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title = 'Virgin (Neo)Mutt User Meet Mblaze'
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date = 2023-10-24T18:13:18+02:00
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We have all heard of (Neo)Mutt when it comes to managing e-mail in the terminal right? What would you do if I told you there is an even better and more UNIX way to manage mail on the terminal? Well there is and it's called [mblaze](https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze).
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In this post I will explain to you how to setup mblaze for managing your email, but for that we will 2 more additional software to manage our mail with mblaze. [OpenSMTPD](https://www.opensmtpd.org/) the openbsd fast mail server for getting local mail from services like crontab and sending mail with, and [isync](https://isync.sourceforge.io/) for downloading our mail from our remote server's either selfhosted or gmail.
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# 1. OpenSMTPD
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First we will setup OpenSMTP for local mail, and we will also relay's that allow us to send e-mail from our selfhosted or gmail mail server's for example. Make sure to install opensmtpd from your package maanager.
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> Edit `/etc/smtpd/smtpd.conf`
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```conf
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table aliases file:/etc/mail/aliases
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table credentials file:/etc/mail/credentials
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listen on 127.0.0.1
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action "local_mail" maildir "/home/%{user.username}/.local/share/Maildir/local" alias <aliases>
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action outbound_selfhost relay host smtp+tls://selfhost@subdomain.domain.com:587 auth <credentials>
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action outbound_gmail relay host smtp+tls://gmail@smtp.gmail.com:587 auth <credentials>
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match for local action "local_mail"
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match mail-from "selfhost@domain.com" for any action outbound_selfhost
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match mail-from "username@gmail.com" for any action outbound_gmail
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```
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Next you will need to update aliases in file /etc/mail/aliases under the comment `# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!` to your main user account on your system.
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Now we will also setup the passwords in the `/etc/mail/credentials`, Note for gmail you will need to setup app password for it to be usable with this method and enable smtp in gmail.
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```conf
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selfhost selfhost:selfhost_password
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gmail gmail:gmail_password
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```
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Also make sure to run `sudo chmod 600 /etc/mail/credentials` to make sure the password's aren't readable if you aren't running as sudo.
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# 2. isync
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Now we will setup isync to get our e-mail from our server's. In this example there is both settings for a selfhosted server and a gmail one.
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> Edit `$HOME/.mbsyncrc`
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```rc
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IMAPStore selfhost-remote
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Host subdomain.domain.com
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Port 993
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User selfhost@domain.com
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PassCmd "Command for password" or Pass password
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SSLType IMAPS
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CertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
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MaildirStore selfhost-local
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Path ~/.local/share/Maildir/selfhost/
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Inbox ~/.local/share/Maildir/selfhost/INBOX
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SubFolders Verbatim
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Channel selfhost
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Far :selfhost-remote:
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Near :selfhost-local:
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Create Both
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Expunge Both
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Patterns * !"[Gmail]/All Mail" !"*fts-flatcurve*" !"*virtual*"
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SyncState *
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Create Both
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IMAPStore gmail-remote
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Host imap.gmail.com
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Port 993
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User gmail@gmail.com
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PassCmd "Command for password" or Pass password
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SSLType IMAPS
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CertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
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MaildirStore gmail-local
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Path ~/.local/share/Maildir/gmail/
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Inbox ~/.local/share/Maildir/gmail/INBOX
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SubFolders Verbatim
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Channel gmail
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Far :gmail-remote:
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Near :gmail-local:
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Create Both
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Expunge Both
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Patterns * !"[Gmail]/All Mail" !"*fts-flatcurve*" !"*virtual*"
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SyncState *
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Create Both
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```
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Then you can run `mbsync -V gmail/selfhost` to sync a specific account or you can run `mbsync -a` to sync all your account's.
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# 3. mblaze
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Now we will start working on the most juicy part, setting up mblaze for basic usage. First we will setup a basic mblaze profile for our local account.
