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mu4e is an e-mail client for Emacs based on the mu indexer and searcher.

efficiently handles e-mail searching, reading, replying, moving, and deleting. is primarily an optimized filter system for the mailbox. does not send or fetch messages, instead relying on other tools, such as fetchmail and . works well with the message editor to complete features needed for an email client for Emacs.

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mu4e - multiple accounts

I am using mu4e for email in Emacs, and it is currently only configured for one mail account, and I set key to view different inbox. I wonder how to use mu4e for managing multiple email accounts?
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How can I use eww as a renderer for mu4e?

Emacs 24.4 came with native eww browser. What is the proper way to use eww as a renderer for mu4e messages?
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`mu4e-contexts` multiple gmail accounts using incorrect smtp credentials

I'm attempting to set up multiple Gmail accounts using mu4e-context's. I have a lot of the features working except one. I can switch between contexts, update my mail in each account (using offlineimap) and I can send mail. The problem is that I have…
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Using UTF8 encoding as default when writing emails

When I want to send an email I composed in Emacs, I press C-c C-c and am always presented with such an error message: These default coding systems were tried to encode text in the buffer `2015-02-03_19:08:30_1': (utf-8-unix (302 . 4194243) (303 .…
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Coloring mu4e headers based on title content

I'd like to color the messages in my *mu4e-headers* view, depending on which mailing list they come from. I'm rather new to emacs face alterations, and I didn't see anything that looked relevant for this. Are there programmatic hooks for defining a…
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How do you select under emacs the key you sign/encrypt with when using mml?

Long time mutt user, I am currently trying to learn how to deal with my mail from within emacs with the help of mu4e. When it comes to signing mail, I use the following (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime) which…
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How can I delete mu4e drafts on successfully sending the mail?

As I'm composing mail, mu4e automatically saves drafts to the mu4e-drafts-folder. When I send the mail, these drafts persist. I expected mu4e to delete from the folder. I'm unable to find any documentation in the mu4e manual, and I'm afraid I'm…
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attach multiple files from the same directory to an email message?

Q: how can I attach multiple files to an outbound email with a minimum amount of fuss? I'm using mu4e (which reuses message-mode, if that helps) to work with email. I often need to send emails with multiple attachments. mu4e uses mml-attach-file…
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How to force Emacs or pinentry to forget wrong GPG password?

I use mu4e, mu4e-send-delay to send emails with a delay, GPG to store my SMTP authentication, and pinentry to access GPG files. When I am prompted for the GPG encryption password in the mini-buffer but am typing in another buffer and don't notice…
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Using ido or helm to auto complete email addresses in mu4e

Is there a way to auto-complete email addresses in the mu4e compose window using Ido or Helm rather than the standard *Completions* buffer?
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mu4e folders for multiple accounts (contexts)

I'm trying to set mu4e to use for both personal and work gmail accounts. I successfully configured offlineimap and fetched the mail. Then I tried setting mu4e, and according documentation: the recommended way to deal with multiple accounts is…
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Trying to separate Private and Work email using mu4e contexts in emacs

I'm struggling to get mu4e to work with different (private and work) email accounts. The behaviour is different from what I expected, and I am not sure whether this is due to an issue in my configuration or in my expectation :-) Learning how to…
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How to prevent mu4e from checking mail when the internet is down?

Q: how do I prevent mu4e from automatically checking mail when the internet's down? Problem I use mu4e and offlineimap to handle my email. When on a laptop, I have to deal with the fact that I sometimes have spotty wifi connections. offlineimap…
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Picture of sender in mu4e

How can I see a mini-picture or icon of the email sender in the headers view and email view in mu4e? Is there an easy way to achieve this using, say org-contacts?
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How can I copy an email message in mu4e?

I'm using mu4e for my e-mail, and am very happy with it. However, now I need to copy e-mail messages from one Maildir to another, instead of moving them. However, in the mu4e documentation, I could not find anything about copying (i.e.,…
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