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NAME

       aerc-config - configuration file format for aerc(1)

SYNOPSIS

       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. Alternate files can be specified via command line arguments, see
       aerc(1).

       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 =.

       This manual page focuses on aerc.conf. binds.conf is detailed in aerc-binds(5) and accounts.conf in aerc-
       accounts(5).

       aerc.conf 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 = <path>
           Used as a default path for save operations if no other path is specified.

       pgp-provider = auto|gpg|internal
           If set to gpg, aerc will use system gpg binary and keystore for all crypto operations. If set to
           internal, the internal openpgp keyring will be used. If set to auto, the system gpg will be preferred
           unless the internal keyring already exists, in which case the latter will be used.

           Default: auto

       unsafe-accounts-conf = true|false
           By default, the file permissions of accounts.conf must be restrictive and only allow reading by the
           file owner (0600). Set this option to true to ignore this permission check. Use this with care as it
           may expose your credentials.

           Default: false

       log-file = <path>
           Output log messages to specified file. A path starting with ~/ is expanded to the user home dir. When
           redirecting aerc's output to a file using > shell redirection, this setting is ignored and log
           messages are printed to stdout.

       log-level = trace|debug|info|warn|error
           Only log messages above the specified level to log-file. Supported levels are: trace, debug, info,
           warn and error. When redirecting aerc's output to a file using > shell redirection, this setting is
           ignored and the log level is forced to trace.

           Default: info

       disable-ipc = true|false
           Disable IPC entirely. Don't run commands (including mailto:... and mbox...) in an existing aerc
           instance and don't start an IPC server to allow subsequent aerc instances to run commands in the
           current one.

           Default: false

       disable-ipc-mailto = true | false
           Don't run mailto:... commands over IPC; start a new aerc instance with the composer instead.

           Default: false

       disable-ipc-mbox = true | false
           Don't run mbox:... commands over IPC; start a new aerc instance with the mbox file instead.

           Default: false

       term = <TERM>
           Set the $TERM environment variable used for the embedded terminal.

           Default: xterm-256color

       enable-osc8 = true|false
           Enable the embedded terminal to output OSC 8 (hyperlinks) escape sequences. Not all terminal
           emulators handle OSC 8 sequences properly and can produce confusing results, disable this setting if
           that occurs.

           Default: false

       default-menu-cmd = <cmd>
           Default shell command to use for :menu. This will be executed with sh -c and will run in an popover
           dialog.

           Any occurrence of %f will be replaced by a temporary file path where the command is expected to write
           output lines to be consumed by :menu. Otherwise, the lines will be read from the command's standard
           output.

           Example:
               default-menu-cmd = fzf

UI OPTIONS

       These options are configured in the [ui] section of aerc.conf.

       index-columns = <column1,column2,column3...>
           Describes the format for each row in a mailbox view. This is a comma separated list of column names
           with an optional align and width suffix. After the column name, one of the < (left), : (center) or >
           (right) alignment characters can be added (by default, left) followed by an optional width specifier.
           The width is either an integer representing a fixed number of characters, or a percentage between 1%
           and 99% representing a fraction of the terminal width. It can also be one of the * (auto) or = (fit)
           special width specifiers. Auto width columns will be equally attributed the remaining terminal width.
           Fit width columns take the width of their contents. If no width specifier is set, * is used by
           default.

           Default: flags:4,name<20%,subject,date>=

       column-separator = "<separator>"
           String separator inserted between columns. When a column width specifier is an exact number of
           characters, the separator is added to it (i.e. the exact width will be fully available for that
           column contents).

           Default: "  "

       column-<name> = <go template>
           Each name in index-columns must have a corresponding column-<name> setting. All column-<name>
           settings accept golang text/template syntax.

           By default, these columns are defined:

               column-flags = {{.Flags | join ""}}
               column-name = {{index (.From | names) 0}}
               column-subject = {{.ThreadPrefix}}{{.Subject}}
               column-date = {{.DateAutoFormat .Date.Local}}

           See aerc-templates(7) for all available symbols and functions.

       timestamp-format = <timeformat>
           See time.Time#Format at https://godoc.org/time#Time.Format

           Default: 2006 Jan 02

       this-day-time-format = <timeformat>
           Index-only time format for messages that were received/sent today. If this is empty, timestamp-format
           is used instead.

