3.6 messages — Count the Number of Messages in a Mailbox

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Messages prints on standard output the number of messages contained in each folder specified in command line. If no folders are specified, it operates upon user's system mailbox. For each folder, the following output line is produced:

     Number of messages in folder: number

where folder represents the folder name, number represents the number of messages.

Following configuration file statements affect the behaviour of messages:

Statement	Reference
debug	See Debug Statement.
tls	See TLS Statement.
mailbox	See Mailbox Statement.
locking	See Locking Statement.

The program accepts following command line options:

-q

--quiet

-s

--silent

Be quiet. Display only number of messages per mailbox, without leading text.

-?

--help

Output help message and exit.

--usage

Output short usage summary and exit.

-V

--version

Output program version and exit.