aerc/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd
Tim Culverhouse 2551dd1bfa feat: add background mail polling option for all workers
Check for new mail (recent, unseen, exists counts) with an external
command, or for imap with the STATUS command, at start or on
reconnection and every X time duration

IMAP:
The selected folder is skipped, per specification. Additional config
options are included for including/excluding folders explicitly.

Maildir/Notmuch:
An external command will be run in the background to check for new mail.
An optional timeout can be used with maildir/notmuch. Default is 10s

New account options:
check-mail
check-mail-cmd (maildir/notmuch only)
check-mail-timeout (maildir/notmuch only), default 10s
check-mail-include (IMAP only)
check-mail-exclude (IMAP only)

If unset, or set less than or equal to 0, check-mail will be ignored

Signed-off-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
Tested-by: Moritz Poldrack <moritz@poldrack.dev>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
2022-05-31 14:32:51 +02:00

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aerc-imap(5)
# NAME
aerc-imap - IMAP configuration for *aerc*(1)
# SYNOPSIS
aerc implements the IMAP protocol as specified by RFC 3501, with the following
IMAP extensions:
- IDLE (RFC 2177)
# CONFIGURATION
IMAP configuration may be done interactively with the :new-account command.
In accounts.conf (see *aerc-config*(5)), the following IMAP-specific options are
available:
*source*
imap[s][+insecure|+oauthbearer]://username[:password]@hostname[:port]?[:oauth2_params]
Remember that all fields must be URL encoded. The "@" symbol, when URL
encoded, is *%40*.
The meaning of the scheme component is:
*imap://*:
IMAP with STARTTLS
*imap+insecure://*:
IMAP without STARTTLS
*imaps*:
IMAP with TLS/SSL
*imaps+oauthbearer://*
IMAP with TLS/SSL using OAUTHBEARER Authentication
*oauth2_params:*
If specified, the configured password is used as an refresh token that
is exchanged with an access token
- token_endpoint (required)
- client_id (optional)
- client_secret (optional)
- scope (optional)
Example:
imaps+oauthbearer://...?token_endpoint=https://...&client_id=
*source-cred-cmd*
Specifies the command to run to get the password for the IMAP
account. This command will be run using `sh -c [command]`. If a
password is specified in the *source* option, the password will
take precedence over this command.
Example:
pass hostname/username
*connection-timeout*
Maximum delay to establish a connection to the IMAP server. See
https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration.
Default: 30s
*keepalive-period*
The interval between the last data packet sent (simple ACKs are not
considered data) and the first keepalive probe. After the connection is
marked to need keepalive, this counter is not used any further. See
https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration.
By default, the system tcp socket settings are used.
*keepalive-probes*
The number of unacknowledged probes to send before considering the
connection dead and notifying the application layer.
By default, the system tcp socket settings are used.
If keepalive-period is specified, this option defaults to 3 probes.
This option is only supported on linux. On other platforms, it will be
ignored.
*keepalive-interval*
The interval between subsequential keepalive probes, regardless of what
the connection has exchanged in the meantime. Fractional seconds are
truncated.
By default, the system tcp socket settings are used.
If keepalive-period is specified, this option defaults to 3s.
This option is only supported on linux. On other platforms, it will be
ignored.
*check-mail-include*
Specifies the comma separated list of folders to include when checking for
new mail with *check-mail*. Names prefixed with ~ are interpreted as regular
expressions.
Default: all folders
*check-mail-exclude*
Specifies the comma separated list of folders to exclude when checking for
new mail with *check-mail*. Names prefixed with ~ are interpreted as regular
expressions.
Note that this overrides anything from *check-mail-include*.
Default: no folders
# SEE ALSO
*aerc*(1) *aerc-config*(5)
# AUTHORS
Originally created by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and maintained by Robin
Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> who is assisted by other open source contributors. For
more information about aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.