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.Dd September 16, 2019
.Dt MELI.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm meli.conf
.Nd configuration file for the Meli Mail User Agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Pa $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/meli/config.toml
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Configuration for meli is written in TOML.
Few things to consider before writing TOML (quoting the spec):
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
TOML is case sensitive.
.It
A TOML file must be a valid UTF-8 encoded Unicode document.
.It
Whitespace means tab (0x09) or space (0x20).
.It
Newline means LF (0x0A) or CRLF (0x0D 0x0A).
.El
.Pp
Refer to TOML documentation for valid TOML syntax.
.sp
Though not part of TOML syntax,
.Nm
can have nested configuration files by using the following
.Xr m4 1
include macro:
.Dl include(\&"/path/to/file\&")
.Sh SECTIONS
The top level sections of the config are:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
accounts
.It
shortcuts
.It
notifications
.It
pager
.It
listing
.It
composing
.It
pgp
.It
terminal
.It
log
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
example configuration
.sp
.Bd -literal
# Setting up a Maildir account
[accounts.account-name]
root_mailbox = "/path/to/root/folder"
format = "Maildir"
index_style = "Compact"
identity="email@address.tld"
subscribed_mailboxes = ["folder", "folder/Sent"] # or [ "*", ] for all mailboxes
display_name = "Name"

# Set mailbox-specific settings
  [accounts.account-name.mailboxes]
  "INBOX" = { alias="Inbox" } #inline table
  "drafts" = { alias="Drafts" } #inline table
  [accounts.account-name.mailboxes."foobar-devel"] # or a regular table
    ignore = true # don't show notifications for this mailbox

# Setting up an mbox account
[accounts.mbox]
root_mailbox = "/var/mail/username"
format = "mbox"
index_style = "Compact"
identity="username@hostname.local"

[pager]
filter = "COLUMNS=72 /usr/local/bin/pygmentize -l email"
html_filter = "w3m -I utf-8 -T text/html"

[notifications]
script = "notify-send"

[composing]
# required for sending e-mail
mailer_cmd = 'msmtp --read-recipients --read-envelope-from'
editor_cmd = 'vim +/^$'

[shortcuts]
[shortcuts.composing]
edit_mail = 'e'

[shortcuts.listing]
new_mail = 'm'
set_seen = 'n'

