meli
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The facts
Each one read from meli's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 24 Sep 2026
What it does
- Backend limits
- The README describes mbox as read-only, while JMAP and NNTP are listed as functional.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The client uses a plain text TOML configuration file and allows settings to be overridden per mailbox or account.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Contacts
- meli has a contact list and read-only vCard and mutt alias file support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- Features include email threading, configurable shortcuts and themes, TOML configuration, tabs, and optional SQLite index search.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HTML mail
- HTML rendering uses w3m by default, and users can configure a different HTML filter command.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project lists installation through Cargo, Debian packages, AUR, OpenSUSE, Alpine, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nixpkgs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Install options
- The README lists Cargo, Debian packages, AUR, openSUSE, Alpine, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and prebuilt Debian and static binaries as installation options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail sources
- It supports IMAP, Maildir, notmuch, mbox, JMAP, and NNTP/Usenet; mbox support is read-only.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- meli is a terminal email client for multiple accounts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reading HTML
- HTML email rendering uses w3m by default, and the HTML filter command can be changed in settings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- SQLite index search is optional, and the README notes that notmuch does not support searching all email directly without a mailbox query returning everything.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search limit
- Searching across all email directly is unsupported; the README suggests searching within a mailbox populated by a notmuch query.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The feature list includes TLS and GPG signing, encryption, and signature verification.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sending
- Email can be submitted through SMTP, a shell script, or server-side submission when supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sending mail
- Supported submission backends include SMTP, piping to a shell script, and server-side submission when supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project points users to OFTC IRC, a Matrix bridge, mailing lists, and its issue tracker for discussion and bug reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
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