Mailtide v1.0.0

A lightweight Python-based CLI email client. Mailtide allows you to browse and manage IMAP inboxes via terminal aswell as send emails.

Features

• View and browse folders from major IMAP providers
• Compose and send emails with attachments
• Move emails between folders
• Download attachments to disk
• Works with most major email providers:
  • Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, iCloud, ProtonMail, Zoho, GMX, Yandex, FastMail, and more
• Terminal User Interface powered by 'curses'
• Plain text and HTML parsing support

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Installation

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/LandonH2007/mailtide.git
cd mailtide

# Install the .deb package
sudo dpkg -i mailtide_v1.0.0.deb

# If any dependencies are missing, fix them
sudo apt --fix-broken install

Then run it:

mailtide

Controls

Main Menu

Key	Action
Shift+S	Sign in
Shift+O	Sign out
Shift+F	Enter folder
Shift+E	Load and list messages
Shift+R	Read email
Shift+M	Move email
Shift+D	Download attachments
Shift+C	Compose message
Shift+Q	Quit
Shift+r	Refresh current folder
Shift+V / Shift+T	Page down / up

Composition

Key	Action
^s	Save as draft
^l	Load draft
^g	Send email
^a	Attach file
^x	Exit compose mode
↑ / ↓	Navigate message lines
Enter	New line
Tab	Insert tab character

App Passwords & Security

If you're using Gmail, Yahoo, or other services with 2FA, you may need to generate an app-specific password and use it instead of your normal password. Your password is not saved between sessions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

Pull requests and feedback are welcome.

Author

Landon Haught

Made with a lot of frustration and trial & error,