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% SUP(1) Sup User Manual % Sup was originally written by William Morgan [email protected] and is now developed and maintained by the Sup developers % April 8, 2014

NAME

sup - a curses-based email client

SYNOPSIS

sup [options]

DESCRIPTION

Sup is a console-based email client for people with a lot of email.

It presents an interface of a list of threads, which are each hierarchical collections email messages. Threads can have multiple tags applied to them. It supports a very fast full-text search, automatic contact-list management, custom code insertion via a Ruby hook system, and more. If you’re the type of person who treats email as an extension of your long-term memory, Sup is for you.

OPTIONS

-l, --list-hooks : List all hooks and descriptions, and quit. Use --hooks-matching to filter

-m, --hooks-matching=<s> : If given, list all hooks and descriptions matching the given pattern. Needs the --list-hooks option (default: )

-n, --no-threads : Turn off threading. Helps with debugging. (Necessarily disables background polling for new messages.)

-o, --no-initial-poll : Don't poll for new messages when starting.

-s QUERY, --search QUERY : Search for this query upon startup

-c STRING, --compose STRING : Compose message to this recipient upon startup

-j STRING, --subject STRING : When composing, use this subject

-v, --version : Print version and exit

-h, --help : Show brief help message

ENVIRONMENT

SUP_LOG_LEVEL : Set log level verbosity. Valid values ordered by decresing verbosity: debug info warn error. Default log level is info.

SUP_BASE
: Specify home directory for configuration files and xapian index, defaults to: $HOME/.sup.

FILES

$HOME/.sup/config.yaml : Configuration file for Sup

$HOME/.sup/sources.yaml : Configuration file for Sup mail sources

$HOME/.sup/colors.yaml : Color theme for Sup

SEE ALSO

mail(1), sup-add(1), sup-config(1), sup-dump(1), sup-import-dump(1), sup-recover-sources(1), sup-sync(1), sup-sync-back-maildir(1), sup-tweak-labels(1)

REPORTING BUGS

You are welcome to submit bug reports to the Sup issue tracker, located at

https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/issues

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Sup web page: : https://sup-heliotrope.github.io/

Code repository: : https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/

Sup Wiki: : https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/

Mailing list: : [email protected]

[email protected]

Archives: <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/supmua/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006-2009 William Morgan [email protected]

Copyright @ 2013-2014 Sup developers

Permission is granted to copy and distribute this manual under the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version 2 or (at your option) any later version.

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