aerc-config(5) # NAME aerc-config - configuration file formats for *aerc*(1) # CONFIGURATION There are three aerc config files: *aerc.conf*, *binds.conf*, and *accounts.conf*. The last one must be kept secret, as it may include your account credentials. We look for these files in your XDG config home plus "aerc", which defaults to ~/.config/aerc. Examples of these config files are typically included with your installation of aerc and are usually installed in /usr/share/aerc. Each file uses the _ini_ format, and consists of sections with keys and values. A line beginning with # is considered a comment and ignored, as are empty lines. New sections begin with [section-name] on a single line, and keys and values are separated with "=". # AERC.CONF This file is used for configuring the general appearance and behavior of aerc. ## GENERAL OPTIONS These options are configured in the *[general]* section of aerc.conf. *default-save-path* Used as a default path for save operations if no other path is specified. ## UI OPTIONS These options are configured in the *[ui]* section of aerc.conf. *index-format* Describes the format for each row in a mailbox view. This field is compatible with mutt's printf-like syntax. Default: %D %-17.17n %s [- *Format specifier* :[ *Description* | %% : literal % | %a : sender address | %A : reply-to address, or sender address if none | %C : message number | %d : formatted message timestamp | %D : formatted message timestamp converted to local timezone | %f : sender name and address | %F : sender name, or sender address if none | %i : message id | %n : same as %F | %r : comma-separated list of formatted recipient names and addresses | %R : comma-separated list of formatted CC names and addresses | %s : subject | %u : sender mailbox name (e.g. "smith" in "smith@example.net") | %v : sender first name (e.g. "Alex" in "Alex Smith ") | %Z : flags (O=old, N=new, r=answered, D=deleted, !=flagged) *timestamp-format* See time.Time#Format at https://godoc.org/time#Time.Format Default: 2006-01-02 03:04 PM (ISO 8601 + 12 hour time) *sidebar-width* Width of the sidebar, including the border. Set to zero to disable the sidebar. Default: 20 *empty-message* Message to display when viewing an empty folder. Default: (no messages) *empty-dirlist* Message to display when no folders exists or are all filtered. Default: (no folders) *mouse-enabled* Enable mouse events in the ui, e.g. clicking and scrolling with the mousewheel Default: false ## VIEWER These options are configured in the *[viewer]* section of aerc.conf. *pager* Specifies the pager to use when displaying emails. Note that some filters may add ANSI escape sequences to add color to rendered emails, so you may want to use a pager which supports ANSI. Default: less -R *alternatives* If an email offers several versions (multipart), you can configure which mimetype to prefer. For example, this can be used to prefer plaintext over HTML emails. Default: text/plain,text/html ## COMPOSE These options are configured in the *[compose]* section of aerc.conf. *editor* Specifies the command to run the editor with. It will be shown in an embedded terminal, though it may also launch a graphical window if the environment supports it. Defaults to *$EDITOR*, or *vi*(1). ## FILTERS Filters allow you to pipe an email body through a shell command to render certain emails differently, e.g. highlighting them with ANSI escape codes. They are configured in the *[filters]* section of aerc.conf. The first filter which matches the email's mimetype will be used, so order them from most to least specific. You can also match on non-mimetypes, by prefixing with the header to match against (non-case-sensitive) and a comma, e.g. subject,text will match a subject which contains "text". Use header,~regex to match against a regex. aerc ships with some default filters installed in the share directory (usually _/usr/share/aerc/filters_). Note that these may have additional dependencies that aerc does not have alone. # ACCOUNTS.CONF This file is used for configuring each mail account used for aerc. Each section is the name of an account you want to configure, and the keys & values in that section specify details of that account's configuration. In addition to the options documented here, specific transports for incoming and outgoing emails may have additional configuration parameters, documented on their respective man pages. Note that many of these configuration options are written for you, such as *source* and *outgoing*, when you run the account configuration wizard (*:new-account*). *archive* Specifies a folder to use as the destination of the *:archive* command. Default: Archive *copy-to* Specifies a folder to copy sent mails to, usually "Sent". Default: none *default* Specifies the default folder to open in the message list when aerc configures this account. Default: INBOX *folders* Specifies the list of folders to display in the sidebar. Default: all folders *from* The default value to use for the From header in new emails. This should be an RFC 5322-compatible string, such as "Your Name ". Default: none *outgoing* Specifies the transport for sending outgoing emails on this account. It should be a connection string, and the specific meaning of each component varies depending on the protocol in use. See each protocol's man page for more details: - *aerc-smtp*(5) *outgoing-cred-cmd* Specifies an optional command that is run to get the outgoing account's password. See each protocol's man page for more details. Default: none *source* Specifies the source for reading incoming emails on this account. This key is required for all accounts. It should be a connection string, and the specific meaning of each component varies depending on the protocol in use. See each protocol's man page for more details: - *aerc-imap*(5) - *aerc-maildir*(5) Default: none *source-cred-cmd* Specifies an optional command that is run to get the source account's password. See each protocol's man page for more details. # BINDS.CONF This file is used for configuring keybindings used in the aerc interactive client. You may configure different keybindings for different contexts by writing them into different *[sections]* of the ini file. The available contexts are: *[messages]* keybindings for the message list *[view]* keybindings for the message viewer *[compose]* keybindings for the message composer *[compose::editor]* keybindings for the composer, when the editor is focused *[compose::review]* keybindings for the composer, when reviewing the email before it's sent *[terminal]* keybindings for terminal tabs You may also configure global keybindings by placing them at the beginning of the file, before specifying any context-specific sections. For each *key=value* option specified, the _key_ is the keystrokes pressed (in order) to invoke this keybinding, and _value_ specifies keystrokes that aerc will simulate when the keybinding is invoked. Generally this is used to execute commands, for example: rq = :reply -q Pressing r, then q, will simulate typing in ":reply -q", and execute :reply -q accordingly. It is also possible to invoke keybindings recursively in a similar fashion. Additionally, the following special options are available in each binding context: *$noinherit* If set to "true", global keybindings will not be effective in this context. Default: false *$ex* This can be set to a keystroke which will bring up the command input in this context. Default: In addition to letters, special keys may be specified in . The following special keys are supported: [[ *Name* :- *Description* | space : " " | semicolon : ; | tab : | enter : | up : | down : | right : | left : | pgup : | pgdn : | home : | end : | insert : | delete : | exit : | cancel : | print : | pause : | backtab : | c-space : Ctrl+Space | c-a : Ctrl+a | c-b : Ctrl+b | c-c : Ctrl+c | c-d : Ctrl+d | c-e : Ctrl+e | c-f : Ctrl+f | c-g : Ctrl+g | c-h : Ctrl+h | c-i : Ctrl+i | c-j : Ctrl+j | c-k : Ctrl+k | c-l : Ctrl+l | c-m : Ctrl+m | c-n : Ctrl+n | c-o : Ctrl+o | c-p : Ctrl+p | c-q : Ctrl+q | c-r : Ctrl+r | c-s : Ctrl+s | c-t : Ctrl+t | c-u : Ctrl+u | c-v : Ctrl+v | c-w : Ctrl+w | c-x : Ctrl+x | c-y : Ctrl+y | c-z : Ctrl+z | c-] : Ctrl+] | c-[ : Ctrl+[ | c-^ : Ctrl+^ | c-_ : Ctrl+_ # SEE ALSO *aerc*(1) *aerc-imap*(5) *aerc-smtp*(5) *aerc-maildir*(5) # AUTHORS Maintained by Drew DeVault , who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about aerc development, see https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc.