for public-inbox-watch.
58 public-inbox-watch should be run inside a L<screen(1)> session
59 or as a L<systemd(1)> service. Errors are emitted to stderr.
63 public-inbox-watch takes no command-line options.
67 These configuration knobs should be used in the
68 L<public-inbox-config(5)>
72 =item publicinbox.<name>.watch
74 =item publicinbox.<name>.watchheader
76 =item publicinboxwatch.spamcheck
78 =item publicinboxwatch.watchspam
82 See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for documentation on them.
90 Reload the config file (default: ~/.public-inbox/config)
94 Rescan all watched mailboxes. This is done automatically after
105 config file. default: ~/.public-inbox/config
106 See L<public-inbox-config(5)>
108 =item PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY
110 This may affect any public-inbox processes, but is intended
111 for long-lived ones such as C<public-inbox-watch> or network
112 daemons. See L<public-inbox-daemon(8)>.
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