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# mu
> Index and search emails from a local Maildir.
> More information: <https://man.cx/mu>.
- Initialize the email database, optionally specifying the Maildir directory and email addresses:
`mu init --maildir={{path/to/directory}} --my-address={{name@example.com}}`
- Index new emails:
`mu index`
- Find messages using a specific keyword (in message body, subject, sender, ...):
`mu find {{keyword}}`
- Find messages to Alice with subject `jellyfish` containing the words `apples` or `oranges`:
`mu find to:{{alice}} subject:{{jellyfish}} {{apples}} OR {{oranges}}`
- Find unread messages about words starting with `soc` (the `*` only works at the end of the search term) in the Sent Items folder:
`mu find 'subject:{{soc}}*' flag:{{unread}} maildir:'/{{Sent Items}}'`
- Find messages from Sam with attached images, between 2 KiB and 2 MiB, written in 2021:
`mu find 'mime:{{image/*}} size:{{2k..2m}} date:{{20210101..20211231}} from:{{sam}}`
- List contacts with `Bob` in either name or email address:
`mu cfind {{Bob}}`