           Default: 15:04

       this-week-time-format = <timeformat>
           Index-only time format for messages that were received/sent within the last 7 days. If this is empty,
           timestamp-format is used instead.

           Default: Jan 02

       this-year-time-format = <timeformat>
           Index-only time format for messages that were received/sent this year. If this is empty, timestamp-
           format is used instead.

           Default: Jan 02

       message-view-timestamp-format = <timeformat>
           If set, overrides timestamp-format for the message view.

           Default: 2006 Jan 02, 15:04 GMT-0700

       message-view-this-day-time-format = <timeformat>
           If set, overrides timestamp-format in the message view for messages that were received/sent today.

       message-view-this-week-time-format = <timeformat>
           If set, overrides timestamp-format in the message view for messages that were recieved/sent within
           the last 7 days.

       message-view-this-year-time-format = <timeformat>
           If set, overrides timestamp-format in the message view for messages that were received/sent this
           year.

       sidebar-width = <int>
           Width of the sidebar, including the border. Set to zero to disable the sidebar.

           Default: 22

       message-list-split = [<direction>] <size>
           The default split layout for message list tabs.

           <direction> is optional and defaults to horizontal. It can take one of the following values: h,
           horiz, horizontal, v, vert, vertical.

           <size> is a positive integer representing the size (in terminal cells) of the message list window.

           See :split in aerc(1) for more details.

       empty-message = <string>
           Message to display when viewing an empty folder.

           Default: (no messages)

       empty-dirlist = <string>
           Message to display when no folders exists or are all filtered.

           Default: (no folders)

       empty-subject = <string>
           Text to display in message list, when the subject is empty.

           Default: (no subject)

       mouse-enabled = true|false
           Enable mouse events in the ui, e.g. clicking and scrolling with the mousewheel

           Default: false

       new-message-bell = true|false
           Ring the bell when a new message is received.

           Default: true

       tab-title-account = <go_template>
           The template to use for account tab titles. See aerc-templates(7) for available field names. To
           conditionally show the unread count next to the account name, set to:

               tab-title-account = {{.Account}} {{if .Unread}}({{.Unread}}){{end}}

           Default: {{.Account}}

       tab-title-composer = <go_template>
           The template to use for composer tab titles. See aerc-templates(7) for available field names.

           Default: {{if .To}}to:{{index (.To | shortmboxes) 0}} {{end}}{{.SubjectBase}}

       tab-title-viewer = <go_template>
           The template to use for viewer tab titles. See aerc-templates(7) for available field names.

           Default: {{.Subject}}

       pinned-tab-marker = "<string>"
           Marker to show before a pinned tab's name.

           Default: `

       spinner = "<string>"
           Animation shown while loading, split by spinner-delimiter (below)

           Examples:
           •   spinner = "-_-,_-_"spinner = '. , .'spinner = ",|,/,-"

           Default: "[..]    , [..]   ,  [..]  ,   [..] ,    [..],   [..] ,  [..]  , [..]   "

       spinner-delimiter = <string>
           Spinner delimiter to split string into an animation

           Default: ,

       spinner-interval = <duration>
           The delay between each spinner frame

           Default: 200ms

       sort = <criteria>
           List of space-separated criteria to sort the messages by, see :sort command in aerc(1) for reference.
           Prefixing a criterion with -r reverses that criterion.

           Example:
               sort = from -r date

       dirlist-left = <go template>
           Template for the left side of the directory list. See aerc-templates(7) for all available fields and
           functions.

           Default: {{.Folder}}

       dirlist-right = <go template>
           Template for the right side of the directory list. See aerc-templates(7) for all available fields and
           functions.

           Default: {{if .Unread}}{{humanReadable .Unread}}{{end}}

       dirlist-delay = <duration>
           Delay after which the messages are actually listed when entering a directory. This avoids loading
           messages when skipping over folders and makes the UI more responsive. If you do not want that, set it
           to 0s.

           Default: 200ms

       dirlist-tree = true|false
           Display the directory list as a foldable tree.

           Default: false

       dirlist-collapse = <int>
           If dirlist-tree is enabled, set level at which folders are collapsed by default. Set to 0 to disable.

           Default: 0

       next-message-on-delete = true|false
           Moves to next message when the current message is deleted, archived, or moved.

           Default: true

       auto-mark-read = true|false
           Set the seen flag when a message is opened in the message viewer.

           Default: true

       completion-popovers = true|false
           Shows potential auto-completions for text inputs in popovers.

           Default: true

       completion-delay = <duration>
           How long to wait after the last input before auto-completion is triggered.

           Default: 250ms

       completion-min-chars = <int>
           The minimum required characters to allow auto-completion to be triggered after completion-delay.

           Setting this to manual disables automatic completion, leaving only the manually triggered completion
           with the $complete key (see aerc-binds(5) for more details).

           Default: 1

       border-char-vertical = "<char>"
       border-char-horizontal = "<char>"
           Set stylable characters (via the border element) for vertical and horizontal borders.

           Default: " "

       stylesets-dirs = <path1:path2:path3...>
           The directories where the stylesets are stored. The config takes a colon-separated list of dirs. If
           this is unset or if a styleset cannot be found, the following paths will be used as a fallback in
           that order:

               ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/aerc/stylesets
               ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/aerc/stylesets
               /usr/local/share/aerc/stylesets
               /usr/share/aerc/stylesets

       styleset-name = <string>
           The name of the styleset to be used to style the ui elements. The stylesets are stored in the
           stylesets directory in the config directory.

           Default: default

           Have a look at aerc-stylesets(7) as to how a styleset looks like.

       icon-unencrypted = <string>
           The icon to display for unencrypted mails. The status indicator is only displayed if an icon is set.

       icon-encrypted = <string>
           The icon to display for encrypted mails.

           Default: [e]

       icon-signed = <string>
           The icon to display for signed mails where the signature was successfully validated.

           Default: [s]

       icon-signed-encrypted = <string>
           The icon to display for signed and encrypted mails where the signature was successfully verified. The
           combined icon is only used if set, otherwise the signed and encrypted icons are displayed separately.

       icon-unknown = <string>
           The icon to display for signed mails which could not be verified due to the key being unknown.

           Default: [s?]

       icon-invalid = <string>
           The icon to display for signed mails where verification failed.

           Default: [s!]

       icon-attachment = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message has an attachment.

           Default: a

       icon-new = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message is unread and new.

           Default: N

       icon-old = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message is unread and old.

           Default: O

       icon-replied = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message has been replied to.

           Default: r

       icon-flagged = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message is flagged.

           Default: !

       icon-marked = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message is marked.

           Default: *

       icon-draft = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message is a draft.

           Default: d

       icon-deleted = <string>
           The icon to display in column-flags when the message has been deleted.

           Default: X

       fuzzy-complete = true|false
           When typing a command or option, the popover will now show not only the items /starting/ with the
           string input by the user, but it will also show instances of items /containing/ the string, starting
           at any position and need not be consecutive characters in the command or option.

       reverse-msglist-order = true|false
           Reverses the order of the message list. By default, the message list is ordered with the newest
           (highest UID) message on top. Reversing the order will put the oldest (lowest UID) message on top.
           This can be useful in cases where the backend does not support sorting.

           Default: false

       reverse-thread-order = true|false
           Reverse display of the message threads. By default, the thread root is displayed at the top of the
           tree with all replies below. The reverse option will put the thread root at the bottom with replies
           on top.

           Default: false

       select-last-message = true|false
           Positions the cursor on the last message in the message list (at the bottom of the view) when opening
           a new folder.

           Default: false

       sort-thread-siblings = true|false
           Sort the thread siblings according to the sort criteria for the messages. If sort-thread-siblings is
           false, the thread siblings will be sorted based on the message UID. This option is only applicable
           for client-side threading with a backend that enables sorting.

           Default: false

       threading-enabled = true|false
           Enable a threaded view of messages. If this is not supported by the backend (IMAP server or notmuch),
           threads will be built by the client.

           Default: false

       force-client-threads = true|false
           Force threads to be built client-side. Backends that don't support threading will always build
           threads client side.

           Default: false

       threading-by-subject = true|false
           If no References nor In-Reply-To headers can be matched to build client side threads, fallback to
           similar subjects.

