4.2 Keybindings

Using the below key bindings, you can do various things with these messages; these actions are also listed in the Headers menu in the Emacs menu bar.

key          description
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n,p          view the next, previous message
],[          move to the next, previous unread message
},{          move to the next, previous thread
y            select the message view (if visible)
RET          open the message at point in the message view

searching
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s            search
S            edit last query
/            narrow the search
b            search bookmark
B            edit bookmark before search
c            search query with completion
j            jump to maildir
M-left,\     previous query
M-right      next query

O            change sort order
P            toggle search property

marking
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d            mark for moving to the trash folder
=            mark for removing trash flag ('untrash')
DEL,D        mark for complete deletion
m            mark for moving to another maildir folder
r            mark for refiling
+,-          mark for flagging/unflagging
?,!          mark message as unread, read

u            unmark message at point
U            unmark *all* messages

%            mark based on a regular expression
T,t          mark whole thread, subthread

<insert>,*   mark for 'something' (decide later)
#            resolve deferred 'something' marks

x            execute actions for the marked messages

threads
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S-left       goto root
TAB          toggle threading at current level
S-TAB        toggle all threading

composition
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R,W,F,C      reply/reply-to-all/forward/compose
E            edit (only allowed for draft messages)

misc
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a            execute some custom action on a header
|            pipe message through shell command
C-+,C--      increase / decrease the number of headers shown
H            get help
C-S-u        update mail & reindex
C-c C-u      update mail & reindex
q            leave the headers buffer

Some keybindings are available through minor modes: