X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=mymail.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mymail.1;h=596a6e055c0eb7f4249d8fb4f26805e576512377;hp=e0f89f12d11599eba4a5c8168a4f50067a91129c;hb=7b9e0f6566b6a597dc83f79dd405e0ddd520a7ff;hpb=0b0fa4842f3caddfb46758e81abe44e0207e2ea2 diff --git a/mymail.1 b/mymail.1 index e0f89f1..596a6e0 100644 --- a/mymail.1 +++ b/mymail.1 @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ print the version number \fB-q\fR, \fB--quiet\fR do not write information during the search .TP +\fB-t\fR, \fB--use-leading-time\fR +use the time stamp from the leading line of each mail and not the +Date: field +.TP \fB-p \fR, \fB--db-pattern \fR set the db filename pattern for recursive search .TP @@ -57,9 +61,9 @@ directories following the options on the command lines \fB-o \fR, \fB--output \fR set the result mbox filename. If it is not set, the standard output is used .TP -\fB-a \fR, \fB--default-search \fR -set the default search field. If a search request is not understood, -it is interpreted as the regexp with this default search field +\fB-a \fR, \fB--default-search \fR +set the default search key. If a search request is not understood, +it is interpreted as the regexp with this default search key .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" @@ -78,12 +82,12 @@ defaut value for the --db-file argument .SH "SEARCH SYNTAX" -The search conditions take the form of a single letter followed by a -space and a regexp, which can itself contain spaces. If the condition -is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has to be false -for a mail to be selected. +The search conditions take the form of a key which is a single letter, +followed by a space and a regexp, which can itself contain spaces. If +the condition is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has +to be false for a mail to be selected. -The time-based condition use as reference the time indicated in the +The time-based conditions use as reference the time indicated in the heading From line, and not in the Date: field. .TP @@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ selects mails received during the last 8, 24, 24, 48, 7 * 24 hours, 31 * selects mails received between 48h and 24h ago. .TP \fBmonday\fR, \fBtuesday\fR, ..., \fBsunday\fR -selects mails received the most recent such day of the week +selects mails received the most recent such day of the week. .SH "EXAMPLES" @@ -157,8 +161,8 @@ The search in the mail bodies does not decode mimencoding mails, hence will not catch patterns in encoded text. The mbox format is not clear for multipart messages, since the ^"From -" lines are not always quoted properly (at least the ones I have to -test). +" lines are not always quoted properly (at least the ones I use for +testing). .SH "AUTHOR"