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# aerc
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[](https://builds.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc)
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[](https://github.com/rjarry/aerc/actions/workflows/macos.yml)
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[aerc](https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/) is an email client for your terminal.
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This is a fork of [the original aerc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc)
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by Drew DeVault.
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A short demonstration can be found on [https://aerc-mail.org/](https://aerc-mail.org/)
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Join the IRC channel: [#aerc on irc.libera.chat](http://web.libera.chat/?channels=aerc&uio=d4)
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for end-user support, and development.
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## Usage
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On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to `~/.config/aerc`
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on Linux or `~/Library/Preferences/aerc` on MacOS (or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc` if set)
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and show the account configuration wizard.
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If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file:
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$ aerc > log
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Note that the example HTML filter (off by default), additionally needs `w3m` and
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`dante` to be installed.
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### Documentation
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Also available as man pages:
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- [aerc(1)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc.1.scd)
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- [aerc-config(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-config.5.scd)
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- [aerc-imap(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd)
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- [aerc-maildir(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-maildir.5.scd)
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- [aerc-notmuch(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd)
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- [aerc-search(1)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-search.1.scd)
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- [aerc-sendmail(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-sendmail.5.scd)
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- [aerc-smtp(5)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-smtp.5.scd)
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- [aerc-stylesets(7)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-stylesets.7.scd)
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- [aerc-templates(7)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd)
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- [aerc-tutorial(7)](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/doc/aerc-tutorial.7.scd)
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User contributions and integration with external tools:
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- [wiki](https://man.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/)
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## Installation
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### Binary Packages
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Recent versions of aerc are available on:
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- [Alpine](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=aerc)
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- [Arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/aerc/)
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- [Debian](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/aerc)
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- [Fedora](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/aerc/aerc/)
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- [macOS through Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aerc)
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And likely other platforms.
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### From Source
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Install the dependencies:
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- go (>=1.16) *(Go versions are supported until their end-of-life; support for
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older versions may be dropped at any time due to incompatibilities or newer
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required language features.)*
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- [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc)
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Then compile aerc:
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$ make
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aerc optionally supports notmuch. To enable it, you need to have a recent
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version of [notmuch](https://notmuchmail.org/#index7h2), including the header
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files (notmuch.h). Then compile aerc with the necessary build tags:
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$ GOFLAGS=-tags=notmuch make
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To install aerc locally:
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# make install
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By default, aerc will install config files to directories under `/usr/local/aerc`,
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and will search for templates and stylesets in these locations in order:
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- `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/aerc`
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- `${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/aerc`
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- `/usr/local/share/aerc`
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- `/usr/share/aerc`
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At build time it is possible to add an extra location to this list and to use
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that location as the default install location for config files by setting the
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`PREFIX` option like so:
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# make PREFIX=/custom/location
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# make install PREFIX=/custom/location
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This will install templates and other config files to `/custom/location/share/aerc`,
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and man pages to `/custom/location/share/man`. This extra location will have lower
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priority than the XDG locations but higher than the fixed paths.
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## Contributing
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Anyone can contribute to aerc. Please refer to [the contribution
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guidelines](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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## Resources
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Ask for support or follow general discussions on
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[~rjarry/aerc-discuss@lists.sr.ht](https://lists.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc-discuss).
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Send patches and development related questions to
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[~rjarry/aerc-devel@lists.sr.ht](https://lists.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc-devel).
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Instructions for preparing a patch are available at
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[git-send-email.io](https://git-send-email.io)
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Subscribe to release announcements on
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[~rjarry/aerc-announce@lists.sr.ht](https://lists.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc-announce)
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Submit *confirmed* bug reports and *confirmed* feature requests on
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[https://todo.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc](https://todo.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc).
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[License](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/LICENSE).
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[Change log](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/CHANGELOG.md).
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