2.4.7. Commands in ‘thread’ mode

The following commands are available in thread mode:

bounce

directly re-send selected message

editnew

edit message in as new

optional arguments
—spawn:open editor in new window
fold

fold message(s)

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
forward

forward message

optional arguments
—attach:attach original mail
—spawn:open editor in new window
indent

change message/reply indentation

argument
None
move

move focus in current buffer

argument
up, down, [half]page up, [half]page down, first, last, parent, first reply, last reply, next sibling, previous sibling, next, previous, next unfolded, previous unfolded, next NOTMUCH_QUERY, previous NOTMUCH_QUERY
pipeto

pipe message(s) to stdin of a shellcommand

argument
shellcommand to pipe to
optional arguments
—all:pass all messages
—format:output format; valid choices are: ‘raw’,’decoded’,’id’,’filepath’ (defaults to: ‘raw’)
—separately:call command once for each message
—background:don’t stop the interface
—add_tags:add ‘Tags’ header to the message
—shell:let the shell interpret the command
—notify_stdout:display cmd’s stdout as notification
print

print message(s)

optional arguments
—all:print all messages
—raw:pass raw mail string
—separately:call print command once for each message
—add_tags:add ‘Tags’ header to the message
remove

remove message(s) from the index

optional arguments
—all:remove whole thread
reply

reply to message

optional arguments
—all:reply to all
—list:reply to list
—spawn:open editor in new window
retag

set message(s) tags.

argument
comma separated list of tags
optional arguments
—all:tag all messages in thread
—no-flush:postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)
retagprompt

prompt to retag selected thread’s or message’s tags

save

save attachment(s)

argument
path to save to
optional arguments
—all:save all attachments
select
select focussed element:
  • if it is a message summary, toggle visibility of the message;
  • if it is an attachment line, open the attachment
  • if it is a mimepart, toggle visibility of the mimepart
tag

add tags to message(s)

argument
comma separated list of tags
optional arguments
—all:tag all messages in thread
—no-flush:postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)
toggleheaders

display all headers

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
togglemimepart

switch between html and plain text message

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
togglemimetree

disply mime tree of the message

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
togglesource

display message source

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
toggletags

flip presence of tags on message(s)

argument
comma separated list of tags
optional arguments
—all:tag all messages in thread
—no-flush:postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)
unfold

unfold message(s)

argument
query used to filter messages to affect
untag

remove tags from message(s)

argument
comma separated list of tags
optional arguments
—all:tag all messages in thread
—no-flush:postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)