Mutt

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Overview

Mutt is a console based mail client for UNIX systems.

Compile

Compile mutt-devel with the following options 

# etc/pkgtools.conf
'mail/mutt-devel' => 'WITH_MUTT_MAILDIR_HEADER_CACHE=yes WITH_MUTT_SIDEBAR_PATCH=yes WITH_MUTT_GPGME=yes',

Configuration

Signature

Use random fortune signature. 

folder-hook . 'set signature=fortune|'

SpamAssassin 

macro index S "|/usr/local/bin/razor-report"
macro index X "| spamassassin -r"

Colours 

color normal default default
color hdrdefault brightwhite default
color quoted brightcyan default
color signature red default
color indicator black brightwhite
color error brightred default
color status brightwhite blue
color tree white default # the thread tree in the index menu
color tilde magenta default
color message brightcyan default
color markers brightcyan default
color attachment brightmagenta default
color search default green      # how to hilite search patterns in the pager
color body magenta default "(ftp|http)://[^ ]+" # point out URLs
color body magenta default [-a-z_0-9.]+@[-a-z_0-9.]+    # e-mail addresses
color underline brightgreen default
color index cyan default '~N' # Hightlight new mails

GPG

GPG is a little tricky to setup. Install GnuPG from ports and generate your keys

  • Copy /usr/local/share/examples/mutt/gpg.rc to $HOME/.muttrc/
  • List your key ids 
[buffy] ~> gpg2 --list-keys mail@shankerbalan.net
Warning: using insecure memory!
pub   1024D/4150573D 2008-07-06
uid                  Shanker Balan (Personal Use) <mail@shankerbalan.net>
sub   2048g/A1F15114 2008-07-06
  • Update muttrc to use gpg.rc' and your key 
source ~/.mutt/gpg.rc
# PGP
set crypt_autosign=yes
set pgp_sign_as=0x4150573D

With crypt_autosign=yes set, you need to key in your passphrase each time you send a mail.

Addons

URL View

  • See UrlView on opening URLs with mutt.

MS Word

There are multiple ways to view MS .doc files under Mutt. AntiWord and Catdoc are two common applications to use. To have Mutt use either of these to view .doc files inline, update $HOME/.mailcap file as below:

  • AntiWord 
application/msword; antiword %s; copiousoutput
  • Catdoc 
application/msword; catdoc %s; copiousoutput
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