---
name: "notmuch-addrlookup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "notmuch-addrlookup"
version: "10-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/notmuch-addrlookup"
---

# notmuch-addrlookup(1)

Address lookup tool for Notmuch

## NAME

notmuch-addrlookup - Address lookup tool for Notmuch

## SYNOPSIS

**notmuch-addrlookup** \[string\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **notmuch-addrlookup** commands.

The program works by invoking from a shell. The only argument it takes is a string, which is searched for in the e-mail addresses contained in the headers of the messages indexed by Notmuch.

- **Example**

  % notmuch-addrlookup peter

Peter Jones \<peter@jonesfamily.com\> John Peters \<john.peters@gmail.com\> Peter Tosh \<gimmesome@reggaemusic.net\> Noren Petersen \<norenp@no.se\>

## CONFIGURATION

**Emacs UI**

The Emacs Notmuch UI \[can be configured\](http://notmuchmail.org/emacstips/#index15h2) to use the tool for completing addresses when composing.

**Mutt**

The \[Mutt UA\](http://www.mutt.org/) can be configured to use \`notmuch-addrlookup\` by setting the following options:

set query\_command="notmuch-addrlookup --format=mutt '%s'"

**Aerc**

The \[aerc UA\](https://aerc-mail.org/) can be configured to use \`notmuch-addrlookup\` by setting the following options:

address-book-cmd=notmuch-addrlookup --format=aerc %s