           Default: false

       client-threads-delay = <duration>
           Delay of inactivity after which the client threads are rebuilt. Setting this to 0s may introduce a
           noticeable lag when scrolling through the message list.

           Default: 50ms

       show-thread-context = true|false
           Enable showing of thread context. Note: this is not supported by all backends.

           Default: false

       msglist-scroll-offset = <int>
           Set the scroll offset in number of lines from the top and bottom of the message list.

           Default: 0

       dialog-position = top|center|bottom
           Set the position of popover dialogs such as the one from :menu, :envelope or :attach -m.

           Default: center

       dialog-width = <width>
           Set the width of popover dialogs as a percentage of the total width of the window. The specified
           value should be between 10% and 100%.

           Default: 50

       dialog-height = <height>
           Set the height of popover dialogs as a percentage of the total height of the window. The specified
           value should be between 10% and 100%.

           Default: 50

   THREAD PREFIX CUSTOMIZATION
       You can fully customize the thread arrows appearance, which is defined by the following configurable
       prefix parts:

       thread-prefix-tip = <string>
           Define the arrow head.

           Default: ">"

       thread-prefix-indent = <string>
           Define the arrow indentation.

           Default: " "

       thread-prefix-stem = <string>
           Define the vertical extension of the arrow.

           Default: "│"

       thread-prefix-limb = <string>
           Define the horizontal extension of the arrow.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-folded = <string>
           Define the folded thread indicator.

           Default: "+"

       thread-prefix-unfolded = <string>
           Define the unfolded thread indicator.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-first-child = <string>
           Define the first child connector.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-has-siblings = <string>
           Define the connector used if the message has siblings.

           Default: ├─

       thread-prefix-lone = <string>
           Define the connector used if the message has no parents and no children.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-orphan = <string>
           Define the connector used if the message has no parents and has children.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-last-sibling = <string>
           Define the connector for the last sibling.

           Default: └─

       thread-prefix-last-sibling-reverse = <string>
           Define the connector for the last sibling in reversed threads.

           Default: ┌─

       thread-prefix-dummy = <string>
           Define the connector for the dummy head.

           Default: ┬─

       thread-prefix-dummy-reverse = <string>
           Define the connector for the dummy head in reversed threads.

           Default: ┴─

       thread-prefix-first-child-reverse = <string>

           Define the arrow appearance by selecting the first child connector in reversed threads.

           Default: ""

       thread-prefix-orphan-reverse = <string>
           Customize the reversed threads arrow appearance by selecting the connector used if the message has no
           parents and has children.

           Default: ""

       Default settings (mutt-style):

               [PATCH aerc v5] ui: allow thread arrow customisation
               ├─>[aerc/patches] build success
               ├─>Re: [PATCH aerc v5] ui: allow thread arrow customisation
               ├─+
               └─>
                 ├─>
                 │ ├─>
                 │ └─>
                 │   └─>
                 └─>

       More compact, rounded threads that are also fold-aware:

               ┌[PATCH aerc v5] ui: allow thread arrow customisation
               ├─[aerc/patches] build success
               ├─Re: [PATCH aerc v5] ui: allow thread arrow customisation
               ├+
               ╰┬
                ├┬
                │├─
                │╰┬
                │ ╰─
                ╰─

           thread-prefix-tip = ""
           thread-prefix-indent = ""
           thread-prefix-stem = "│"
           thread-prefix-limb = "─"
           thread-prefix-folded = "+"
           thread-prefix-unfolded = ""
           thread-prefix-first-child = "┬"
           thread-prefix-has-siblings = "├"
           thread-prefix-orphan = "┌"
           thread-prefix-dummy = "┬"
           thread-prefix-lone = " "
           thread-prefix-last-sibling = "╰"

   CONTEXTUAL UI CONFIGURATION
       The UI configuration can be specialized for accounts, specific mail directories and message subjects. The
       specializations are added using contextual config sections based on the context.

       The contextual UI configuration is merged to the base UiConfig in the following order: Base UIConfig >
       Account Context > Folder Context.

       [ui:account=AccountName]
           Adds account specific configuration with the account name.

       [ui:folder=FolderName]
           Add folder specific configuration with the folder name.

       [ui:folder~Regex]
           Add folder specific configuration for folders whose names match the regular expression.

