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by stevekemp·13y ago·view on hn ↗
I'm working on a modal, console-based, email-client. It's developed in C++ and has fully integrated scripting provided via lua.

http://lumail.org/

https://github.com/skx/lumail/

It is pretty different from the existing mail clients for the console (pine, alpine, mutt, sup, notmuch), partly for being modal, and partly because it only handles Maildirs. No IMAP or POP3 support at all.

In terms of functionality it is usable for sending, processing, and receiving emails. But there is still missing support for attachments.

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If I wanted to pair this with an imap or pop3 mail account, what other command would I need to run?
I think you have a lot of choices, so it comes down to personal preferences.

Basically this tool will only work against a local set of Maildirs, so your job is to get the mail from the remote host onto your local system in Maildir form.

Off the top of my head that means one of:

* imapsync

* fetchmail

* offlineimap