# mblaze vs S-nail

- mblaze: Set of small Unix utilities for reading, searching, threading and composing mail stored in Maildir folders.
- S-nail: Command-line mail program that implements POSIX mailx, with MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and S/MIME support.

## Differences

- Only S-nail has built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox.
- mblaze has OpenPGP; S-nail does not.
- S-nail has S/MIME; mblaze does not.
- S-nail has OAuth2 sign-in; mblaze does not.
- Configuration: mblaze uses ~/.mblaze/profile (header-style key: value lines), and S-nail uses ~/.mailrc command file.

## Side by side

| | mblaze | S-nail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interface | Command-line tools and prompts | Command-line tools and prompts |
| Language | C | C |
| License | CC0 1.0 and MIT | ISC and BSD 2-Clause and BSD 3-Clause and BSD 4-Clause |
| Linux | Native | Native |
| macOS | Native | Native |
| Windows | Through WSL | Through WSL |
| BSD | Native | Native |
| Android | Not supported | Not supported |
| IMAP | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| POP3 | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| SMTP | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| JMAP | No | No |
| Maildir | Yes | Yes |
| mbox | No | Yes |
| notmuch | No | No |
| OpenPGP | via contrib scripts | No |
| S/MIME | No | Yes |
| OAuth2 sign-in | No | via script |
| Threads | Yes | Yes |
| Search | mpick and magrep filter messages by headers, flags and content | built-in message specifications and the search command; IMAP SEARCH on IMAP folders |
| HTML mail | via a filter command in ~/.mblaze/filter used by mshow | built-in tag-soup filter or external viewer via mailcap |
| Mouse | No | No |
| Multiple accounts | via separate Maildirs and profile settings | Yes |
| Offline use | full; works only on local Maildir | IMAP cache with disconnected mode |
| Calendar | No | No |
| Contacts | No | aliases via the alias command |
| Vim-style keys | No | No |
| Configuration | ~/.mblaze/profile (header-style key: value lines) | ~/.mailrc command file |

Pages: [mblaze](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mblaze/index.md), [S-nail](https://terminalemail.com/clients/s-nail/index.md)