Mutt is a text-based email client for Unix-like systems.
Questions tagged [mutt]
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Mutt: how to safely store password?
My .muttrc file looks something like this one or see below a glimpse. I am hesitant with the password. How should I store my password to use it with mutt?
set imap_user = "[email protected]"
set imap_pass = "password"
set smtp_url =…
user2362
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Mutt: select multiple messages
I am looking for a way to select multiple messages in Mutt.
For example, selecting the first and the last message would select a whole block of messages. I'd also like to select a subject using a regular expression.
Then, I want to run a command on…
user55518
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Gmail blocking mutt
When I try to log in to gmail with mutt, it flashes a quick Webalert with a url, something like accounts.gmail.com or something. It's too quick for me to see or copy it. Then it says Login failed.
Then I get an email from Gmail saying:
Google…
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mutt responsive way to refresh inbox
Using mutt with Gmail I "check for e-mail updates" sometimes through the $ binding (sync-mailbox), sometimes just by using c (change folder) and just supplying = (defaults to MAILBOX) as the IMAP folder path to change to.
Is there a better (in…
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Are there any alternatives to Mutt?
I really like the idea of Mutt, reading mail in the terminal. I'm not really pleased with some inconsistencies and the IMAP handling. I set about trying to find some alternatives to Mutt, but I can't seem to find any.
What alternatives to the Mutt…
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Why does mutt retain deleted emails in view until you "sync your mailbox" using $?
Every other mail client I have used will remove emails from my sight when I delete them. If I change my mind and want the email back, I can always go look for it in the trash. Why does mutt continue to show emails in my inbox after I have deleted…
Cory Klein
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Saving email as file in mutt?
When I press S in mutt, it saves the mail to a mail folder format (cur/ tmp/ new/), but I want a single file to be saved, just like how attachments are saved.
Is that configurable?
daisy
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Search for mail content with Mutt
Is it possible in Mutt to search for specific mail content using built-in functionality? Or, as a last resort, how can I configure grep to be used in Mutt?
The documentation only mentions the search and limit functions, which only search headers.
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How can I configure mutt to display my replies within threads?
While mutt has set sort = threads to show threaded, "conversation" style messages, it doesn't display one's own replies in the threads. Instead, you have to change to the Sent folder to see your own messages. Is there any way to display one's own…
Reed G. Law
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Send email written in markdown using mutt
Sometimes I need to send a fragment of code on google-group inline. Text does not help here; I can type it in markdown, convert it to html (using pandoc etc.), attach to mutt as text/html and send it.
There is one good solution available here but it…
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Open HTML attachments externally in Mutt
I recently managed to set up my mailcap so that Mutt can show HTML e-mails in the message window:
# ~/.mailcap
text/html; lynx -dump '%s' | more; nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput;
which is automated by:
# ~/.muttrc
auto_view text/html
Although…
romeovs
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How to really easily save all tagged attachments in mutt?
You can save all attachments via
tag all attachments via hitting t
;
s
choose destination directory and hit a (all)
This works but has following severe side effect: you have to hit n-times enter for n attachments.
That means even if there are no…
maxschlepzig
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Detaching an attachment in Mutt
Once I've attached a file to an email in Mutt, I can't find a way to detach it again. Surely there must be one?
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Opening .eml files with mutt
How should one open .eml files in linux ? I'm not sure if mutt can handle it ?
UPDATE
I worked it out partially , by creating a new mailbox:
mkdir -p a/{cur,tmp,new}
And place the eml file in a/cur , I could read it with:
mutt -f
But that's not…
daisy
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How can I make mutt show Date field of mail on the index screen?
I'd like to see the mail's date in the list that appears when I start mutt.
How can I do that?
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