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

NAME
       ezmlm-idx - create index for mailing list archive

SYNOPSIS
       ezmlm-idx [ -dD ] 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.)  Do not use the ``Date:'' header.

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

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