| -r, --read-only | |
| open notmuch database in read-only mode | |
| -c FILENAME, --config=FILENAME | |
| configuration file (default: ~/.config/alot/config) | |
| -n FILENAME, --notmuch-config=FILENAME | |
| notmuch configuration file (default: $NOTMUCH_CONFIG or ~/.notmuch-config) | |
| -C COLOURS, --colour-mode=COLOURS | |
| number of colours to use on the terminal; must be 1, 16 or 256 (default: configuration option colourmode or 256) | |
| -p PATH, --mailindex-path=PATH | |
| path to notmuch index | |
| -d LEVEL, --debug-level=LEVEL | |
| debug level; must be one of debug, info, warning or error (default: info) | |
| -l FILENAME, --logfile=FILENAME | |
| log file (default: /dev/null) | |
| -h, --help | display help and exit |
| -v, --version | output version information and exit |