[GH-ISSUE #4] Are multiple email accounts supported #1

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opened 2026-03-03 01:18:48 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments
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Originally created by @3ruce on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/d99kris/nmail/issues/4

Say 2 gmail accounts and an imap account for example?

Originally created by @3ruce on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/d99kris/nmail/issues/4 Say 2 gmail accounts and an imap account for example?
kerem closed this issue 2026-03-03 01:18:48 +03:00
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@d99kris commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

No, it's not supported. You can however run multiple parallel nmail sessions with different config dirs (and thus different email accounts), but it will be just that - multiple instances - each in its own terminal.

I do this with a couple of aliases, like:

alias gm='nmail -d ${HOME}/.nmail-gm' # gmail
alias hm='nmail -d ${HOME}/.nmail-hm' # hotmail
...

Currently there's no plan for adding support for multiple accounts (in a single session), but if there's sufficient interest for it - and preferably some proposal on a suitable UI for it - I might consider it. But realistically I don't expect it in near future.

<!-- gh-comment-id:546370593 --> @d99kris commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): No, it's not supported. You can however run multiple parallel nmail sessions with different config dirs (and thus different email accounts), but it will be just that - multiple instances - each in its own terminal. I do this with a couple of aliases, like: ``` alias gm='nmail -d ${HOME}/.nmail-gm' # gmail alias hm='nmail -d ${HOME}/.nmail-hm' # hotmail ... ``` Currently there's no plan for adding support for multiple accounts (in a single session), but if there's sufficient interest for it - and preferably some proposal on a suitable UI for it - I might consider it. But realistically I don't expect it in near future.
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@3ruce commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

Ok... no worries, that alias is a nice work around though... thank you...

<!-- gh-comment-id:546371161 --> @3ruce commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): Ok... no worries, that alias is a nice work around though... thank you...
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@d99kris commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

It's a good thing you brought it up though - I should probably add something in the README regarding this (and the suggested workaround).

<!-- gh-comment-id:546371587 --> @d99kris commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): It's a good thing you brought it up though - I should probably add something in the README regarding this (and the suggested workaround).
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@3ruce commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

Cool... Yeah, I'm just exploring cli based email clients at the moment, the usual suspects...

  • Mutt/Neomutt
  • Aerc
  • Meli
  • NMail...

I'm giving the Emacs stuff a wide berth right now...

<!-- gh-comment-id:546372947 --> @3ruce commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): Cool... Yeah, I'm just exploring cli based email clients at the moment, the usual suspects... - Mutt/Neomutt - Aerc - Meli - NMail... I'm giving the Emacs stuff a wide berth right now...
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