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'''Mu4e''' is designed to enable super-efficient handling of e-mail; searching, reading, replying, moving, deleting. It sits on top of your Maildir (which you update with e.g. offlineimap or fetchmail). | '''Mu4e''' is designed to enable super-efficient handling of e-mail; searching, reading, replying, moving, deleting. It sits on top of your Maildir (which you update with e.g. offlineimap or fetchmail). | ||
| − | + | Under the hood, mu4e is fully search-based, similar to programs like notmuch, md and sup. However, mu4e's user-interface is quite different. mu4e's mail handling (deleting, moving etc.) is inspired by Wanderlust [another emacs-based e-mail client, famously hard to get working], mutt and dired. | |
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| + | mu4e tries to keep all the 'state' in your maildirs, so you can easily switch between clients, synchronize over IMAP, backup with rsync and so on. If you delete the database, you won't lose any information. | ||
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Features include: | Features include: | ||
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* Fully search-based: there are no folders, only queries | * Fully search-based: there are no folders, only queries | ||
* UI optimized for speed with quick key strokes for common actions | * UI optimized for speed with quick key strokes for common actions | ||
| − | * Fully documented, with example configurations | + | * Fully documented, with example configurations (like [http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/Gmail-configuration.html#Gmail-configuration for gmail]) |
* Asynchronous: heavy actions never block emacs | * Asynchronous: heavy actions never block emacs | ||
* Write rich-text e-mails using org-mode (experimental) | * Write rich-text e-mails using org-mode (experimental) | ||
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For all the details, please see the (very good) [http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/index.html manual], and see the [http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html screenshots] ! | For all the details, please see the (very good) [http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/index.html manual], and see the [http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html screenshots] ! | ||
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| + | The main view: | ||
| + | [[File:Mu4e-1.png]] | ||
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| + | The messages/header split view, with speedbar support: | ||
| + | [[File:Mu4e-splitview.png]] | ||
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| + | = Extensions = | ||
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| + | == Complete contacts with Helm == | ||
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| + | There's a very nice and efficient solution to complete contacts in [http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/03/14/A-helm-mu4e-contact-selector/ this blog post]. | ||
[[Category:Third Party Package]] | [[Category:Third Party Package]] | ||
[[Category:Email]] [[Category:MUA]] | [[Category:Email]] [[Category:MUA]] | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 17 March 2015
| Description | Email client |
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| Author | Dirk-Jan C. Binnema |
| Maintainer | Dirk-Jan C. Binnema |
| Source | https://github.com/djcb/mu |
| Part of Emacs | no |
Mu4e is designed to enable super-efficient handling of e-mail; searching, reading, replying, moving, deleting. It sits on top of your Maildir (which you update with e.g. offlineimap or fetchmail).
Under the hood, mu4e is fully search-based, similar to programs like notmuch, md and sup. However, mu4e's user-interface is quite different. mu4e's mail handling (deleting, moving etc.) is inspired by Wanderlust [another emacs-based e-mail client, famously hard to get working], mutt and dired.
mu4e tries to keep all the 'state' in your maildirs, so you can easily switch between clients, synchronize over IMAP, backup with rsync and so on. If you delete the database, you won't lose any information.
Features
Features include:
- Fully search-based: there are no folders, only queries
- UI optimized for speed with quick key strokes for common actions
- Fully documented, with example configurations (like for gmail)
- Asynchronous: heavy actions never block emacs
- Write rich-text e-mails using org-mode (experimental)
- Address auto-completion based on your messages – no need for managing address books
- Extendable in many places using custom actions
For all the details, please see the (very good) manual, and see the screenshots !
The main view:
The messages/header split view, with speedbar support:
Extensions
Complete contacts with Helm
There's a very nice and efficient solution to complete contacts in this blog post.