Command reference

No switch. macOS Automation consent is the only gate.

Opens things in Briskmail's window: a conversation, a search, a folder, a prefilled compose or reply window. With reply --send, the separate auto-send switch and Touch ID grant apply. These commands never print mail contents.

• briskmail openBring Briskmail's window forward on a conversation, a search or a folder.
• briskmail draftOpen a compose window with the fields filled in. Saves nothing and cannot send.
• briskmail replyOpen a reply window, or use --send for guarded auto-send.
• briskmail checkCheck every signed-in account for new mail now, like Mailbox ▸ Check for New Mail.

Switch: Let apps read and organize my mail, in Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Command-line access. Off until you turn it on.

Lists, searches and reads your mail, and does the things you can undo: label, mark read or unread, star, archive, snooze, and save a draft without opening a window.

• briskmail triageBuiltPropose one of five Triage groups for a cached Inbox message.
• briskmail listBuiltList the messages in a folder or label: ids, senders, subjects, dates, labels and unread state.
• briskmail searchBuiltSearch mail and get back metadata rows, never bodies.
• briskmail unreadBuiltCount unread Inbox messages.
• briskmail labelsBuiltThe account's folders and labels.
• briskmail accountsBuiltThe accounts signed in to Briskmail, by the names you see, with the ids --account takes.
• briskmail readBuiltRead one message’s plain-text body.
• briskmail threadBuiltRead a conversation’s plain-text bodies.
• briskmail attachmentsBuiltList attachment names, types and sizes, or save one to an exact path.
• briskmail labelBuiltAdd a label to a message, as the app's Label menu does.
• briskmail unlabelBuiltRemove a label from a message.
• briskmail mark-readBuiltMark a message read.
• briskmail mark-unreadBuiltMark a message unread.
• briskmail starBuiltStar a message.
• briskmail unstarBuiltRemove a message's star.
• briskmail archiveBuiltArchive a message the same way the app's Archive button does, so Undo works.
• briskmail snoozeBuiltSnooze a message so it comes back later, as the app's Snooze does.
• briskmail save-draftBuiltSave a draft in Gmail without opening a window. It never sends.

Switch: Let apps send without asking, in Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Command-line access. Off until you turn it on.

Lets an agent send mail while you are away. Turning it on takes Touch ID or your login password.

• briskmail sendSend without you, to known recipients only, through Undo Send. Anything else becomes a draft.