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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 subject 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 normalized subject
       header. Normalization removes linear whitespace, case information, and
       message reply indicators.  The subject hash is used by ezmlm-get(1) for
       message threading.

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. Otherwise, 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 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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