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author | Wayne Reeves <darthwayne@hotmail.com> | 2022-08-17 19:14:40 -0500 |
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committer | Wayne Reeves <darthwayne@hotmail.com> | 2022-08-17 19:14:40 -0500 |
commit | a47042582c87af98aef1999f6b64b20b1d6c5cde (patch) | |
tree | efc49be7da040b49f85ae73509e2c70ce8d01fd7 /mw.1 | |
parent | d4041b5953e0bebf86c85f9a29e25ad7f8af74dc (diff) | |
parent | 110a6ce78549eeef58dac1f9dd283da5f99c5cd3 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into HEAD
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@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ mw \- mutt-wizard \- autoconfigure email accounts for neomutt and isync .SH SYNOPSIS .B mw -<command> +[ +.I OPTIONS +] .SH DESCRIPTION .B mw takes a user email account and sets up a terminal-based email interface for it with @@ -16,24 +18,94 @@ for sending mail, and also passwords automatically encrypted and stored with .B pass. .SH COMMANDS .TP -.B add -configure an email account +.B -a your@email.com +add an email address .TP -.B ls +.B -l list all email accounts configured by mutt-wizard .TP -.B delete -delete the configuration files for an already configured email account +.B -d +pick an already configured account and remove its configuration .TP -.B purge -totally purge all local mutt-wizard accounts +.B -D your@email.com +remove a configured account without confirmation .TP -.B cron -toggle a cronjob that will automatically sync mail with -.B mailsync -as often as you wish +.B -y your@email.com +download and upload mail for an email account +.TP +.B -Y +sync all email accounts +.TP +.B -t 15 +toggle a cronjob that syncs your mail every 15 minutes (or any other number under 60) +.TP +.B -T +toggle a cronjob without specifying minutes between sync +.TP +.B -r +reorder account shortcut numbers +.SH OPTIONS FOR ADDING ACCOUNTS +These can be specified on the command line, otherwise, you will be prompted for what is necessary. mutt-wizard knows the IMAP/SMTP server information for most email providers, so specifying them is usually redundant. +.TP +.B -u billy +Account logon/username if required and different from email address. +.TP +.B -n Billy +Real name which will appear in emails. Should be put in quotes if multiple words. +.TP +.B -m number +Set a maximum number of messages to be stored offline. +.TP +.B -i +IMAP/POP server address +.TP +.B -I +IMAP/POP server port (assumed to be 993 for IMAP and 995 for POP if not specified) +.TP +.B -s +SMTP server address +.TP +.B -S +SMTP server port (assumed to be 465 if not specified) +.TP +.B -x +Account password. You will be prompted for the password interactively if this option is not given. +.B -P +Pass Prefix. The password will be stored using pass at <passprefix><email> +.SH OTHER OPTIONS +.TP +.B -f +Force account creation and guess mailboxes without attempting to connect to server. Otherwise if connection cannot be made, the configured account settings will not be persistent. +.TP +.B -o +Create settings for an account to be used online only without mail syncing abilities. Without +.B -f +connection will still be attempted in setup to discover mailboxes. +.TP +.B -X +When removing an email profile with either +.I -d +or +.I -D, +also delete the local mail (will not delete the mail on the server). +.TP +.B -p +Use POP protocol instead of IMAP. Requires +.I mpop +to download mail after configuration. Server details can still be given with the +.I -i +and +.I -I +options as if it were a IMAP. .SH DETAILS .TP +.B mailsync +mutt-wizard calls a script +.I mailsync +to sync mail. This script additionally indexes new mail with notmuch and gives you a notification if new mail has arrived. If you want to bypass its additional features, you can always just run +.I mbsync -a +to sync your mail directly. +.TP .B Mail location If the user chooses to keep offline email with .B isync, @@ -52,11 +124,9 @@ and can be edited by the user if needbe. Note that the mutt-wizard will also sou file. .TP .B Mail deletion -Neither -.B delete -or -.B purge -will delete downloaded mail for safety (and time)'s sake. If you want to delete downloaded mail, do so manually by removing it from the directory above. +mutt-wizard's delete action will delete configuration files and +.I not +downloaded mail for safety (and time)'s sake. If you want to delete downloaded mail, do so manually by removing it from the directory above. .TP .B Default settings The mutt-wizard has many default settings that focus on making it aesthetically pleasing and supplying more vim-like bindings. These can be found in @@ -82,9 +152,8 @@ If you would like to help develop mutt-wizard for others, you are invited to add on mutt-wizard's Github <https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/mutt-wizard> or Gitlab <https://gitlab.com/lukesmithxyz/mutt-wizard> pages. .TP .B Gmail accounts -Google will require you to allow "less-secure" (third party) applications or use two-factor authentication in order to access their IMAP servers to download your mail. If you use Gmail, be sure to handle this before running mutt-wizard <https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255>. -.B Protonmail accounts -Protonmail users must use the Protonmail Bridge <https://protonmail.com/bridge/> to access their IMAP and SMTP servers. This too should be configured before running mutt-wizard. +Google will require you to allow "less-secure" (third party) applications or remove two-factor authentication in order to access their IMAP servers to download your mail. If you use Gmail, be sure to handle this before running mutt-wizard <https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255>. +.TP .B Enterprise and university accounts Many universities and businesses might host their domain's email via Google or another service. This often requires a special IMAP/SMTP-specific password that you must generate and use. Again, mutt-wizard can handle these systems, but only once they've been set up. .TP @@ -223,9 +292,11 @@ Written by Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> originally in 2018. .SH LICENSE GPLv3 .SH SEE ALSO +.BR mailsync (1), .BR neomutt (1), .BR neomuttrc (1) .BR mbsync (1), +.BR mpop (1), .BR msmtp (1), .BR notmuch (1), .BR abook (1) |