[terminal]
theme = "light"
.Ed
.Pp
available options are listed below.
.Sy default values are shown in parentheses.
.Sh ACCOUNTS
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic root_mailbox Ar String
the backend-specific path of the root_mailbox, usually INBOX.
.It Ic format Ar String Op maildir mbox imap notmuch jmap
the format of the mail backend.
.It Ic subscribed_mailboxes Ar [String,]
an array of mailbox paths to display in the UI.
Paths are relative to the root mailbox (eg "INBOX/Sent", not "Sent").
The glob wildcard
.Em \&*
can be used to match every mailbox name and path.
.It Ic identity Ar String
your e-mail address that is inserted in the From: headers of outgoing mail
.It Ic index_style Ar String
set the way mailboxes are displayed
.El
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lb l.
conversations:shows one entry per thread
compact:shows one row per thread
threaded:shows threads as a tree structure
plain:shows one row per mail, regardless of threading
.TE
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic display_name Ar String
(optional) a name which can be combined with your address:
"Name <email@address.tld>"
.It Ic read_only Ar boolean
attempt to not make any changes to this account.
.Pq Em false
.It Ic manual_refresh Ar boolean
(optional) if true, do not monitor account for changes (you can use shortcut listing.refresh)
.Pq Em false
.It Ic refresh_command Ar String
(optional) command to execute when manually refreshing (shortcut listing.refresh)
.Pq Em None
.It Ic cache_type Ar String
(optional) choose which cache backend to use.
Available options are 'none' and 'sqlite3'
.Pq Em "sqlite3"
.It Ic vcard_folder Ar String
(optional) Folder that contains .vcf files.
They are parsed and imported read-only.
.It Ic mailboxes Ar mailbox
(optional) configuration for each mailbox.
Its format is described below in
.Sx mailboxes Ns
\&.
.El
.Sh notmuch only
.Ic root_mailbox
points to the directory which contains the
.Pa .notmuch/
subdirectory.
notmuch mailboxes are virtual, since they are defined by user-given notmuch queries.
Thus you have to explicitly state the mailboxes you want in the
.Ic mailboxes
field and set the
.Ar query
property to each of them.
Example:
.Bd -literal
[accounts.notmuch]
format = "notmuch"
\&...
  [accounts.notmuch.mailboxes]
  "INBOX" = {  query="tag:inbox", subscribe = true }
  "Drafts" = {  query="tag:draft", subscribe = true }
  "Sent" = {  query="from:username@server.tld from:username2@server.tld", subscribe = true }
.Ed
.Sh IMAP only
IMAP specific options are:
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic server_hostname Ar String
example:
.Qq mail.example.tld
.It Ic server_username Ar String
.It Ic server_password Ar String
.It Ic server_password_command Ar String
(optional) Use instead of
.Ic server_password
.It Ic server_port Ar number
(optional)
.\" default value
.Pq Em 143
.It Ic use_starttls Ar boolean
(optional) if port is 993 and use_starttls is unspecified, it becomes false by default.
.\" default value
.Pq Em true
.It Ic danger_accept_invalid_certs Ar boolean
(optional) do not validate TLS certificates.
.\" default value
.Pq Em false
.El
.Sh JMAP only
JMAP specific options are:
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic server_hostname Ar String
example:
.Qq mail.example.tld
.It Ic server_username Ar String
.It Ic server_password Ar String
.It Ic server_port Ar number
(optional)
.\" default value
.Pq Em 443
.It Ic danger_accept_invalid_certs Ar boolean
(optional) do not validate TLS certificates.
.\" default value
.Pq Em false
.El
.Sh mbox only
mbox specific options are:
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic prefer_mbox_type Ar String
(optional) prefer specific mbox format reader for each message. Default is mboxcl2 format. If the preferred format fails, the message is retried with mboxrd and then if it fails again there's a recover attempt, which discards the invalid message.
Valid values are:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
.Ar auto
.It
.Ar mboxo
.It
.Ar mboxrd
.It
.Ar mboxcl
.It
.Ar mboxcl2
.El
.\" default value
.Pq Em auto
.El
to set multiple mailboxes, you have to explicitly state the mailboxes you want in the
.Ic mailboxes
field and set the
.Ar path
property to each of them.
Example:
.Bd -literal
[accounts.mbox]
format = "mbox"
mailboxes."Python mailing list" = { path = "~/.mail/python.mbox", subscribe = true, autoload = true }
.Ed
.Sh mailboxes
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic alias Ar String
(optional) show a different name for this mailbox in the UI
.It Ic autoload Ar boolean
(optional) load this mailbox on startup
.\" default value
.Pq Em true
.It Ic subscribe Ar boolean
(optional) watch this mailbox for updates
.\" default value
.Pq Em true
.It Ic ignore Ar boolean
(optional) silently insert updates for this mailbox, if any
.\" default value
.Pq Em false
.It Ic usage Ar boolean
(optional) special usage of this mailbox.
Valid values are:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
.Ar Normal
.It
.Ar Inbox
.It
.Ar Archive
.It
.Ar Drafts
.It
.Ar Flagged
.It
.Ar Junk
.It
.Ar Sent
.It
.Ar Trash
.El
otherwise usage is inferred from the mailbox title.
.It Ic conf_override Ar boolean
(optional) override global settings for this mailbox.
Available sections to override are
.Em pager, notifications, shortcuts, composing
and the account options
.Em identity and index_style Ns
\&.
Example:
.Bd -literal
[accounts."imap.domain.tld".mailboxes."INBOX"]
  index_style = "plain"
  [accounts."imap.domain.tld".mailboxes."INBOX".pager]
    filter = ""
.Ed
.El
.Sh COMPOSING
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic mailer_cmd Ar String
command to pipe new mail to, exit code must be 0 for success.
.It Ic editor_cmd Ar String
command to launch editor.
Can have arguments.
Draft filename is given as the last argument.
If it's missing, the environment variable $EDITOR is looked up.
.It Ic embed Ar boolean
(optional) embed editor within meli
.\" default value
.Pq Em false
.It Ic format_flowed Ar boolean
(optional) set format=flowed [RFC3676] in text/plain attachments.
.\" default value
.Pq Em true
.It Ic default_header_values Ar hash table String[String]
Default header values used when creating a new draft.
.El
.Sh SHORTCUTS
Shortcuts can take the following values:
.Qq Em Backspace
.Qq Em Left
.Qq Em Right
.Qq Em Up
.Qq Em Down
.Qq Em Home
.Qq Em End
.Qq Em PageUp
.Qq Em PageDown
.Qq Em Delete
.Qq Em Insert
.Qq Em Enter
.Qq Em Tab
.Qq Em Esc
.Qq Em F1..F12
.Qq Em M-char
.Qq Em C-char
and
.Qq Em char Ns
, where char is a single character string.
.sp
The headings before each list indicate the map key of the shortcut list.
For example for the first list titled
.Em general
the configuration is typed as follows:
.Bd -literal
[shortcuts.general]
next_tab = 'T'
.Ed
.sp
and for
.Em compact-listing Ns
:
.Bd -literal
[shortcuts.compact-listing]
open_thread = "Enter"
exit_thread = 'i'
.Ed
.sp
.Pp
.Em general
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic next_tab
Go to next tab.
.\" default value
.Pq Em T
.It Ic go_to_tab
Go to the
.Em n Ns
th tab
.Pq Em cannot be redefined
.El
.sp
.Em listing
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic prev_page
Go to previous page.
.\" default value
.Pq Em PageUp
.It Ic next_page
Go to next page.
.\" default value
.Pq Em PageDown
.It Ic prev_mailbox
Go to previous mailbox.
.\" default value
.Pq Em K
.It Ic next_mailbox
Go to next mailbox.
.\" default value
.Pq Em J
.It Ic prev_account
Go to previous account.
.\" default value
.Pq Em l
.It Ic next_account
Go to next account.
.\" default value
.Pq Em h
.It Ic new_mail
Start new mail draft in new tab
.\" default value
.Pq Em m
.It Ic set_seen
Set thread as seen.
.\" default value
.Pq Em n
.It Ic refresh
Manually request a mailbox refresh.
.\" default value
.Pq Em F5
.It Ic search
Search within list of e-mails.
.\" default value
.Pq Em /
.It Ic toggle_menu_visibility
Toggle visibility of side menu in mail list.
.\" default value
.Pq Em `
.El
.sp
.Em compact-listing
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic exit_thread
Exit thread view
.\" default value
.Pq Em i
.It Ic open_thread
Open thread.
.\" default value
.Pq Em Enter
.It Ic select_entry
Select thread entry.
.\" default value
.Pq Em v
.El
.sp
.Em pager
.Bl -tag -width 36n
.It Ic scroll_up
Scroll up pager.
.\" default value
.Pq Em k
.It Ic scroll_down
Scroll down pager.
.\" default value
.Pq Em j
.It Ic page_up
Go to previous pager page
.\" default value
.Pq Em PageUp
.It Ic page_down
Go to next pager pag
.\" default