2.4.3. Commands in ‘envelope’ mode

The following commands are available in envelope mode:

attach

attach files to the mail

argument
file(s) to attach (accepts wildcads)
display

change which body alternative to display

argument
part to show
edit

edit mail

optional arguments
—spawn:spawn editor in new terminal
—refocus:refocus envelope after editing (defaults to: ‘True’)
—part:which alternative to edit (“html” or “plaintext”); valid choices are: ‘html’,’plaintext’
encrypt

request encryption of message before sendout

argument
keyid of the key to encrypt with
optional arguments
—trusted:only add trusted keys
html2txt

convert html to plaintext alternative

argument
converter command to use
refine

prompt to change the value of a header

argument
header to refine
removehtml

remove HTML alternative from the envelope

retag

set message tags

argument
comma separated list of tags
rmencrypt

do not encrypt to given recipient key

argument
keyid of the key to encrypt with
save

save draft

send

send mail

set

set header value

positional arguments
0: header to refine 1: value
optional arguments
—append:keep previous values
sign

mark mail to be signed before sending

argument
which key id to use
tag

add tags to message

argument
comma separated list of tags
toggleencrypt

toggle if message should be encrypted before sendout

argument
keyid of the key to encrypt with
optional arguments
—trusted:only add trusted keys
toggleheaders

toggle display of all headers

togglesign

toggle sign status

argument
which key id to use
toggletags

flip presence of tags on message

argument
comma separated list of tags
txt2html

convert plaintext to html alternative

argument
converter command to use
unattach

remove attachments from current envelope

argument
which attached file to remove
unencrypt

remove request to encrypt message before sending

unset

remove header field

argument
header to refine
unsign

mark mail not to be signed before sending

untag

remove tags from message

argument
comma separated list of tags