The Mutt E-Mail Client
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Mutt Home Page
- 1.2. Mailing Lists
- 1.3. Software Distribution Sites
- 1.4. IRC
- 1.5. USENET
- 1.6. Copyright
- 2. Getting Started
- 2.1. Moving Around in Menus
- 2.2. Editing Input Fields
- 2.3. Reading Mail - The Index and Pager
- 2.3.1. The Message Index
- 2.3.1.1. Status Flags
- 2.3.2. The Pager
- 2.3.3. Threaded Mode
- 2.3.4. Miscellaneous Functions
- 2.4. Sending Mail
- 2.4.1. Editing the message header
- 2.4.2. Using Mutt with PGP
- 2.4.3. Sending anonymous messages via mixmaster.
- 2.5. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail
- 2.6. Postponing Mail
- 3. Configuration
- 3.1. Syntax of Initialization Files
- 3.2. Defining/Using aliases
- 3.3. Changing the default key bindings
- 3.4. Defining aliases for character sets
- 3.5. Setting variables based upon mailbox
- 3.6. Keyboard macros
- 3.7. Using color and mono video attributes
- 3.8. Ignoring (weeding) unwanted message headers
- 3.9. Mailing lists
- 3.10. Using Multiple spool mailboxes
- 3.11. Defining mailboxes which receive mail
- 3.12. User defined headers
- 3.13. Defining the order of headers when viewing messages
- 3.14. Specify default save filename
- 3.15. Specify default Fcc: mailbox when composing
- 3.16. Specify default save filename and default Fcc: mailbox at once
- 3.17. Change settings based upon message recipients
- 3.18. Choosing the PGP key of the recipient
- 3.19. Adding key sequences to the keyboard buffer
- 3.20. Message Scoring
- 3.21. Setting variables
- 3.22. Reading initialization commands from another file
- 3.23. Removing hooks
- 4. Advanced Usage
- 4.1. Regular Expressions
- 4.2. Patterns
- 4.2.1. Pattern Modifier
- 4.2.2. Complex Patterns
- 4.2.3. Searching by Date
- 4.3. Using Tags
- 4.4. Using Hooks
- 4.4.1. Message Matching in Hooks
- 4.5. External Address Queries
- 4.6. Mailbox Formats
- 4.7. Mailbox Shortcuts
- 4.8. Handling Mailing Lists
- 4.9. Delivery Status Notification (DSN) Support
- 4.10. POP3 Support (OPTIONAL)
- 4.11. IMAP Support (OPTIONAL)
- 4.11.1. The Folder Browser
- 4.11.2. Authentication
- 4.12. Start a WWW Browser on URLs (EXTERNAL)
- 4.13. Compressed folders Support (OPTIONAL)
- 4.13.1. Open a compressed mailbox for reading
- 4.13.2. Write a compressed mailbox
- 4.13.3. Append a message to a compressed mailbox
- 4.13.4. Encrypted folders
- 5. Mutt's MIME Support
- 5.1. Using MIME in Mutt
- 5.1.1. Viewing MIME messages in the pager
- 5.1.2. The Attachment Menu
- 5.1.3. The Compose Menu
- 5.2. MIME Type configuration with
mime.types
- 5.3. MIME Viewer configuration with
mailcap
- 5.3.1. The Basics of the mailcap file
- 5.3.2. Secure use of mailcap
