ezmlm-idx(1)                                         ezmlm-idx(1)

NAME
       ezmlm-idx - create index for mailing list archive

SYNOPSIS
       ezmlm-idx [ -dDF ][ -fI msg ] dir

DESCRIPTION
       ezmlm-idx  reads all archived messages for the list in dir
       from dir/archive/ and creates a message index.  The  index
       file format is identical to that produced by ezmlm-send(1)
       (when dir/indexed is present).

       ezmlm-idx will ignore messages that do not have the  owner
       execute bit set.

       ezmlm-idx will create the the index file under a different
       name and then move it into place.

       If dir/indexed does not exist, ezmlm-idx will create it to
       enable  the  use  of  the newly created subject and author
       index.

       ezmlm-idx will remove reply-indicators and the prefix from
       the  subject before entry into the index, as described for
       ezmlm-send(1).  ezmlm-idx will decode rfc2047 encoded sub-
       ject  and  author  headers.  When  unfolding  split lines,
       ezmlm-idx will remove redundant escape sequences  for  the
       character set specified in dir/charset.

       ezmlm-idx  calculates  a subject hash based on the normal-
       ized subject header. Normalization removes linear  whites-
       pace, case information, and message reply indicators.  The
       subject hash is used by ezmlm-get(1) for  message  thread-
       ing.

OPTIONS
       -d     Use  the  ``Date:''  header  for  date information,
              rather than the top ``Received:'' header.  This  is
              unreliable,  but  useful  when  messages  have been
              transferred from another type of archive by mailing
              them  to ezmlm.  ezmlm-idx converts dates with two-
              digit years ``xx'' to 19xx if xx is >=  70.  Other-
              wise, 20xx is assumed.

       -D     (Default.)   Use  the ``Received:'' header, not the
              ``Date:'' header. This is more reliable since  this
              is  the  header added by the receiving qmail. Also,
              this results in always correctly formatted dates in
              the same time zone (usually UTC).

       -f msg Start  indexing with the archive section containing
              message msg.  This is useful if  you  have  removed
              part  of  the  archive  and  do  not want to create
              (empty) directories and index files for  these.  It

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ezmlm-idx(1)                                         ezmlm-idx(1)

              also decreases ezmlm-idx memory use.

       -F     (Default.)  Start indexing from message 1.

       -v     Display ezmlm-idx version info.

       -V     Display ezmlm-idx version info.

SEE ALSO
       ezmlm-archive(1), ezmlm-get(1), ezmlm-send(1), ezmlm(5)

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