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Mutt-1.4.1i

Introduction to Mutt

The Mutt package contains a Mail User Agent. This is useful for reading, writing, replying, saving, and deleting your email.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/mail/mutt/mutt-1.4.1i.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/mutt-1.4.1i.tar.gz
Download size: 2.5 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 12 MB
Estimated build time: 0.69 SBU

Mutt dependencies

Optional

GnuPG-1.2.3

Installation of Mutt

Mutt requires a group named 'mail'. You can add this group, if it does not exist, with this command:

groupadd mail

If you did not install a MTA, such as Postfix-2.0.16 or Sendmail-8.12.10, you need to modify the ownership of /var/mail with this command:

chgrp mail /var/mail

Install Mutt by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc: This installs the configuration files into /etc instead of /usr/etc.

Configuring Mutt

Config files

/etc/Muttrc, ~/.muttrc, /etc/mime.types, ~/.mime.types

Configuration Information

No changes in these files are necessary to begin using Mutt. When you are ready to make changes, the man page for muttrc is a good starting place.

In order to utilize GnuPG, use the following command:

cat /usr/share/doc/mutt/samples/gpg.rc >>
~/.muttrc

The Mutt package contains mutt, flea, muttbug, mutt_dotlock, pgpwrap and pgpring.

Description

mutt

mutt is a Mail User Agent (MUA) which enables you to read, write and delete your email.

flea

flea is a bug submitter for Mutt.

muttbug

muttbug is a script that executes flea.

mutt_dotlock

mutt_dotlock implements the mail spool file lock.

pgpwrap

No description available.

pgpring