diff --git a/.config/alot/hooks.py b/.config/alot/hooks.py
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+import subprocess
+import logging
+from alot.settings.const import settings
+import alot
+import tempfile
+import webbrowser
+from alot.helper import string_sanitize
+from alot.helper import string_decode
+import asyncio
+
+
+async def getmail(ui):
+    ui.notify("fetching email..")
+    msg=subprocess.call("offlineimap".split(),stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    ui.notify(str(msg))
+    await ui.apply_commandline("refresh")
+
+def pre_start():
+    logging.info("run offlineimap")
+    subprocess.run(["offlineimap"])
+    #subprocess.run(["notmuch new"])
+pre_start()
+
+
+# Helper method to extract the raw html part of a message. Note that it
+# only extracts the first text/html part found.
+def _get_raw_html(msg):
+    mail = msg.get_email()
+
+    for part in mail.walk():
+        ctype = part.get_content_type()
+
+        if ctype != "text/html":
+            continue
+
+        cd = part.get('Content-Disposition', '')
+
+        if cd.startswith('attachment'):
+            continue
+
+        enc = part.get_content_charset() or 'utf-8'
+
+        raw = string_decode(part.get_payload(decode=True), enc)
+
+        return string_sanitize(raw), enc
+
+    return None, None
+
+
+# Opens HTML emails in an external browser.
+# Related issue:
+#  - https://github.com/pazz/alot/issues/1153
+def open_in_browser(ui=None):
+    ui.notify("Opening message in browser...")
+    msg = ui.current_buffer.get_selected_message()
+
+    htmlstr, enc = _get_raw_html(msg)
+
+    if htmlstr == None:
+        ui.notify("Email has no html part")
+        return
+
+    temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix="alot-",suffix=".html",
+                                       delete=False)
+    temp.write(htmlstr.encode(enc))
+    temp.flush()
+    temp.close()
+    webbrowser.open(temp.name,new=1)