mutt
(1)
Name
mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
Synopsis
mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]
mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj]
[-b addr] [-c addr] [-a file [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...]
mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr]
[-a file [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...] < message
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query
mutt -v[v]
mutt -D
Description
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NAME
mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
SYNOPSIS
mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]
mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj]
[-b addr] [-c addr] [-a file [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...]
mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr]
[-a file [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...] < message
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias
mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query
mutt -v[v]
mutt -D
DESCRIPTION
Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for
reading and sending electronic mail under unix operating
systems, including support for color terminals, MIME,
OpenPGP, and a threaded sorting mode.
Note: This manual page gives a brief overview of mutt's
command line options. You should find a copy of the full
manual in /usr/share/doc/mutt, in text, HTML, and/or PDF
format.
OPTIONS
-A alias
An expanded version of the given alias is passed to
stdout.
-a file [...]
Attach a file to your message using MIME. When attach-
ing single or multiple files, separating filenames and
recipient addresses with "--" is mandatory, e.g. mutt
-a image.jpg -- addr1 or mutt -a img.jpg *.png -- addr1
addr2. The -a option must be placed at the end of com-
mand line options.
-b address
Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient
-c address
Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient
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-d level
If mutt was complied with +DEBUG log debugging output
to ~/.muttdebug0. Level can range from 1-5 and effects
verbosity. A value of 2 is recommended.
-D Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.
-e command
Specify a configuration command to be run after pro-
cessing of initialization files.
-f mailbox
Specify which mailbox to load.
-F muttrc
Specify an initialization file to read instead of
~/.muttrc
-h Display help.
-H draft
Specify a draft file which contains header and body to
use to send a message.
-i include
Specify a file to include into the body of a message.
-m type
specify a default mailbox type for newly created fold-
ers.
-n Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.
-p Resume a postponed message.
-Q query
Query a configuration variables value. The query is
executed after all configuration files have been
parsed, and any commands given on the command line have
been executed.
-R Open a mailbox in read-only mode.
-s subject
Specify the subject of the message.
-v Display the Mutt version number and compile-time defi-
nitions.
-vv Display license and copyright information.
-x Emulate the mailx compose mode.
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-y Start Mutt with a listing of all mailboxes specified by
the mailboxes command.
-z When used with -f, causes Mutt not to start if there
are no messages in the mailbox.
-Z Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the
mailboxes command which contains new mail.
-- Treat remaining arguments as addr even if they start
with a dash. See also "-a" above.
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR
Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.
EMAIL
The user's e-mail address.
HOME Full path of the user's home directory.
MAIL Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
MAILDIR
Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset.
Commonly used when the spool mailbox is a maildir (5)
folder.
MAILCAPS
Path to search for mailcap files.
MM_NOASK
If this variable is set, mailcap are always used with-
out prompting first.
PGPPATH
Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can be
found.
TMPDIR
Directory in which temporary files are created.
REPLYTO
Default Reply-To address.
VISUAL
Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
FILES
~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
User configuration file.
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/etc/mutt/Muttrc
System-wide configuration file.
/tmp/muttXXXXXX
Temporary files created by Mutt.
~/.mailcap
User definition for handling non-text MIME types.
/etc/mutt/mailcap
System definition for handling non-text MIME types.
~/.mime.types
User's personal mapping between MIME types and file
extensions.
/etc/mutt/mime.types
System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
/usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
The privileged dotlocking program.
/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt
The Mutt manual.
BUGS
None. Mutts have fleas, not bugs.
FLEAS
Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external editor
does not work under SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in
/usr/5lib. It does work with the S-Lang library, however.
Resizing the screen while using an external pager causes
Mutt to go haywire on some systems.
Suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.
The help line for the index menu is not updated if you
change the bindings for one of the functions listed while
Mutt is running.
For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please
visit the mutt project's bug tracking system under
http://bugs.mutt.org/.
NO WARRANTIES
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be use-
ful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied war-
ranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
POSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | mail/mutt |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
curses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5), mutt_dotlock(1),
muttrc(5), ncurses(3), sendmail(1), smail(1).
Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
The Mutt manual
AUTHOR
Michael Elkins, and others. Use <[email protected]> to con-
tact the developers.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/devel/mutt-1.5.21.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.mutt.org/.
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