2.4.3. Commands in ‘envelope’ mode

The following commands are available in envelope mode:

attach

attach files to the mail

argument

file(s) to attach (accepts wildcards)

detach

remove attachments from current envelope

argument

name of the attachment to remove (accepts wildcards)

display

change which body alternative to display

argument

part to show

edit

edit mail

optional arguments
—spawn:

spawn editor in new terminal

—refocus:

refocus envelope after editing (defaults to: ‘True’)

—part:

which alternative to edit (“html” or “plaintext”); valid choices are: ‘html’,’plaintext’

encrypt

request encryption of message before sendout

argument

keyid of the key to encrypt with

optional arguments
—trusted:

only add trusted keys

html2txt

convert html to plaintext alternative

argument

converter command to use

refine

prompt to change the value of a header

argument

header to refine

removehtml

remove HTML alternative from the envelope

retag

set message tags

argument

comma separated list of tags

rmencrypt

do not encrypt to given recipient key

argument

keyid of the key to encrypt with

save

save draft

send

send mail

set

set header value

positional arguments

0: header to refine 1: value

optional arguments
—append:

keep previous values

sign

mark mail to be signed before sending

argument

which key id to use

tag

add tags to message

argument

comma separated list of tags

toggleencrypt

toggle if message should be encrypted before sendout

argument

keyid of the key to encrypt with

optional arguments
—trusted:

only add trusted keys

toggleheaders

toggle display of all headers

togglesign

toggle sign status

argument

which key id to use

toggletags

flip presence of tags on message

argument

comma separated list of tags

txt2html

convert plaintext to html alternative

argument

converter command to use

unencrypt

remove request to encrypt message before sending

unset

remove header field

argument

header to refine

unsign

mark mail not to be signed before sending

untag

remove tags from message

argument

comma separated list of tags