diff --git a/users/simon/modules/default.nix b/users/simon/modules/default.nix
index 9f15777..4e70b64 100644
--- a/users/simon/modules/default.nix
+++ b/users/simon/modules/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   imports = [
     ./alacritty.nix
     ./anki.nix
+    ./email.nix
     ./games.nix
     ./git.nix
     ./gpg.nix
diff --git a/users/simon/modules/email.nix b/users/simon/modules/email.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbabb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/simon/modules/email.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  virtualMailboxes = {
+    "FabLab" = "body:fablab";
+    "Git" = "from:{.*@github.com or .*@gitlab.com or no-reply+gitea@sbruder.de}'";
+  };
+
+  mkVirtualMailbox = name: searchTerm: ''
+    virtual-mailboxes "${name}" "notmuch://?query=${searchTerm}"
+  '';
+
+  mutt-solarized-dark = pkgs.fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altercation/mutt-colors-solarized/b1520c6bf1ab49538439514c9393ff69df8591b4/mutt-colors-solarized-dark-16.muttrc";
+    sha256 = "0lji8lds9xqj3j5qpn5554rk8gqx72mc6dc57j3j3kb20xvnq5cx";
+
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+in
+{
+  accounts.email = {
+    maildirBasePath = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/mail";
+
+    accounts = {
+      personal = rec {
+        primary = true;
+
+        realName = "Simon Bruder";
+        address = "simon@sbruder.de";
+        aliases = [ ]; # FIXME!?
+
+        userName = address;
+        passwordCommand = "pass sbruder.de/account | head -n 1";
+
+        imap = {
+          host = "home.sbruder.de";
+          tls.useStartTls = true;
+        };
+
+        smtp = {
+          host = "home.sbruder.de";
+          tls.useStartTls = true;
+        };
+
+        signature = {
+          showSignature = "append";
+          text = ''
+            Simon Bruder
+
+            🔑 (GPG): 47E7 559E 037A 3565 2DBB  F8AA 8D3C 82F9 F309 F8EC
+            📧 (E-Mail): simon@sbruder.de
+            📱 (mobile): +49 152 56561414
+          '';
+        };
+
+        gpg = {
+          key = config.programs.gpg.settings.default-key;
+          signByDefault = true;
+          encryptByDefault = true;
+        };
+
+        msmtp.enable = true;
+        mbsync = {
+          enable = true;
+          #flatten = ".";
+          create = "both";
+          expunge = "both";
+        };
+        #mu.enable = true;
+        neomutt = {
+          enable = true;
+          extraConfig = let account = config.accounts.email.accounts.personal; in
+            ''
+              # revert home-manager setting
+              unmailboxes "${account.maildir.absPath}/${account.folders.inbox}"
+              unvirtual-mailboxes "My INBOX"
+            '';
+        };
+        notmuch.enable = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs.neomutt = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    sidebar = {
+      enable = true;
+      format = "%B%?F? [%F]?%* %?N?%N/?%S";
+    };
+
+    binds = [
+      { map = "index"; key = "\\\\"; action = "vfolder-from-query"; }
+    ];
+
+    extraConfig = ''
+      source ${mutt-solarized-dark}
+
+      ${mkVirtualMailbox "Inbox" "tag:inbox"}
+      ${lib.concatStringsSep
+        "\n"
+        (lib.attrValues
+          (lib.mapAttrs mkVirtualMailbox virtualMailboxes))}
+    '';
+
+    # somehow makes <Enter> not work (?)
+    #vimKeys = true;
+    settings = {
+      wait_key = "yes";
+      timeout = "3";
+      quit = "yes";
+      mail_check_stats = "yes";
+
+      edit_headers = "yes";
+      reverse_name = "yes";
+      include = "yes";
+
+      mailcap_path = toString (pkgs.writeText "mutt-mailcap" ''
+        text/html; firefox %s
+        text/html; ${pkgs.w3m}/bin/w3m -I %{charset} -T text/html -dump; copiousoutput;
+        application/pdf; zathura %s
+        image/*; mpv %s
+      '');
+
+      pgp_default_key = config.programs.gpg.settings.default-key;
+
+      nm_query_type = "threads";
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs.mbsync.enable = true;
+  programs.msmtp.enable = true;
+  #programs.mu.enable = true;
+  programs.notmuch = {
+    enable = true;
+    hooks = {
+      preNew = ''
+        mbsync --all
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}