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.
53 For now, IMAP users should use tools such as L<mbsync(1)>
54 or L<offlineimap(1)> to bidirectionally sync their IMAP
55 folders to Maildirs for public-inbox-watch.
57 public-inbox-watch should be run inside a L<screen(1)> session
58 or as a L<systemd(1)> service. Errors are emitted to stderr.
62 public-inbox-watch takes no command-line options.
66 These configuration knobs should be used in the
67 L<public-inbox-config(5)>
71 =item publicinbox.<name>.watch
73 =item publicinbox.<name>.watchheader
75 =item publicinboxwatch.spamcheck
77 =item publicinboxwatch.watchspam
81 See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for documentation on them.
89 Reload the config file (default: ~/.public-inbox/config)
93 Rescan all watched mailboxes. This is done automatically after
104 config file. default: ~/.public-inbox/config
105 See L<public-inbox-config(5)>
107 =item PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY
109 This may affect any public-inbox processes, but is intended
110 for long-lived ones such as C<public-inbox-watch> or network
111 daemons. See L<public-inbox-daemon(8)>.
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