- 5.3.3. Advanced mailcap Usage
- 5.3.3.1. Optional Fields
- 5.3.3.2. Search Order
- 5.3.3.3. Command Expansion
- 5.3.4. Example mailcap files
- 5.4. MIME Autoview
- 5.5. MIME Multipart/Alternative
- 6. Reference
- 6.1. Command line options
- 6.2. Configuration Commands
- 6.3. Configuration variables
- 6.3.1. abort_nosubject
- 6.3.2. abort_unmodified
- 6.3.3. alias_file
- 6.3.4. alias_format
- 6.3.5. allow_8bit
- 6.3.6. alternates
- 6.3.7. arrow_cursor
- 6.3.8. ascii_chars
- 6.3.9. askbcc
- 6.3.10. askcc
- 6.3.11. attach_format
- 6.3.12. attach_sep
- 6.3.13. attach_split
- 6.3.14. attribution
- 6.3.15. autoedit
- 6.3.16. auto_tag
- 6.3.17. beep
- 6.3.18. beep_new
- 6.3.19. bounce_delivered
- 6.3.20. charset
- 6.3.21. check_new
- 6.3.22. collapse_unread
- 6.3.23. uncollapse_jump
- 6.3.24. confirmappend
- 6.3.25. confirmcreate
- 6.3.26. copy
- 6.3.27. date_format
- 6.3.28. default_hook
- 6.3.29. delete
- 6.3.30. delete_untag
- 6.3.31. dotlock_program
- 6.3.32. dsn_notify
- 6.3.33. dsn_return
- 6.3.34. edit_headers
- 6.3.35. editor
- 6.3.36. encode_from
- 6.3.37. envelope_from
- 6.3.38. escape
- 6.3.39. fast_reply
- 6.3.40. fcc_attach
- 6.3.41. fcc_clear
- 6.3.42. folder
- 6.3.43. folder_format
- 6.3.44. followup_to
- 6.3.45. force_name
- 6.3.46. forward_decode
- 6.3.47. forward_format
- 6.3.48. forward_quote
- 6.3.49. from
- 6.3.50. gecos_mask
- 6.3.51. hdrs
- 6.3.52. header
- 6.3.53. help
- 6.3.54. hidden_host
- 6.3.55. history
- 6.3.56. honor_followup_to
- 6.3.57. hostname
- 6.3.58. ignore_list_reply_to
- 6.3.59. imap_checkinterval
- 6.3.60. imap_force_ssl
- 6.3.61. imap_list_subscribed
- 6.3.62. imap_user
- 6.3.63. imap_cramkey
- 6.3.64. imap_pass
- 6.3.65. imap_passive
- 6.3.66. imap_servernoise
- 6.3.67. imap_home_namespace
- 6.3.68. imap_preconnect
- 6.3.69. implicit_autoview
- 6.3.70. include
- 6.3.71. indent_string
- 6.3.72. in_reply_to
- 6.3.73. index_format
- 6.3.74. ispell
- 6.3.75. locale
- 6.3.76. mail_check
- 6.3.77. mailcap_path
- 6.3.78. mailcap_sanitize
- 6.3.79. mark_old
- 6.3.80. markers
- 6.3.81. mask
- 6.3.82. mbox
- 6.3.83. mbox_type
- 6.3.84. metoo
- 6.3.85. menu_scroll
- 6.3.86. meta_key
- 6.3.87. mh_purge
- 6.3.88. mime_forward
- 6.3.89. mime_forward_decode
- 6.3.90. mime_forward_rest
- 6.3.91. mix_entry_format
- 6.3.92. mixmaster
- 6.3.93. move
- 6.3.94. message_format
- 6.3.95. pager
- 6.3.96. pager_context
- 6.3.97. pager_format
- 6.3.98. pager_index_lines
- 6.3.99. pager_stop
- 6.3.100. pgp_autosign
- 6.3.101. pgp_autoencrypt
- 6.3.102. pgp_entry_format
- 6.3.103. pgp_long_ids
- 6.3.104. pgp_replyencrypt
- 6.3.105. pgp_replysign
- 6.3.106. pgp_replysignencrypted
- 6.3.107. pgp_retainable_sigs
- 6.3.108. pgp_show_unusable
