messages
— Count the Number of Messages in a Mailbox
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Messages
prints on standard output the number of messages
contained in each folder specified in command line. If no folders
are specified, it operates upon user’s system mailbox. For each
folder, the following output line is produced:
Number of messages in folder: number
where folder represents the folder name, number represents the number of messages.
Following configuration file statements affect the behaviour of
messages
:
Statement | Reference |
---|---|
debug | See Debug Statement. |
tls | See TLS Statement. |
mailbox | See Mailbox Statement. |
locking | See Locking Statement. |
The program accepts following command line options:
Be quiet. Display only number of messages per mailbox, without leading text.
Output help message and exit.
Output short usage summary and exit.
Output program version and exit.