       Example:
           [ui:account=Work]
           sidebar-width=...

           [ui:folder=Sent]
           index-format=...

           [ui:folder~Archive/d+/.*]
           index-format=...

STATUSLINE

       These options are configured in the [statusline] section of aerc.conf.

       status-columns = <column1,column2,column3...>
           Describes the format for the statusline. This is a comma separated list of column names with an
           optional align and width suffix. See [ui].index-columns for more details.

           To completely mute the statusline (except for push notifications), explicitly set status-columns to
           an empty string:

               status-columns=

           Default: left<*,center>=,right>*

       column-separator = "<separator>"
           String separator inserted between columns. See [ui].column-separator for more details.

           Default: " "

       column-<name> = <go template>
           Each name in status-columns must have a corresponding column-<name> setting. All column-<name>
           settings accept golang text/template syntax.

           By default, these columns are defined:

               column-left = [{{.Account}}] {{.StatusInfo}}
               column-center = {{.PendingKeys}}
               column-right = {{.TrayInfo}} | {{cwd}}

           See aerc-templates(7) for all available symbols and functions.

       separator = "<string>"
           Specifies the separator between grouped statusline elements (e.g. for the {{.ContentInfo}},
           {{.TrayInfo}} and {{.StatusInfo}} in column-<name>).

           Default: " | "

       display-mode = text|icon
           Defines the mode for displaying the status elements.

           Default: text

VIEWER

       These options are configured in the [viewer] section of aerc.conf.

       pager = <command>
           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 -Rc

       alternatives = <mime,types>
           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

       header-layout = <header|layout,list...>
           Defines the default headers to display when viewing a message. To display multiple headers in the
           same row, separate them with a pipe, e.g. From|To. Rows will be hidden if none of their specified
           headers are present in the message.

           Notmuch tags can be displayed by adding Labels.

           Authentication information from the Authentication-Results header can be displayed by adding DKIM,
           SPF or DMARC. To show more information than just the authentication result, append a plus sign (+) to
           the header name (e.g. DKIM+).

           Default: From|To,Cc|Bcc,Date,Subject

       show-headers = true|false
           Default setting to determine whether to show full headers or only parsed ones in message viewer.

           Default: false

       always-show-mime = true|false
           Whether to always show the mimetype of an email, even when it is just a single part.

           Default: false

       max-mime-height = height
           Define the maximum height of the mimetype switcher before a scrollbar is used. The height of the
           mimetype switcher is restricted to half of the display height. If the provided value for the height
           is zero, the number of parts will be used as the height of the type switcher.

           Default: 0

       parse-http-links = true|false
           Parses and extracts http links when viewing a message. Links can then be accessed with the open-link
           command.

           Default: true

COMPOSE

       These options are configured in the [compose] section of aerc.conf.

       editor = <command>
           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.

           The following variables are defined in the editor's environment:

           AERC_ACCOUNT
               the name of the current account
           AERC_ADDRESS_BOOK_CMD
               the address-book-cmd specified for the current account in accounts.conf

           Defaults to $EDITOR, or vi(1).

       header-layout = <header|layout,list...>
           Defines the default headers to display when composing a message. To display multiple headers in the
           same row, separate them with a pipe, e.g. To|From.

           Default: To|From,Subject

       edit-headers = true|false
           Edit headers directly into the text editor instead of having separate UI text inputs.

           When this is set to true, the :cc, :bcc and :header commands do not work, editing email headers are
           left to the text editor. address-book-cmd is not supported and address completion is left to the
           editor itself. header-layout is ignored.

           Default: false

       address-book-cmd = <command>
           Specifies the command to be used to tab-complete email addresses. Any occurrence of %s in the
           address-book-cmd will be replaced with anything the user has typed after the last comma.

           The command must output the completions to standard output, one completion per line. Each line must
           be tab-delimited, with an email address occurring as the first field. Only the email address field is
           required. The second field, if present, will be treated as the contact name. Additional fields are
           ignored.

           This parameter can also be set per account in accounts.conf.

