Sup – A curses threads-with-tags style email client

# sup

Sup is a console-based email client for people with a lot of email.

It presents an interface of a list of threads, which are each hierarchical collections email messages. Threads can have multiple tags applied to them. It supports a very fast full-text search, automatic contact-list management, custom code insertion via a Ruby hook system, and more. If you’re the type of person who treats email as an extension of your long-term memory, Sup is for you.

# Installation

Install the sup rubygem and run the sup-config utility to build a configuration:

$ gem install sup
$ sup-config

More documentation on getting started is available in the wiki.

# Features

• Handle massive amounts of email.
• Fast, local full-text index of messages.
• Mix email from different sources: mbox files and maildirs.
• Instantaneously search over your entire email collection. Search over body text, or use a query language to combine search predicates in any way.
• Handle multiple accounts. Replying to email sent to a particular account will use the correct SMTP server, signature, and from address.
• Add custom code to handle certain types of messages or to handle certain types of text within messages.
• Take care of your privacy with full support of gpg.
• Organize email with user-defined labels, automatically track recent contacts, and much more!

Resources

Authors and Contributors

Sup is brought to you by a cast of hackers.