Himalaya Email CLI
Himalaya is a terminal email client using IMAP/SMTP backends.
Prerequisites
- •Himalaya installed (
himalaya --version) - •Config at
~/.config/himalaya/config.toml - •IMAP/SMTP credentials configured
Quick Setup
Run the wizard:
bash
himalaya account configure
Or create ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml:
toml
[accounts.personal] email = "you@example.com" display-name = "Your Name" default = true backend.type = "imap" backend.host = "imap.example.com" backend.port = 993 backend.encryption.type = "tls" backend.login = "you@example.com" backend.auth.type = "password" backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/imap" message.send.backend.type = "smtp" message.send.backend.host = "smtp.example.com" message.send.backend.port = 587 message.send.backend.encryption.type = "start-tls" message.send.backend.login = "you@example.com" message.send.backend.auth.type = "password" message.send.backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/smtp"
Common Operations
List & Read
bash
# List folders himalaya folder list # List emails in INBOX himalaya envelope list # List emails in folder himalaya envelope list --folder "Sent" # Search emails himalaya envelope list from john@example.com subject meeting # Read email by ID himalaya message read 42
Write & Reply
bash
# Interactive compose himalaya message write # Send directly cat << 'EOF' | himalaya template send From: you@example.com To: recipient@example.com Subject: Test Hello from Himalaya! EOF # Reply to email himalaya message reply 42 # Reply-all himalaya message reply 42 --all # Forward himalaya message forward 42
Organize
bash
# Move to folder himalaya message move 42 "Archive" # Copy to folder himalaya message copy 42 "Important" # Delete himalaya message delete 42 # Mark as read himalaya flag add 42 --flag seen # Mark as unread himalaya flag remove 42 --flag seen
Multiple Accounts
bash
# List accounts himalaya account list # Use specific account himalaya --account work envelope list
Attachments
bash
# Download attachments himalaya attachment download 42 # Save to directory himalaya attachment download 42 --dir ~/Downloads
JSON Output
bash
himalaya envelope list --output json