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mu4e is an e-mail client for Emacs based on the mu indexer and searcher.

efficiently handles e-mail searching, reading, replying, moving, and deleting. is primarily an optimized filter system for the mailbox. does not send or fetch messages, instead relying on other tools, such as fetchmail and . works well with the message editor to complete features needed for an email client for Emacs.

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mu4e - multiple accounts

I am using mu4e for email in Emacs, and it is currently only configured for one mail account, and I set key to view different inbox. I wonder how to use mu4e for managing multiple email accounts?
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How can I delete mu4e drafts on successfully sending the mail?

As I'm composing mail, mu4e automatically saves drafts to the mu4e-drafts-folder. When I send the mail, these drafts persist. I expected mu4e to delete from the folder. I'm unable to find any documentation in the mu4e manual, and I'm afraid I'm…
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How can I copy an email message in mu4e?

I'm using mu4e for my e-mail, and am very happy with it. However, now I need to copy e-mail messages from one Maildir to another, instead of moving them. However, in the mu4e documentation, I could not find anything about copying (i.e.,…
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mu4e bookmarks: how to hide messages for folders like Trash and Spam?

I am trying mu4u for Gmail and an Exchange account. ;;; Mail directory shortcuts (setq mu4e-maildir-shortcuts '(("/Gmail/INBOX" . ?g) ("/Exchange/INBOX" . ?a))) ;;; Bookmarks (setq mu4e-bookmarks `(("flag:unread AND…
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Openning a link in mu4e message

How do I open a hyperlink in an mu4e message? I know I can click on it, but is there a keyboard shortcut I can press or a function I can call to open the link? I don't like using the mouse when I don't have to.
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mu4e: do not display messages in the thread that does not respect the query

It seems that when I do a search like date:2d..now AND NOT flag:trashed, mu4e display all the messages that respect the query... but also some others that are in the same thread (here I got some deleted messages). It can be really practical to…
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How to stop mu4e from inserting line breaks?

When I write a long line while composing a mail in mu4e, the lines are truncated for viewing (toggle-truncate-lines), but as soon as I hit Enter fixed line breaks (column width seems to be 70 or something) are introduced. How can I stop mu4e from…
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Muting threads in mu4e

I read a lot of mailing lists in mu4e. Sometimes a thread that I'm not interested in gets a lot of activity, and I'd like to unsubscribe from that thread in particular without unsubscribing from the whole mailing list. How can I ask mu4e to take…
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Removing seconds from :human-date in mu4e

In mu4e, :human-date shows seconds which I would like to avoid? How can I only show hour and minute in the HH:MM format?
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mu4e address autocomplete during compose needs to make context-sensitive selections

When composing an email in mu4e, I make heavy use of autocompletion in the To: and Cc: lines. Sometimes I have both a personal and work email address for the person I'm communicating with. I'd like the autocompletion to select the appropriate email…
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Return receipt in mu4e

How can I use "return receipt" (Message disposition notifications) in mu4e. For composing as well as receiving messages? For composing I tried to add a "RRT" field in the header, but receiving this mail with thunderbird didn't result in a "return…
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View multiple emails at the same time with mu4e

I use mu4e to read my emails. I often find myself wanting to see the content of two or three emails at the same time, in different windows in the same frame. However, mu4e doesn't seem to allow for this. Specifically, what I'd like to do is: from…
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How to remove email address from local database in mu4e?

I use mu4e to read and write email. One email address that was in the LDAP server before no longer exists, but it still shows and auto-completes in mu4e. How can I remove that address from the local database? And where is that database stored?
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How to view email address details in mu4e?

I started using mu4e for email and would like to see the details of email addresses of both sender and original recipient. My default view is From: Some sender and I would like to see their address, which I can do by replying to the email, when I…
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Resize attached image upon sending mail in mu4e

I use mu4e for email. An attachment is simply text: <#part filename="/absolute/path/to/file" disposition=attachment> <#/part> Can mu4e resize the attachment upon sending, e.g. converting a 3 MB JPEG image to a much smaller size?
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