alot [-r] [-c CONFIGFILE] [-n NOTMUCHCONFIGFILE] [-C {1,16,256}] [-p DB_PATH]
     [-d {debug,info,warning,error}] [-l LOGFILE] [-v] [-h] [command]

Options

-r, --read-only
 open db in read only mode
-c, --config=FILENAME
 config file (default: ~/.config/alot/config)
-n, --notmuch-config=FILENAME
 notmuch config (default: $NOTMUCH_CONFIG or ~/.notmuch-config)
-C, --colour-mode=COLOUR
 terminal colour mode (default: 256). Must be 1, 16 or 256
-p, --mailindex-path=PATH
 path to notmuch index
-d, --debug-level=LEVEL
 debug log (default: info). Must be one of debug,info,warning or error
-l, --logfile=FILENAME
 logfile (default: /dev/null)
-v, --version Display version string and exit
-h, --help Display help and exit
UNIX Signals
SIGUSR1
Refreshes the current buffer. Useful for telling alot to refresh the view from a mail downloader e.g. Offlineimap.

Subcommands

search
start in a search buffer using the querystring provided as parameter. See also the SEARCH SYNTAX section of notmuch(1) and the output of alot search –help.
compose
compose a new message See the output of alot compose –help for more info on parameters.
pyshell
start the interactive python shell inside alot See the output of alot pyshell –help for more info on parameters.