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=head1 NAME
lei - local email interface
=head1 SYNOPSIS
lei [OPTIONS] COMMAND
=head1 DESCRIPTION
lei is a command-line tool for importing and searching email,
regardless of whether it is from a personal mailbox or a public-inbox.
lei supports a local, writable store built on top of
L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)> and L<public-inbox-extindex(1)>.
L<lei-q(1)> provides an interface for querying messages across the lei
store and read-only local and remote "externals" (inboxes and external
indices).
Warning: lei is still in its early stages and may destroy mail.
Be sure to have backups of destinations lei writes to.
Available in public-inbox 1.7.0+.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over
=item -c NAME=VALUE
Override configuration C<NAME> to C<VALUE>.
=item -C DIR
Change current working directory to the specified directory before
running the command. This option can be given before or after
C<COMMAND> and is accepted by all lei subcommands except
L<lei-daemon-kill(1)>.
=back
=head1 COMMANDS
Subcommands for initializing and managing local, writable storage:
=over
=item * L<lei-init(1)>
=item * L<lei-import(1)>
=item * L<lei-tag(1)>
=back
The following subcommands can be used to manage and inspect external
locations:
=over
=item * L<lei-add-external(1)>
=item * L<lei-forget-external(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-external(1)>
=back
Subcommands related to searching and inspecting messages from the lei
store and configured externals are
=over
=item * L<lei-blob(1)>
=item * L<lei-config(1)>
=item * L<lei-edit-search(1)>
=item * L<lei-forget-search(1)>
=item * L<lei-lcat(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-search(1)>
=item * L<lei-p2q(1)>
=item * L<lei-q(1)>
=item * L<lei-rediff(1)>
=item * L<lei-up(1)>
=back
Other subcommands include
=over
=item * L<lei-add-watch(1)>
=item * L<lei-config(1)>
=item * L<lei-convert(1)>
=item * L<lei-daemon-kill(1)>
=item * L<lei-daemon-pid(1)>
=item * L<lei-forget-mail-sync(1)>
=item * L<lei-mail-diff(1)>
=item * L<lei-inspect(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-label(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-mail-source(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-mail-sync(1)>
=item * L<lei-ls-watch(1)>
=item * L<lei-rm-watch(1)>
=back
=head1 FILES
By default, storage is located at C<$XDG_DATA_HOME/lei/store>. The
configuration for lei resides at C<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lei/config>.
=head1 ERRORS
Errors and dianostics for interactive commands are reported to
stderr. Some errors for background tasks are emitted via
L<syslog(3)> as L<lei-daemon(8)> for the top-level daemon,
and C<lei/store> for the L<lei-store-format(5)> worker.
=head1 CONTACT
Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/> and
L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<lei-overview(7)>, L<lei-daemon(8)>