Accounts

Account model

mxr distinguishes between:

• Runtime accounts: what the daemon is actually running now
• Config-backed accounts: editable account definitions used to produce runtime accounts

The TUI Accounts page is built from runtime inventory, not from config file entries alone.

TUI accounts page

Open it with:

• 4
• Ctrl-p then Open Accounts Page

Actions:

• j / k: move account selection
• n: new IMAP/SMTP account
• Enter / o: edit selected account
• t: test selected account
• d: set default account
• c: edit config
• r: refresh runtime account inventory

The page shows:

• Details on the left
• Account list on the right
• Runtime Gmail, IMAP, and SMTP-backed accounts
• Editable config-backed accounts where supported
• Default-account state
• Provider kind and enabled state
• Last test/status messaging

CLI account actions

mxr accounts
mxr accounts add gmail
mxr accounts add imap
mxr accounts add smtp
mxr accounts show ACCOUNT
mxr accounts test ACCOUNT

Compose behavior

Compose, reply, and forward resolve the sender from the selected/default runtime account. That is the same source the TUI Accounts page shows.

Multi-account notes

• Sync can run per account.
• The daemon tracks account health in status and diagnostics.
• Changing editable accounts in the TUI triggers daemon reload so the runtime view updates without a restart.
• Runtime-only accounts are inspectable in the TUI even when they are not editable there.