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[https://aerc-mail.org/ aerc] is a terminal email client (MUA) originally written by [https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/ ~sircmpwn] and now maintained by [https://sr.ht/~rjarry/ ~rjarry]. It supports multiple accounts, mail synchronisation, GPG integration and more. | [https://aerc-mail.org/ aerc] is a terminal email client (MUA) originally written by [https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/ ~sircmpwn] and now maintained by [https://sr.ht/~rjarry/ ~rjarry]. It supports multiple accounts, mail synchronisation, GPG integration and more. | ||
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Settings specific to accounts (e.g. IMAP configuration) are stored in {{Path|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf}} which should only be readable and writable by the owning user (permissions <code>600</code>) as it may store sensitive data like passwords in clear text. | Settings specific to accounts (e.g. IMAP configuration) are stored in {{Path|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf}} which should only be readable and writable by the owning user (permissions <code>600</code>) as it may store sensitive data like passwords in clear text. | ||
An example account configration using [[Msmtp|msmtp]] for sending email and [[Mbsync|mbsync]] could look like this: | An example account configration using [[Msmtp|msmtp]] for sending email and [[Mbsync|mbsync]] for fetching email to a local maildirpp store could look like this: | ||
{{Cat|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf|<nowiki>[primary] | {{Cat|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf|<nowiki>[primary] | ||
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The full configuration file format reference can be found in <code>aerc-accounts(5)</code>. | The full configuration file format reference can be found in <code>aerc-accounts(5)</code>. | ||
== Documentation == | |||
aerc is extensively documented in its man pages. Consult <code>aerc-tutorial(7)</code> as a starting point. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Aerc aerc on the ArchWiki] | * [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Aerc aerc on the ArchWiki] | ||
[[Category:Mail]] | [[Category:Mail]] | ||
[[Category:Software]] | [[Category:Software]] |
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aerc is a terminal email client (MUA) originally written by ~sircmpwn and now maintained by ~rjarry. It supports multiple accounts, mail synchronisation, GPG integration and more.
Installation
aerc is available in the Community repository.
# apk add aerc
Configuration
Configuration for aerc is stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc, with $XDG_CONFIG_HOME falling back to ~/.config if it is unset.
Settings specific to accounts (e.g. IMAP configuration) are stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf which should only be readable and writable by the owning user (permissions 600
) as it may store sensitive data like passwords in clear text.
An example account configration using msmtp for sending email and mbsync for fetching email to a local maildirpp store could look like this:
Contents of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/accounts.conf
The full configuration file format reference can be found in aerc-accounts(5)
.
Documentation
aerc is extensively documented in its man pages. Consult aerc-tutorial(7)
as a starting point.