mutt

Command-line e-mail client + news reader (org.dyndns.hvkls.mutt) // configuration 

This ‘fat’ build of the Mutt Mail User Agent (MUA) supports IMAP, POP, SSL, GPG, SMIME, SMTP, Header Caches, Compressed Folders (support dropped in 1.5.20), and is also patched to support NNTP, so it can act as a simple news-reader.

• http://www.mutt.org/
• http://mutt.org.ua/download/current/

mutt.org.ua Patches (Vsevolod Volkov):

• vvv.initials
• vvv.nntp

spinnaker.de Patches (Roland Rosenfeld):

• rr.compressed patch (support dropped in 1.5.20)

hvkls.dyndns.org Patches:

• //compose.c
  78c78
  < HDR_ATTACH = (HDR_FCC + 5) /* where to start printing the attachments */
  —
  > HDR_ATTACH = (HDR_FCC + 0) /* where to start printing the attachments */
  81,82c81,82
  < #define HDR_XOFFSET 14
  < #define TITLE_FMT “%14s” /* Used for Prompts which are ASCII */
  —
  > #define HDR_XOFFSET 10
  > #define TITLE_FMT “%10s” /* Used for Prompts which are ASCII */

Version History

• 1.5.23+nntp-4 Fixed typo in package description
• 1.5.23+nntp-3 Added dependency to org.dyndns.hvkls.repository

Mutt Setup Hints

• # Adapt to small display
  set compose_format=”Compose: %l Atts: %a”
  set folder_format=”%f %s %d”
  set index_format=”%2M%Z%[%m%d] %-3.3I %s”
  set narrow_tree=yes
  set pager_index_lines=0
  set ignore_linear_white_space=yes
• # Use the <space> and <backspace> keys to scroll line-wise, <Ctrl f> and <Ctrl b> to scroll page-wise
  bind compose <backspace> previous-entry
  bind compose <space> next-entry
  bind compose \cb previous-page
  bind compose \cf next-page
  bind alias <backspace> previous-entry
  bind alias <space> next-entry
  bind alias \cb previous-page
  bind alias \cf next-page
  bind browser <backspace> previous-entry
  bind browser <space> next-entry
  bind browser \cb previous-page
  bind browser \cf next-page
  bind index <backspace> previous-entry
  bind index <space> next-entry
  bind index \cb previous-page
  bind index \cf next-page
  bind postpone <backspace> previous-entry
  bind postpone <space> next-entry
  bind postpone \cb previous-page
  bind postpone \cf next-page
• # Headers
  ignore *
  unignore from: date: subject: to: cc: reply-to: x-mailing-list:
  unhdr_order *
  hdr_order Sender: From From: Reply-To: Subject: Newsgroups: Organization: Date: Message-Id: To: Cc: X-Resent Followup-To: Mail-Followup-To: In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List User-Agent: X-Editor: X-Mailer: X-Newsreader: X-Agent: X-Face: X- Accept-Language:
• # Vim as the message editor
  set editor=”vim -c’set syn=mail tw=69 nosta sts=0 ts=2 et ls=0 noru sbr= noshowcmd statusline=’ -c’:silent! :norm GO'”
• # esmtp with logging
  set sendmail=”/usr/local/bin/esmtp -X $HOME/esmtp.log“
• # Printing
  print_command=”tlpr -“
• # simulate the old url menu (<Ctrl b> calls urlview)
  macro index \cb “|urlview\n” ‘Extract Links (call urlview to extract URLs out of a message)'”
  macro pager \cb “|urlview\n” ‘Extract Links (call urlview to extract URLs out of a message)’
• # Gmail mutt Setup (thanks Jean Christophe)
  set imap_user=”username@gmail.com”
  set imap_pass=”password”
  set spoolfile=”imaps://imap.gmail.com:993/INBOX”
  set folder=”imaps://imap.gmail.com:993″
  set postponed=”+[Gmail]/Drafts”
  set copy=no
  set certificate_file=”~/.mutt/certificates“

Gmail Setup

• mkdir -p ~/.authenticate ~/.mutt/certificates
  chmod 0700 ~/.authenticate ~/.mutt/certificates
  cd /tmp
  wget –no-check-certificate https://www.verisign.com/support/thawte-roots.zip
  unzip thawte-roots.zip
  mv Thawte\ SSLWeb\ Server\ Roots/thawte\ Premium\ Server\ CA/Thawte\ Premium\ Server\ CA.pem ~/.authenticate/ca.pem
  echo ‘identity = username@gmail.com
  hostname = smtp.gmail.com:587
  username = “username@gmail.com”
  password = “password”
  starttls = required’ > ~/.esmtprc
  chmod 0600 /var/root/.authenticate/ca.pem ~/.esmtprc

Esmtp Setup hints

• See the esmtp manual for details.