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MAILSTAT(1) General Commands Manual MAILSTAT(1)

NAME

mailstat - shows mail-arrival statistics

SYNOPSIS

mailstat [-klmots] [logfile]

DESCRIPTION

mailstat parses a procmail-generated $LOGFILE and displays a summary about the messages delivered to all folders (total size, average size, nr of messages). The $LOGFILE is truncated to zero length, unless the -k option is used. Exit code 0 if mail arrived, 1 if no mail arrived.

OPTIONS

keep logfile intact
long display format
merge any errors into one line
use the old logfile
terse display format
silent in case of no mail

NOTES

Customise to your heart's content, this program is only provided as a guideline.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others).