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Update docs. Correct errors reported by setup.py build_docs. Add rest interface and link to rest doc to features page. Add link to xmlrpc doc to features page. Add rest doc to index. Update rest doc, hopefully clarify confusing use of parameters in patch action section. Fix code examples in "Adding new rest endpoints" section. Fix example adding import of exception.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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1 .TH ROUNDUP-MAILGW 1 "24 January 2003"
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2 .SH NAME
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3 roundup-mailgw \- mail gateway for roundup
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4 .SH SYNOPSIS
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5 \fBroundup-mailgw\fP \fIinstance_home\fP [\fImethod\fP]
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6 .SH OPTIONS
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9 Print version and exit.
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11 \fB-C\fP \fIhyperdb class\fP
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12 specify a tracker class - one of msg (the default), issue, file, user - to
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13 manipulate with -S options
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15 \fB-S\fP \fIproperty\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP[\fB;\fP\fIproperty\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP] \fIpairs\fP
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16 specify the values to set on the class specified by -C using the same
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17 format as the Subject line property manipulations
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18 .SH DESCRIPTION
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19 The roundup mail gateway may be called in one of three ways:
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20 .IP \(bu
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21 with an instance home as the only argument,
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22 .IP \(bu
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23 with both an instance home and a mail spool file, or
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24 .IP \(bu
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25 with both an instance home and a pop server account.
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26 .PP
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27 \fBPIPE\fP
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29 In the first case, the mail gateway reads a single message from the
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30 standard input and submits the message to the roundup.mailgw module.
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32 \fBUNIX mailbox\fP
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34 In the second case, the gateway reads all messages from the mail spool
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35 file and submits each in turn to the roundup.mailgw module. The file is
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36 emptied once all messages have been successfully handled. The file is
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37 specified as:
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38 \fImailbox /path/to/mailbox\fP
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40 In all of the following the username and password can be stored in a
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41 ~/.netrc file. In this case only the server name need be specified on
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42 the command-line.
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44 The username and/or password will be prompted for if not supplied on
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45 the command-line or in ~/.netrc.
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47 \fBPOP\fP
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49 In the third case, the gateway reads all messages from the POP server
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52 \fBpop\fP \fIusername\fP\fB:\fP\fIpassword\fP\fB@\fP\fIserver\fP
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54 The username and password may be omitted:
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55 \fBpop\fP \fIusername\fP\fB@\fP\fIserver\fP
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58 are both valid. The username and/or password will be prompted for if
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59 not supplied on the command-line.
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63 Same as POP, but using Authenticated POP:
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69 POP mail.
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78 Connect to an IMAP server over ssl.
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81 .SH AUTHOR
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82 This manpage was written by Bastian Kleineidam
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83 <calvin@debian.org> for the Debian distribution of roundup.
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85 The main author of roundup is Richard Jones
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86 <richard@users.sourceforge.net>.

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