Vm
VM
http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/
mail user agent for Emacs
VM (View Mail) is a mail reader that runs under XEmacs and GNU Emacs. It was written as an alternative to the Emacs RMAIL mail reader by Kyle Jones.
VM is highly configurable and easy to use. It supports POP and IMAP mail servers, understands MIME, and handles mail folders in the standard UNIX mailbox format and the BABYL format used by the RMAIL mailer. It has a powerful virtual folder facility to facilitate searching as well as more advanced handling of multiple mail folders.
Download
https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/vm.html
version 8.3.2
(stable)
released on 29 December 2025
VCS Checkout
git clone https://gitlab.com/emacs-vm/vm.gitCategories
Licensing
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27 December 2025
Notes
There are fast encoders and decoders for common mime transport encodings included in this package. These programs are in the public domain.
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Kyle Jones | original author |
| Mark Diekhans | co-maintainer ? |
| Robert Widhopf-Fenk | former maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| GitLab | Bug Tracking | https://gitlab.com/emacs-vm/vm/-/issues |
| Savannah | Developer | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/viewmail |
| Mailing List Info/Archive | https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/viewmail-info | |
| EmacsWiki | General | https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryViewMail |
| History | Developer | http://www.robf.de/Hacking/elisp |
| Debian | Developer | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vm |
| EmacsWiki | General | https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ViewMailAddons |
| Savannah | Download | http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/viewmail/ |
| GitLab | VCS Repository Webview | https://gitlab.com/emacs-vm/vm |
| Wikidata | General | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113089834 |
| Support | Newsgroup | https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gnu.emacs.vm.info |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vm/vm/trunk/files |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to use | GNU Emacs >= 22 or XEmacs >= 21.4 or |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 28 December 2025.
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