           Example with carddav-query(1):
               address-book-cmd = carddav-query %s

           Example with khard(1):
               address-book-cmd = khard email --remove-first-line --parsable %s

       file-picker-cmd = <command>
           Specifies the command to be used to select attachments. Any occurrence of %s in the file-picker-cmd
           will be replaced with the argument <arg> to :attach -m <arg>. Any occurence of %f will be replaced by
           the location of a temporary file, from which aerc will read the selected files.

           If %f is not present, the command must output the selected files to standard output, one file per
           line. If it is present, then aerc does not capture the standard output and instead reads the files
           from the temporary file which should have the same format.

           Examples:
               file-picker-cmd = fzf --multi --query=%s file-picker-cmd = ranger --choose-files=%f

       reply-to-self = true|false
           If set to false, do not mail yourself when replying (e.g., if replying to emails previously sent by
           yourself, address your replies to the original To and Cc).

           Default: true

       empty-subject-warning = true|false
           Warn before sending an email with an empty subject.

           Default: false

       no-attachment-warning = <regexp>
           Specifies a regular expression against which an email's body should be tested before sending an email
           with no attachment. If the regexp matches, aerc will warn you before sending the message. Leave empty
           to disable this feature.

           Uses Go's regexp syntax, documented at https://golang.org/s/re2syntax. The (?im) flags are set by
           default (case-insensitive and multi-line).

           Example:
               no-attachment-warning = ^[^>]*attach(ed|ment)

       format-flowed = true|false
           When set, aerc will generate Format=Flowed bodies with a content type of "text/plain; Format=Flowed"
           as described in RFC3676. This format is easier to handle for some mailing software, and generally
           just looks like ordinary text. To actually make use of this format's features, you'll need support in
           your editor.

           Default: false

       lf-editor = true|false
           By default, aerc will use RFC2822 standard \r\n (CRLF) line breaks when composing messages. Use this
           option for text editors that only support non-standard \n (LF) line breaks.

           Default: false

MULTIPART CONVERTERS

       Converters allow generating multipart/alternative messages by converting the main text/plain body into
       any other text MIME type with the :multipart command. Only exact MIME types are accepted. The commands
       are invoked with sh -c and are expected to output valid UTF-8 text.

       Only text/<subtype> MIME parts can be generated. The text/plain MIME type is reserved and cannot be
       generated. You still need to write your emails by hand in your favorite text editor.

       Converters are configured in the [multipart-converters] section of aerc.conf.

       Example:

           [multipart-converters]
           text/html=pandoc -f markdown -t html --standalone

       Obviously, this requires that you write your main text/plain body using the markdown syntax. Also, mind
       that some mailing lists reject emails that contain text/html alternative parts. Use this feature
       carefully and when possible, avoid using it at all.

FILTERS

       Filters are a flexible and powerful way of handling viewing parts of an opened message. When viewing
       messages aerc will show the list of available message parts and their MIME type at the bottom, but unless
       a filter is defined for a specific MIME type, it will only show a menu with a few options (allowing you
       to open the part in an external program, save it to disk or pipe it to a shell command). Configuring a
       filter will allow viewing the output of the filter in the configured pager in aerc's built-in terminal.

       Filters are configured in the [filters] section of aerc.conf. The first filter which matches the part's
       MIME type will be used, so order them from most to least specific. You can also match on non-MIME types,
       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. Using .filename instead
       of a header will match against the filename of an attachment.

       Note that aerc will pipe the content into the configured filter program, so filters need to be able to
       read from standard input. Many programs support reading from stdin by putting - instead of a path to a
       file. You can also chain together multiple filters by piping with |.

       aerc ships with some default filters installed in the libexec directory (usually
       /usr/libexec/aerc/filters). Note that these may have additional dependencies that aerc does not have
       alone.

       The filter commands are invoked with sh -c command. The following folders are prepended to the system
       $PATH to allow referencing filters from their name only.

           ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/aerc/filters
           ~/.local/libexec/aerc/filters
           ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/aerc/filters
           $PREFIX/libexec/aerc/filters
           $PREFIX/share/aerc/filters
           /usr/libexec/aerc/filters
           /usr/share/aerc/filters

       If you want to run a program in your default $PATH which has the same name as a builtin filter (e.g.
       /usr/bin/colorize), use its absolute path.

