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# meli [](https://github.com/meli/meli/blob/master/COPYING) [](https://crates.io/crates/meli)
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**BSD/Linux terminal email client with support for multiple accounts and Maildir / mbox / notmuch / IMAP / JMAP.**
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Community links:
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[mailing lists](https://lists.meli.delivery/) | `#meli` on OFTC IRC | Report bugs and/or feature requests in [meli's issue tracker](https://git.meli.delivery/meli/meli/issues "meli gitea issue tracker")
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Main view | Compact main view | Compose with embed terminal editor
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Main repository:
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* https://git.meli.delivery/meli/meli
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Official mirrors:
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* https://github.com/meli/meli
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## Install
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- Try an [online interactive web demo](https://meli.delivery/wasm2.html "online interactive web demo") powered by WebAssembly
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- [`cargo install meli`](https://crates.io/crates/meli "crates.io meli package")
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- [Download and install pre-built debian package, static linux binary](https://github.com/meli/meli/releases/ "github releases for meli"), or
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- Install with [Nix](https://search.nixos.org/packages?show=meli&query=meli&from=0&size=30&sort=relevance&channel=unstable#disabled "nixos package search results for 'meli'")
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## Documentation
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See a comprehensive tour of `meli` in the manual page [`meli(7)`](./docs/meli.7).
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See also the [Quickstart tutorial](https://meli.delivery/documentation.html#quick-start) online.
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After installing `meli`, see `meli(1)`, `meli.conf(5)`, `meli(7)` and `meli-themes(5)` for documentation. Sample configuration and theme files can be found in the `docs/samples/` subdirectory. Manual pages are also [hosted online](https://meli.delivery/documentation.html "meli documentation").
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`meli` by default looks for a configuration file in this location: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/meli/config.toml`
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You can run meli with arbitrary configuration files by setting the `$MELI_CONFIG`
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environment variable to their locations, i.e.:
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```sh
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MELI_CONFIG=./test_config cargo run
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```
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## Build
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For a quick start, build and install locally:
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```sh
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PREFIX=~/.local make install
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```
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Available subcommands for `make` are listed with `make help`. The Makefile *should* be POSIX portable and not require a specific `make` version.
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`meli` requires rust 1.39 and rust's package manager, Cargo. Information on how
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to get it on your system can be found here: <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html>
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With Cargo available, the project can be built with `make` and the resulting binary will then be found under `target/release/meli`. Run `make install` to install the binary and man pages. This requires root, so I suggest you override the default paths and install it in your `$HOME`: `make PREFIX=$HOME/.local install`.
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You can build and run `meli` with one command: `cargo run --release`.
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### Build features
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Some functionality is held behind "feature gates", or compile-time flags. The following list explains each feature's purpose:
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- `gpgme` enables GPG support via `libgpgme` (on by default)
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- `dbus-notifications` enables showing notifications using `dbus` (on by default)
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- `notmuch` provides support for using a notmuch database as a mail backend (on by default)
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- `jmap` provides support for connecting to a jmap server and use it as a mail backend (off by default)
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- `sqlite3` provides support for builting fast search indexes in local sqlite3 databases (on by default)
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- `cli-docs` includes the manpage documentation compiled by either `mandoc` or `man` binary to plain text in `meli`'s command line. Embedded documentation can be viewed with the subcommand `meli man [PAGE]`
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- `svgscreenshot` provides support for taking screenshots of the current view of `meli` and saving it as SVG files. Its only purpose is taking screenshots for the official `meli` webpage. (off by default)
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- `debug-tracing` enables various trace debug logs from various places around the `meli` code base. The trace log is printed in `stderr`. (off by default)
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### Build Debian package (*deb*)
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Building with Debian's packaged cargo might require the installation of these
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two packages: `librust-openssl-sys-dev librust-libdbus-sys-dev`
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A `*.deb` package can be built with `make deb-dist`
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### Using notmuch
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To use the optional notmuch backend feature, you must have `libnotmuch5` installed in your system. In Debian-like systems, install the `libnotmuch5` packages. `meli` detects the library's presence on runtime.
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### Using GPG
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To use the optional gpg feature, you must have `libgpgme` installed in your system. In Debian-like systems, install the `libgpgme11` package. `meli` detects the library's presence on runtime.
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### Building with JMAP
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To build with JMAP support, prepend the environment variable `MELI_FEATURES='jmap'` to your make invocation:
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```sh
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MELI_FEATURES="jmap" make
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```
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or if building directly with cargo, use the flag `--features="jmap"'.
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# Development
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Development builds can be built and/or run with
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```
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cargo build
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cargo run
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```
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There is a debug/tracing log feature that can be enabled by using the flag
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`--feature debug-tracing` after uncommenting the features in `Cargo.toml`. The logs
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are printed in stderr, thus you can run `meli` with a redirection (i.e `2> log`)
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Code style follows the default rustfmt profile.
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## Testing
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How to run specific tests:
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```sh
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cargo test -p {melib, meli} (-- --nocapture) (--test test_name)
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```
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## Profiling
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```sh
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perf record -g target/debug/bin
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perf script | stackcollapse-perf | rust-unmangle | flamegraph > perf.svg
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```
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## Running fuzz targets
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Note: `cargo-fuzz` requires the nightly toolchain.
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```sh
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cargo +nightly fuzz run envelope_parse -- -dict=fuzz/envelope_tokens.dict
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```
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