MAILSTAT

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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

-k: keep logfile intact
-l: long display format
-m: merge any errors into one line
-o: use the old logfile
-t: terse display format
-s: 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).

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 08:55:58 GMT, July 12, 2025