       The following variables are defined in the filter command environment:

       AERC_MIME_TYPE
           the part MIME type/subtype
       AERC_FORMAT
           the part content type format= parameter (e.g. format=flowed)
       AERC_FILENAME
           the attachment filename (if any)
       AERC_SUBJECT
           the message Subject header value
       AERC_FROM
           the message From header value

       Note that said email body is converted into UTF-8 before being passed to filters.

       If show-headers is enabled, only the currently viewed part body is piped into the filter command. A
       special .headers filter command can be defined to post process the full headers.

   EXAMPLES
       text/plain
           Color some things, e.g. quotes, git diffs, links, etc.:

               text/plain=colorize

           The built-in colorize filter can be configured in the [viewer] section of styleset files. See aerc-
           stylesets(7).

           Wrap long lines at 100 characters, while not messing up nested quotes. Handles format=flowed emails
           properly:

               text/plain=wrap -w 100 | colorize

       from,<sender>
           Another example of hard wrapping lines of emails sent by a specific person. Explicitly reflow all
           paragraphs instead of only wrapping long lines. This may break manual formatting in some messages:

               from,thatguywhoneverhardwrapshismessages=wrap -r -w 72 | colorize

       subject,~<regexp>
           Use rainbow coloring with lolcat(1) for emails sent by software forges:

               subject,~Git(hub|lab)=lolcat -f

       text/html
           Render html to a more human readable version and colorize:

               text/html=html | colorize

           Use pandoc to output plain text:

               text/html=pandoc -f html -t plain

       text/calendar
           Parse calendar invites:

               text/calendar=calendar

       text/*
           Catch any other type of text that did not have a specific filter and use bat(1) to color these:

               text/*=bat -fP --file-name="$AERC_FILENAME" --style=plain

       .headers
           Colorize email headers when show-headers is true.

               .headers=colorize

       message/delivery-status
           When not being able to deliver the provider might send such emails:

               message/delivery-status=colorize

       message/rfc822
           When getting emails as attachments, e.g. on some mailing lists digest format is sending an email with
           all the digest emails as attachments. Requires caeml(1) to be on PATH:

               message/rfc822=caeml | colorize

           https://github.com/ferdinandyb/caeml

       application/mbox
           Emails as attachments in the mbox format. For example aerc can also create an mbox from messages with
           the :pipe command. Requires catbox(1) and caeml(1) to be on PATH:

               application/mbox=catbox -c caeml | colorize

           https://github.com/konimarti/catbox

       application/pdf
           Render pdf to text and rewrap at 100 character width. Requires pdftotext(1) to be on PATH:

               application/pdf=pdftotext - -l 10 -nopgbrk -q  - | fmt -w 100

           https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html

       image/*

           This is a tricky topic. It's possible to display images in a terminal, but for high resolution images
           the terminal you are using either needs to support sixels or the kitty terminal graphics protocol.
           The built-in terminal emulator of aerc (via the TUI library Vaxis) supports both. Furthermore if you
           don't set any filter for images, Vaxis will figure out what your terminal emulator supports and
           either use sixels, kitty graphics, or fall back to a pixelated half-block. You can turn this feature
           off, by setting a filter that is essentially no-op.

           You can still set a specific filter, e.g catimg(1):

               image/*=catimg -w$(tput cols) -

       .filename,~<regexp>
           Match <regexp> against the filename of an attachment, e.g. to split csv-s into columns:

               .filename,~.*.csv=column -t --separator=","

       See the wiki at https://man.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/ for more examples and possible customizations of the
       built-in filters.

OPENERS

       Openers allow you to specify the command to use for the :open and :open-link actions on a per-MIME-type
       basis. The :open-link URL scheme is used to determine the MIME type as follows: x-scheme-
       handler/<scheme>. They are configured in the [openers] section of aerc.conf.

       {} is expanded as the temporary filename or URL to be opened with proper shell quoting. If it is not
       encountered in the command, the filename/URL will be appended to the end of the command. The command will
       then be executed with sh -c.

       Like [filters], openers support basic shell globbing. The first opener which matches the part's MIME type
       (or URL scheme handler MIME type) will be used, so order them from most to least specific.

       Example:

           [openers]
           x-scheme-handler/irc=hexchat
           x-scheme-handler/http*=printf '%s' {} | wl-copy
           text/html=surf -dfgms
           text/plain=gvim {} +125
           message/rfc822=thunderbird

HOOKS

       Hooks are triggered whenever the associated event occurs. The commands are run in a shell environment
       with information added to environment variables.

