a text mode alternative to Buffy

 buffycli displays a compact summary of your mail folders in text-mode, and
 allows to invoke a command (usually a mail reader) on them. It is written with
 the intent of being a handy everyday tool for people handling large volumes of
 mail. For mutt users, this can be a nice front-end to supplement the simple
 built-in folder browser when one has many folders to keep track of. It tries
 hard to work out of the box: it looks for mail folders in sensible places and
 comes with reasonable defaults.
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 buffycli uses the same backend as Buffy, but it outputs text to the terminal,
 rather than a GUI window. It is thus suitable to be used over SSH links, and
 fits nicely with window managers that are primarily used to organise
 terminals.
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 The program is functional but still very young, and only Maildir and Mailbox
 format are supported at the moment.