spacemacs/layers/+email/mu4e

mu4e layer for Spacemacs

• Installation
• Commands
• Configuration
  • Multiple Accounts
  • Example configuration
• See also

Installation

In order to use this layer you must install mu and mu4e separately. Typically mu4e will be bundled with mu (this is the case on many Linux distributions).

If the installation directory of mu4e is not in Emacs’ load path, you can set the layer variable mu4e-installation-path, for example:

  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
                '((mu4e :variables
                        mu4e-installation-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp")))

Commands

Keybinding	Command
SPC a M	Start mu4e

Configuration

Configuration varies too much to give precise instructions. What follows is one example configuration. Refer to mu4e's manual for more detailed configuration instructions.

Multiple Accounts

This layer includes support for multiple sending accounts. If you have only one account you do not need to define this variable. If you have multiple accounts, configure the `mu4e-account-alist` variable:

  (setq mu4e-account-alist
        '(("gmail"
           ;; Under each account, set the account-specific variables you want.
           (mu4e-sent-messages-behavior delete)
           (mu4e-sent-folder "/gmail/[Gmail]/.Sent Mail")
           (mu4e-drafts-folder "/gmail/[Gmail]/.Drafts")
           (user-mail-address "billy@gmail.com")
           (user-full-name "Billy"))
          ("college"
           (mu4e-sent-messages-behavior sent)
           (mu4e-sent-folder "/college/Sent Items")
           (mu4e-drafts-folder "/college/Drafts")
           (user-mail-address "bb15@college.edu")
           (user-full-name "Billy Bob 15"))))
  (mu4e/mail-account-reset)

The first account listed will be the default account, so variables like `user-full-name`, which is used by other parts of Emacs, will have their value reset for the default account after sending each email.

Make sure you call `mu4e/mail-account-reset` afterward, which will initialize the given account variables.

Example configuration

  ;;; Set up some common mu4e variables
  (setq mu4e-maildir "~/.mail"
        mu4e-trash-folder "/Trash"
        mu4e-refile-folder "/Archive"
        mu4e-get-mail-command "mbsync -a"
        mu4e-update-interval nil
        mu4e-compose-signature-auto-include nil
        mu4e-view-show-images t
        mu4e-view-show-addresses t)

  ;;; Mail directory shortcuts
  (setq mu4e-maildir-shortcuts
        '(("/gmail/INBOX" . ?g)
          ("/college/INBOX" . ?c)))

  ;;; Bookmarks
  (setq mu4e-bookmarks
        `(("flag:unread AND NOT flag:trashed" "Unread messages" ?u)
          ("date:today..now" "Today's messages" ?t)
          ("date:7d..now" "Last 7 days" ?w)
          ("mime:image/*" "Messages with images" ?p)
          (,(mapconcat 'identity
                       (mapcar
                        (lambda (maildir)
                          (concat "maildir:" (car maildir)))
                        mu4e-maildir-shortcuts) " OR ")
           "All inboxes" ?i)))

See also

Refer to the official mu and mu4e documentation for additional info.

• mu4e Manual