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# aerc

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aerc is a terminal-based e-mail client with Vim-style keybindings and an ex-command system. It uses an embedded teminal which allows to use any terminal-editor as an embedded component to compose e-mails. aerc comes with inbuilt support for IMAP and SMTP, but also supports Maildir and Notmuch. While aerc provides a simple wizard to set up an e-mail account, the complete configuration is handled in text files within `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc`.

aerc is written in Go and uses the Tcell package for the terminal UI.

## Installation

Install the aerc package.

## Tips and tricks

### Khard as addressbook provider

khard can be configured as an address book provider[1]:

    $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/aerc.conf

    [compose]
    address-book-cmd=khard email --parsable --remove-first-line %s

### Send from an alias

In the section corresponding to the account having multiple email addresses (at least one alias) of the `accounts.conf` file (refer to aerc-accounts(5)), add the following line:

    $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf

    use-envelope-from = true

This will read the `from` address from the header to choose the alias to use.

### Display Notmuch tags

When using Notmuch as a backend in the `accounts.conf` file (refer to aerc-notmuch(5)), one may display the Notmuch's tags inside the mail list by adding the following inside the `aerc.conf` [2]:

    $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/aerc.conf

    [ui]
    index-columns=date<=,name<20,flags>=,subject<*,notmuch>=
    column-notmuch= \
    {{- (map .Labels \
            (exclude .Folder) \
            (exclude "replied|passed|attachment|flagged|unread|draft") \
            | join ",") -}}

### Save sent mails

If you want to save every sent mail in a specific directory in your mailbox, put the following line into `accounts.conf`.

To save every mail in a mail box named "SENT":

    copy-to = SENT

## See also

### Officials

- The official aerc website
- The aerc repository
- The aerc Wiki
- The aerc mailing lists

### Third-party posts

- Email client (aerc) - Will Webberley

Categories:

- Email clients
- Console applications

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