Aliases & Address Groups

Commands for defining email address aliases, alternate addresses, and address groups.

:alias

Create a short name for one or more email addresses.

• alias <key> <address> — simple alias

• alias <key> <addr1>, <addr2> — alias to multiple addresses

• alias -group <name> <key> <address> — add alias to a group

alias jd jane@example.com
alias jd Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
alias team alice@co.com, bob@co.com, carol@co.com
alias -group work boss Boss Person <boss@company.com>

:unalias

Remove an alias.

• unalias * — remove all aliases

• unalias <key> — remove a specific alias

unalias *
unalias jd

:alternates

Define alternate email addresses that belong to the user. NeoMutt uses these to tell “sent” mail from “received”.

• alternates <regex> — add an alternate address pattern

alternates jane@example.com
alternates "jane@(work|home)\\.example\\.com"
alternates -group work "jane\\.doe@company\\.com"

:unalternates

Remove patterns from the alternates list.

• unalternates * — remove all

• unalternates <regex> — remove a specific pattern

unalternates *
unalternates jane@example.com

:group

Add addresses to a named address group. Groups can be used in hook patterns.

• group -group <name> -addr <address> — add a single address

• group -group <name> -rx <regex> — add addresses matching a pattern

group -group friends -addr alice@example.com
group -group friends -addr alice@example.com -addr bob@example.com
group -group coworkers -rx "@company\\.com$"

:ungroup

Remove addresses from a group.

• ungroup -group <name> * — remove all addresses from the group

• ungroup -group <name> -addr <address> — remove a specific address

ungroup -group friends *
ungroup -group friends -addr alice@example.com