mailfmt(1)					       mailfmt(1)



NNAAMMEE
       mailfmt - Reformat mail/news to wrap lines and remove quo-
       tation characters

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       mailfmt [-ahiorv] [-c char] [-w num]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       'mailfmt' is a Unix and Win32 tool for  reformatting  news
       and  mail messages.  It removes leading quotations strings
       (most often the '>' character, but this is user selectable
       from the command line) and wraps lines to a user specified
       width.  This allows news or mail messages which have  been
       extensively forwarded and/or quoted to be easily reformat-
       ted for ease of reading.

       On Unix systems, 'mailfmt' reads from stdin and writes  to
       stdout.

       On  Win32  systems, 'mailfmt' reads from the clipboard and
       then writes the results to the clipboard.  This is  really
       handy  if your are running a GUI mail client.  You cut the
       desired text (thereby placing it on the clipboard).   Then
       you  run  'mailfmt'  -  this  is best done with a keyboard
       shortcut - Then	paste  back  to  your  mail  client  and,
       voila!, your text has been reformatted.

       On  Win32  systems, the input and output can be reassigned
       to stdin and stdout respectively,  using  the  -i  and  -o
       options.

       Normally, errors on a Win32 system will appear as GUI Mes-
       sage Boxes.  If, however, you choose to output  to  stdout
       via  the  -o  option,  all  errors  will  be written there
       instead.



OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --aa     Do  not  remove	leading   quotation   characters.
	      (Default: Remove leading quotation characters.)


       --cc cchhaarraacctteerr
	      Change   the   quotation	 character   to   'char'.
	      (Default: '>')


       --hh     Display help information.


       --ii     Get input from stdin.  On Unix systems, this is the
	      only  possible  option  for  input  and need not be
	      specified.  However, on  Win32  systems,	input  to
	      defaults	to  the clipboard.  This option overrides
	      that default allowing Win32 systems  to  read  from
	      stdin.


       --oo     Send  output  to	stdout.  On Unix systems, this is
	      the only possible option for output and need not be
	      specified.    However,  on  Win32  systems,  output
	      defaults to the clipboard.  This	option	overrides
	      that  default  allowing  Win32  systems to write to
	      stdout.



       --rr     Do not wrap lines  to  specified	width.	(Default:
	      Wrap lines)


       --vv     Display detailed version information.


       --ww vvaall Set line wrapping width to 'val'.  (Default: 75)



OOTTHHEERR
       You  must  have	a  reasonably  current	copy  of 'python'
       installed for 'mailfmt' to operate.


BBUUGGSS AANNDD MMIISSFFEEAATTUURREESS
       None known as of this  release.	 This  is  not	beautiful
       code.  It is very hackish in places.


CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT AANNDD LLIICCEENNSSIINNGG
       'mailfmt'  is Copyright(c) 2002 TundraWare Inc.	For terms
       of use, see the mailfmt-License.txt file  in  the  program
       distribution.   If you install 'mailfmt' on a FreeBSD sys-
       tem using the 'ports' mechanism, you will also  find  this
       file in /usr/local/share/doc/mailfmt.


AAUUTTHHOORR
       Tim Daneliuk
       tundra@tundraware.com




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