- 6.3.109. pgp_sign_as
- 6.3.110. pgp_sign_micalg
- 6.3.111. pgp_strict_enc
- 6.3.112. pgp_timeout
- 6.3.113. pgp_verify_sig
- 6.3.114. pgp_sort_keys
- 6.3.115. pgp_create_traditional
- 6.3.116. pgp_decode_command
- 6.3.117. pgp_getkeys_command
- 6.3.118. pgp_verify_command
- 6.3.119. pgp_decrypt_command
- 6.3.120. pgp_clearsign_command
- 6.3.121. pgp_sign_command
- 6.3.122. pgp_encrypt_sign_command
- 6.3.123. pgp_encrypt_only_command
- 6.3.124. pgp_import_command
- 6.3.125. pgp_export_command
- 6.3.126. pgp_verify_key_command
- 6.3.127. pgp_list_secring_command
- 6.3.128. pgp_list_pubring_command
- 6.3.129. forward_decrypt
- 6.3.130. certificate_file
- 6.3.131. ssl_usesystemcerts
- 6.3.132. entropy_file
- 6.3.133. ssl_use_sslv2
- 6.3.134. ssl_use_sslv3
- 6.3.135. ssl_use_tlsv1
- 6.3.136. pipe_split
- 6.3.137. pipe_decode
- 6.3.138. pipe_sep
- 6.3.139. pop_delete
- 6.3.140. pop_host
- 6.3.141. pop_port
- 6.3.142. pop_last
- 6.3.143. pop_user
- 6.3.144. pop_pass
- 6.3.145. post_indent_string
- 6.3.146. postpone
- 6.3.147. postponed
- 6.3.148. print
- 6.3.149. print_command
- 6.3.150. print_decode
- 6.3.151. prompt_after
- 6.3.152. query_command
- 6.3.153. quit
- 6.3.154. quote_regexp
- 6.3.155. read_inc
- 6.3.156. read_only
- 6.3.157. realname
- 6.3.158. recall
- 6.3.159. record
- 6.3.160. reply_regexp
- 6.3.161. reply_self
- 6.3.162. reply_to
- 6.3.163. resolve
- 6.3.164. reverse_alias
- 6.3.165. reverse_name
- 6.3.166. reverse_realname
- 6.3.167. rfc2047_parameters
- 6.3.168. save_address
- 6.3.169. save_empty
- 6.3.170. save_name
- 6.3.171. score
- 6.3.172. score_threshold_delete
- 6.3.173. score_threshold_flag
- 6.3.174. score_threshold_read
- 6.3.175. send_charset
- 6.3.176. sendmail
- 6.3.177. sendmail_wait
- 6.3.178. shell
- 6.3.179. sig_dashes
- 6.3.180. signature
- 6.3.181. simple_search
- 6.3.182. smart_wrap
- 6.3.183. smileys
- 6.3.184. sort
- 6.3.185. sort_alias
- 6.3.186. sort_aux
- 6.3.187. sort_browser
- 6.3.188. sort_re
- 6.3.189. spoolfile
- 6.3.190. status_chars
- 6.3.191. status_format
- 6.3.192. status_on_top
- 6.3.193. strict_threads
- 6.3.194. suspend
- 6.3.195. thorough_search
- 6.3.196. tilde
- 6.3.197. timeout
- 6.3.198. tmpdir
- 6.3.199. to_chars
- 6.3.200. use_8bitmime
- 6.3.201. use_domain
- 6.3.202. use_from
- 6.3.203. user_agent
- 6.3.204. visual
- 6.3.205. wait_key
- 6.3.206. weed
- 6.3.207. wrap_search
- 6.3.208. write_inc
- 6.3.209. write_bcc
- 6.4. Functions
- 6.4.1. generic
- 6.4.2. index
- 6.4.3. pager
- 6.4.4. alias
- 6.4.5. query
- 6.4.6. attach
- 6.4.7. compose
- 6.4.8. postpone
- 6.4.9. browser
- 6.4.10. pgp
- 6.4.11. editor
- 7. Miscellany
- 7.1. Acknowledgements
- 7.2. About this document