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91 lines
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#+TITLE: MU
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#+MAN_CLASS_OPTIONS: :section-id "@SECTION_ID@" :date "@MAN_DATE@"
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* NAME
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mu - a set of tools to deal with Maildirs and message files, in particular to
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index and search e-mail messages.
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* SYNOPSIS
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~mu~ [COMMON-OPTIONS] [[COMMAND] [COMMAND-OPTIONS]]
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For information about the common options, see *COMMON OPTIONS*.
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* DESCRIPTION
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~mu~ is the general command shows help about the specific commands:
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- ~add~: add specific messages to the database.
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- ~cfind~: find contacts
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- ~extract~: extract attachments and other MIME-parts
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- ~find~: find messages in the database
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- ~help~: get help for some command
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- ~index~: (re)index the messages in a Maildir
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- ~info~: show information about the mu database
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- ~init~: initialize the mu database
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- ~mkdir~: create a new Maildir
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- ~remove~: remove specific messages from the database
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- ~server~: start a server process (for ~mu4e~-internal use)
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- ~view~: view a specific message
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Each of the commands have their own manpage ~mu-<command~>~.
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~mu~ is a set of tools for dealing with Maildirs and the e-mail messages
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in them.
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~mu~'s main purpose is to enable searching of e-mail messages. It
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does so by periodically scanning a Maildir directory tree and
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analyzing the e-mail messages found (this is called `indexing'). The
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results of this analysis are stored in a database, which can then be
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queried.
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In addition to indexing and searching, ~mu~ also offers
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functionality for viewing messages, extracting attachments and
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creating maildirs, and searching and exporting contact information.
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~mu~ can be used from the command line or can be integrated with various
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e-mail clients.
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This manpage gives a general overview of the available commands
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(~index~, ~find~, etc.); each ~mu~ command has its own
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man-page as well.
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* COLORS
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Some ~mu~ commands support colorized output, and do so by default. If you don't
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want colors, you can use ~--nocolor~.
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* ENCODING
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~mu~'s output is in the current locale, with the exceptions of the output
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specifically meant for output to UTF8-encoded files. In practice, this means
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that the output of commands ~index~, ~view~, ~extract~ is always encoded according to
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the current locale.
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The same is true for ~find~ and ~cfind~, with some exceptions, where
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the output is always UTF-8, regardless of the locale:
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- For ~cfind~ the exception is ~--format=bbdb~. This is hard-coded to UTF-8, and as
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such specified in the output-file, so emacs/bbdb can handle it correctly
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without guessing.
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- For ~find~ the output is encoded according the locale for ~--format=plain~ (the
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default), and UTF-8 for all other formats.
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* DATABASE AND FILE
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Commands ~mu index~ and ~find~ and ~cfind~ work with the database, while the other
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ones work on individual mail files. Hence, running ~view~, ~mkdir~ and ~extract~ does
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not require the mu database.
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#+include: "common-options.inc" :minlevel 1
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#+include: "exit-code.inc" :minlevel 1
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#+include: "prefooter.inc" :minlevel 1
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* SEE ALSO
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~mu-add(1)~, ~mu-cfind(1)~, ~mu-extract(1)~, ~mu-find(1)~, ~mu-help(1)~, ~mu-index(1)~,
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~mu-info(1)~, ~mu-init(1)~, ~mu-mkdir(1)~, ~mu-remove(1)~, ~mu-server(1)~, ~mu-view(1)~,
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~mu-query(7)~, ~mu-easy(1)~
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