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Starting with version 0.9.8, [[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu][mu]] provides an emacs-based e-mail client which
uses =mu= as its back-end: *mu4e*.
Through =mu=, =mu4e= 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. The overall 'feel' is a bit of a mix of =dired= and [[http://www.gohome.org/wl/][Wanderlust]].
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
- 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 [[file:mu4e/index.html][manual]], or check the screenshots
below. ~mu4e~ is part of the normal [[http://code.google.com/p/mu0/downloads/list][mu source package]] and also [[https://github.com/djcb/mu][available on
Github]].
** Screenshots
Here are some screenshots.
*** The main view
[[file:mu4e-1.png]]
*** The headers view
[[file:mu4e-2.png]]
*** The message view
[[file:mu4e-3.png]]
*** The message/headers split view (0.9.8.4)
[[file:mu4e-splitview.png]]
The message/headers split view, and speedbar support.
*** View message as pdf (0.9.8.4)
[[file:mu4egraph.png]]
** License & Copyright
*mu4e* was designed and implemented by Dirk-Jan C. Binnema, and is Free
Software, licensed under the GNU GPLv3
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