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<h1>Client Usage</h1>
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<h2>Command Shape</h2>
<p>The client reads message data from standard input for message-oriented commands. Commands that only inspect configuration or connectivity, such as <code>ping</code> and <code>genkey</code>, do not require message input.</p>
<pre><code>ruzor [options] command</code></pre>
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<h2>Commands</h2>
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<thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Use</th><th>Reads stdin</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td><code>check</code></td><td>Query report and whitelist counts for each digest.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>info</code></td><td>Print detailed count and timestamp data.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>report</code></td><td>Report message digests as spam.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>whitelist</code></td><td>Report message digests as not-spam.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>ping</code></td><td>Verify server reachability.</td><td>No</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>pong</code></td><td>Test command that returns a fixed positive response.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>digest</code></td><td>Print the Pyzor digest without contacting a server.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>predigest</code></td><td>Print normalized text before hashing.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>genkey</code></td><td>Generate account key material.</td><td>Interactive</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>local_whitelist</code></td><td>Add a digest to the local client whitelist.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>local_unwhitelist</code></td><td>Remove a digest from the local whitelist.</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
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<h2>Servers File</h2>
<p>The client contacts every server listed in the configured <code>servers</code> file. Use <code>public.ruzor.org:24441</code> for the public Ruzor service endpoint.</p>
<pre><code>mkdir -p ~/.ruzor
cat > ~/.ruzor/servers <<'EOF'
public.ruzor.org:24441
127.0.0.1:24441
EOF
ruzor ping</code></pre>
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<h2>Input Styles</h2>
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<tr><td><code>msg</code></td><td>One RFC message from stdin.</td><td><code>ruzor check < message.eml</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>mbox</code></td><td>An mbox file containing multiple messages.</td><td><code>ruzor -s mbox digest < mail.mbox</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>digests</code></td><td>One digest per line, no message parsing.</td><td><code>ruzor -s digests check < digests.txt</code></td></tr>
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<h2>Common Options</h2>
<pre><code>--homedir DIR
--servers-file FILE
--accounts-file FILE
--local-whitelist FILE
--log-file FILE
-s, --style msg|mbox|digests
-t, --timeout SECONDS
-r, --report-threshold COUNT
-w, --whitelist-threshold COUNT
-d, --debug
-n, --nice NICE</code></pre>
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<h2>Local Whitelist</h2>
<p>The local whitelist is client-side. If a digest is locally whitelisted, <code>check</code> returns the local result without depending on the remote server response.</p>
<pre><code>ruzor local_whitelist < false-positive.eml
ruzor check < false-positive.eml
ruzor local_unwhitelist < false-positive.eml</code></pre>
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