       They are configured in the [hooks] section of aerc.conf.

       aerc-startup = <command>
           Executed when aerc is started is received in the selected folder. If it is used to run certain
           commands at startup. The hook is executed as soon as the UI is initialized and does not wait for all
           accounts to be fully loaded.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_VERSIONAERC_BINARY

           Example:

               aerc-startup = aerc :terminal calcurse && aerc :next-tab

       mail-received = <command>
           Executed when new mail is received in the selected folder. This will only work reliably with maildir
           and some imap servers.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_FOLDERAERC_FOLDER_ROLEAERC_FROM_NAMEAERC_FROM_ADDRESSAERC_SUBJECTAERC_MESSAGE_ID

           Example:

               mail-received = notify-send "[$AERC_ACCOUNT/$AERC_FOLDER] New mail from $AERC_FROM_NAME"
               "$AERC_SUBJECT"

       mail-deleted = <command>
           Executed when a message is deleted from a folder. Note that this hook is triggered when moving a
           message from one folder to another.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_FOLDERAERC_FOLDER_ROLE

           Example:

               mail-deleted = mbsync "$AERC_ACCOUNT:$AERC_FOLDER"

       mail-added = <command>
           Executed when a message is added to a folder. Note that this hook is not triggered when a new message
           is received (use mail-received for that) but rather is only triggered when aerc itself adds a message
           to a folder, e.g. when moving or copying a message.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_FOLDERAERC_FOLDER_ROLE

           Example:

               mail-added = mbsync "$AERC_ACCOUNT:$AERC_FOLDER"

       mail-sent = <command>
           Executed when a message is sent. This does not necessarily signify successful posting, if a queueing
           system like msmtpq is used.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_FROM_NAMEAERC_FROM_ADDRESSAERC_SUBJECTAERC_TOAERC_CC

           Example:

               mail-sent = if [ "$AERC_ACCOUNT" = "gmail" ]; then mbsync gmail; fi

       aerc-shutdown = <command>
           Executed when aerc shuts down. Aerc will wait for the command to finish before exiting.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_LIFETIME

       tag-modified = <command>
           Executed when notmuch tags are modified in a notmuch account. The list of added and removed tags are
           passed as variables.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_TAG_ADDEDAERC_TAG_REMOVED

       flag-changed = <command>
           Executed when flags are changed on a message.

           Variables:

           •   AERC_ACCOUNTAERC_ACCOUNT_BACKENDAERC_FOLDERAERC_FOLDER_ROLEAERC_FLAG

           Example:

               flag-changed = mbsync "$AERC_ACCOUNT:$AERC_FOLDER"

TEMPLATES

       Template files are used to populate the body of an email. The :compose, :reply and :forward commands can
       be called with the -T flag with the name of the template name. The available symbols and functions are
       described in aerc-templates(7).

       aerc ships with some default templates installed in the share directory (usually
       /usr/share/aerc/templates).

       These options are configured in the [templates] section of aerc.conf.

       template-dirs = <path1:path2:path3...>
           The directory where the templates are stored. The config takes a colon-separated list of dirs. If
           this is unset or if a template cannot be found, the following paths will be used as a fallback in
           that order:

               ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/aerc/templates
               ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/aerc/templates
               /usr/local/share/aerc/templates
               /usr/share/aerc/templates

       new-message = <template_name>
           The default template to be used for new messages.

           Default: new_message

       quoted-reply = <template_name>
           The default template to be used for quoted replies.

           Default: quoted_reply

       forwards = <template_name>
           The default template to be used for forward as body.

           Default: forward_as_body

SEE ALSO

       aerc(1) aerc-accounts(5) aerc-binds(5) aerc-imap(5) aerc-jmap(5) aerc-maildir(5) aerc-notmuch(5) aerc-
       templates(7) aerc-sendmail(5) aerc-smtp(5) aerc-stylesets(7) carddav-query(1)

AUTHORS

       Originally created by Drew DeVault and maintained by Robin Jarry who is assisted by other open source
       contributors. For more information about aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.

                                                   2024-07-30                                     AERC-CONFIG(5)