Himalaya Email CLI

Himalaya is a CLI email client that lets you manage emails from the terminal using IMAP, SMTP, Notmuch, or Sendmail backends.

Prerequisites

•Himalaya CLI installed (himalaya --version to verify)
•A configuration file at ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml
•IMAP/SMTP credentials configured (password stored securely)

Configuration Setup

Run the interactive wizard to set up an account:

bash

himalaya account configure

Or create ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml manually:

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"  # or use keyring

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 Folders

bash

himalaya folder list

List Emails

List emails in INBOX (default):

bash

himalaya envelope list

List emails in a specific folder:

bash

himalaya envelope list --folder "Sent"

Search Emails

bash

himalaya envelope list from john@example.com subject meeting

Read an Email

bash

himalaya message read 42

Reply to an Email

bash

himalaya message reply 42

Reply-all:

bash

himalaya message reply 42 --all

Write a New Email

Interactive compose:

bash

himalaya message write

Send directly:

bash

cat << 'EOF' | himalaya template send
From: you@example.com
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: Test Message

Hello from Himalaya!
EOF

Move/Delete Emails

bash

himalaya message move 42 "Archive"
himalaya message delete 42

Multiple Accounts

bash

himalaya account list
himalaya --account work envelope list