!MarcelDir.Files./marcelrc' configuration file.
Most of the configuration of Marcel can be most easily performed from the windowing interface available from the 'Choices...' menu item on the iconbar menu, and this is fully described in the printed manual. However there are a number of options that may be of interest to the advanced user that are only available by editing the /marcelrc file directly (eg, in a text editor).
Note that there are some experimental or unimplemented features mentioned in the /marcelrc file. You should only edit the options mentioned in this document, otherwise the software may not behave as expected. If you start having problems with Marcel, delete your edited /marcelrc file, load Marcel and configure it using the windowing interface (this will create a new /marcelrc file).
1 When using the 'send.replyme' feature described above, Marcel uses a 'special' address book alias called "me". This should be set to a list of all versions of your email address, if you have multiple addresses. Marcel also uses this alias to determine whether to display 'To xxx' rather than 'From xxx' when listing messages in mail folders.
Time/date configuration strings
These strings are the same format as used in ANSI C's <time.h>. You can use any of:
%a is replaced by the locale's abbreviated weekday name.
%A is replaced by the locale's full weekday name.
%b is replaced by the locale's abbreviated month name.
%B is replaced by the locale's full month name.
%c is replaced by the locale's appropriate date and time representation.
%d is replaced by the day of the month as a decimal number (01-31).
%H is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (00-23).
%I is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (01-12).
%j is replaced by the day of the year as a decimal number (001-366).
%m is replaced by the month as a decimal number (01-12).
%M is replaced by the minute as a decimal number (00-59).
%p is replaced by the locale's equivalent of either AM or PM designations
associated with a 12-hour clock.
%S is replaced by the second as a decimal number (00-61).
%U is replaced by the week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of
week 1) as a decimal number (00-53).
%w is replaced by the weekday as a decimal number (0(Sunday) - 6).
%W is replaced by the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of
week 1) as a decimal number (00-53).
%x is replaced by the locale's appropriate date representation.
%X is replaced by the locale's appropriate time representation.
%y is replaced by the year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
%Y is replaced by the year with century as a decimal number.
%Z is replaced by the timezone name or abbreviation, or by no characters
if no time zone is determinable.
%% is replaced by %.