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> Edit `$HOME/.mblaze/profile`
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```conf
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Local-Mailbox: user
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FQDN: "Generate using command mgenmid"
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Maildir: /home/crony/.local/share/Maildir/local
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Outbox: /home/crony/.local/share/Maildir/local/Sent/
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Drafts: /home/crony/.local/share/Maildir/local/Drafts/
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Reply-From: user
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# You don't need this, it just makes it easier to see date
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Scan-Format: %c%u%r %-3n %10d %17f %t %2i%s
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```
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And now we are ready for using mblaze for managing our local mail with mblaze. Now for the rest of this blog I will show how I manage multiple account's using a scipt and a couple function's. I will also link a video that will show you in more detail things for using mblaze for managing your mail which was my inspiration for making this post.
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# 4. Multiple profiles management
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You can do this in a lot of ways with mblaze since it is very easily scriptable, but I do it with a script that copies over a preconfigure profile from `$HOME/.config/mblaze`
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> example selfhost mblaze config `$HOME/.config/mblaze/selfhost`
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```conf
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Local-Mailbox: User Name <user@domain.com>
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FQDN: "Generate using command mgenmid"
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Maildir: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/selfhost
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Outbox: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/selfhost/Sent/
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Drafts: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/selfhost/Drafts/
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Reply-From: User Name <user@domain.com>
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Scan-Format: %c%u%r %-3n %10d %17f %t %2i%s
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```
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> example gmail mblaze config `$HOME/.config/mblaze/gmail`
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```conf
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Local-Mailbox: user <user@gmail.com>
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FQDN: "Generate using command mgenmid"
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Maildir: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/gmail
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Outbox: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/gmail/[Gmail]/Sent Mail
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Drafts: /home/USER/.local/share/Maildir/gmail/[Gmail]/Drafts
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Reply-From: user <user@gmail.com>
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Scan-Format: %c%u%r %-3n %10d %17f %t %2i%s
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```
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For the local profile, just copy the config saved to `$HOME/.mblaze/profile` to `$HOME/.config/mblaze/local`.
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Now onto the script and functions I use with my zsh.
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> mprofile
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```bash
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#!/bin/sh
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profiles=$(find "$HOME"/.config/mblaze -type f -exec basename "{}" \;)
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currentMaildir=$(grep "^Maildir:" "$HOME"/.mblaze/profile | cut -d: -f 2 | sed 's/ //g')
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[ -z "$1" ] && basename "$(grep -w "$currentMaildir" -l -R "$HOME"/.config/mblaze)" && exit 0
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[ "$1" = "-l" ] && printf '%s\n' "$profiles" && exit 0
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profile="$1"
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if printf '%s\n' "$profiles" | grep -qw "$profile"; then
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cp "$HOME"/.config/mblaze/"$profile" "$HOME"/.mblaze/profile
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else
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printf '%s\n' "This profile doesn't exist"
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fi
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```
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The script is able to print the current profile when run without argument, listing all available profiles using -l and setting the profile by providing it's name.
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> functions
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```bash
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# mblaze functions
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# Get new mail for current profile
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mnew () {
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maildir=$(grep "^Maildir:" $HOME/.mblaze/profile | cut -d: -f 2 | sed 's/ //g')
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profile=$(basename $maildir)
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if [ "$profile" = "local" ]; then
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mlist -s "$maildir"| msort -dr | mseq -S
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else
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mbsync -V $profile
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mlist -s "$maildir"/INBOX | msort -dr | mseq -S
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fi
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}
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# Get full mail for current profile including threads
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mall () {
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maildir=$(grep "^Maildir:" $HOME/.mblaze/profile | cut -d: -f 2 | sed 's/ //g')
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sent=$(grep "^Outbox:" $HOME/.mblaze/profile | cut -d: -f 2 | sed 's/ //g')
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profile=$(basename $maildir)
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if [ "$profile" = "local" ]; then
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mlist "$maildir" | mthread -r -S "$maildir" | mseq -S
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else
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mbsync -V $profile
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mlist "$maildir"/INBOX | mthread -r -S "$sent" | mseq -S
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fi
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}
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```
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For the rest of usage of mblaze, I really recommend to use `man mblaze` since the software is really well documented, or you can also watch this [video](https://piped.cronyakatsuki.xyz/watch?v=5YS8RPC4zwc) I took the inspiration from for this setup.
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# Conclusion
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Hope you have had a good read, and I hope you will maybe try out this mail setup, or create your own even better setup for your self.
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