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+=head1 NAME
+
+lei - local email interface for public-inbox
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+lei COMMAND
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Unlike the C10K-oriented L<public-inbox-daemon(8)>, lei is designed
+exclusively to handle trusted local clients with read/write access to
+the file system, using as many system resources as the local user has
+access to.  lei supports a local, writable store built on top of
+L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)> and L<public-inbox-extindex(1)>.
+L<lei-q(1)> provides an interface for querying messages across the lei
+store and read-only local and remote "externals" (inboxes and external
+indices).
+
+Available in public-inbox 1.7.0+.
+
+=head1 COMMANDS
+
+Subcommands for initializing and managing local, writable storage:
+
+=over
+
+=item * L<lei-init(1)>
+
+=back
+
+TODO: Add commands like lei-import once they're implemented.
+
+The following subcommands can be used to manage and inspect external
+locations:
+
+=over
+
+=item * L<lei-add-external(1)>
+
+=item * L<lei-forget-external(1)>
+
+=item * L<lei-ls-external(1)>
+
+=back
+
+Subcommands related to searching and inspecting messages from the lei
+store and configured externals are
+
+=over
+
+=item * L<lei-q(1)>
+
+=back
+
+TODO: Add lei-show (and perhaps others) once implemented.
+
+Other subcommands include
+
+=over
+
+=item * L<lei-config(1)>
+
+=item * L<lei-daemon-kill(1)>
+
+=item * L<lei-daemon-pid(1)>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+By default storage is located at C<$XDG_DATA_HOME/lei/store>.  The
+configuration for lei resides at C<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lei/config>.
+
+=head1 CONTACT
+
+Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+
+The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/>
+and L<http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+
+License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<lei-overview(7)>