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| author | Andrew Aitchison <exim@aitchison.me.uk> | 2023-02-12 11:28:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2023-02-16 18:49:36 +0000 |
| commit | 7b5fe03f9c6c2a322dc385ab78b60ccfe1fe33fe (patch) | |
| tree | 951512297353d91e48381a747c2383b35dc6edb0 /doc | |
| parent | 73d6e13f9b0cc4f708210372c59893950b3f7097 (diff) | |
Utility: exim_msgdate
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 6199b5d89..1708430ae 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is . converted into DocBook XML for subsequent conversion into printable and online @@ -948,6 +949,7 @@ User filters are run as part of the routing process, described below. .cindex "base36" .cindex "Darwin" .cindex "Cygwin" +.cindex "exim_msgdate" Every message handled by Exim is given a &'message id'& which is sixteen characters long. It is divided into three parts, separated by hyphens, for example &`16VDhn-0001bo-D3`&. Each part is a sequence of letters and digits, @@ -994,6 +996,10 @@ received by the same process, or by another process with the same (re-used) pid, it is guaranteed that the time will be different. In most cases, the clock will already have ticked while the message was being received. +The exim_msgdate utility (see section &<<SECTexim_msgdate>>&) can be +used to display the date, and optionally the process id, of an Exim +Message ID. + .section "Receiving mail" "SECID13" .cindex "receiving mail" @@ -39475,6 +39481,7 @@ the next chapter. The utilities described here are: .irow &<<SECTtidydb>>& &'exim_tidydb'& "clean up a hints database" .irow &<<SECTfixdb>>& &'exim_fixdb'& "patch a hints database" .irow &<<SECTmailboxmaint>>& &'exim_lock'& "lock a mailbox file" +.irow &<<SECTexim_msgdate>>& &'exim_msgdate'& "Message Ids for humans (exim_msgdate)" .endtable Another utility that might be of use to sites with many MTAs is Tom Kistner's @@ -40198,9 +40205,16 @@ exim_lock -q /var/spool/mail/spqr \ .endd Note that if a command is supplied, it must be entirely contained within the second argument &-- hence the quotes. -.ecindex IIDutils +.section "Message Ids for humans (exim_msgdate)" "SECTexim_msgdate" +.cindex "exim_msgdate" +The &'exim_msgdate'& utility is written by Andrew Aitchison and included in the Exim distribution. +This Perl script converts an Exim Mesage ID back into a human readable form. +For details of &'exim_msgdate'&'s options, run &'exim_msgdate'& with the &%--help%& option. + +Section &<<SECTmessiden>>& (Message identification) describes Exim Mesage IDs. +.ecindex IIDutils . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |