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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-09-25 07:08:38 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-09-25 08:53:49 +0000
commit237fc1f6af4a364f7f3580efea6c5bf62a5cb0a9 (patch)
treee8be4316d41e24ea19237187895d6e0ac705681e
parentd0100ddd9fe00197cc846d83e70b7611c57dbf43 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-237fc1f6af4a364f7f3580efea6c5bf62a5cb0a9.tar.gz
-F is really only useful for distinguishing between mbox
variants and single message/rfc822 files.  URLs and
directory-based formats can be auto-detected easily enough.
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diff --git a/Documentation/lei-rm.pod b/Documentation/lei-rm.pod
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+++ b/Documentation/lei-rm.pod
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ the command-line.
 
 =item --in-format=MAIL_FORMAT
 
-Message input format: C<eml>, C<maildir>, C<imap>, C<imaps>, C<nntp>,
-C<nntps>, C<mboxrd>, C<mboxcl2>, C<mboxcl>, or C<mboxo>.
+Message input format: C<eml>, C<mboxrd>, C<mboxcl2>, C<mboxcl>, or C<mboxo>
+when reading from stdin or using one of the mbox variants.
 
-Default: C<eml> when reading from stdin
+Not necessary when using an IMAP URL, NNTP URL or Maildir.
+
+Default: C<eml> when reading from stdin or if the file suffix
+ends in C<.patch> or C<.eml>.
 
 =item --lock=METHOD