himalaya

Himalaya CLI for IMAP/SMTP mail: list, read, search, compose, reply, forward, copy, move, delete.

Use himalaya for IMAP/SMTP email from shell.

References

• references/configuration.md: account config, auth, backend setup.
• references/message-composition.md: MML compose syntax.

Setup

bash

himalaya --version
himalaya account configure

Config path: ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml.

Prefer password managers/keyrings for credentials; do not paste secrets into chat/logs.

Read/search

bash

himalaya folder list
himalaya envelope list
himalaya message read <id>
himalaya envelope list from [e-mail] subject invoice

Write

bash

himalaya message write
himalaya template write
himalaya template send < /tmp/message.txt
himalaya message reply <id>
himalaya message forward <id>

Use MML for attachments and rich messages; read references/message-composition.md first.

Organize

bash

himalaya message copy <id> <folder>
himalaya message move <id> <folder>
himalaya message delete <id>
himalaya flag add <id> --flag seen
himalaya flag remove <id> --flag seen

Safety

• Confirm before sending, deleting, or moving many messages.
• Use --account when multiple accounts exist.
• Quote exact message IDs in summaries.