Mutt e-mail client

Configuration

• Mutt : 2.2.9

How To

Exclude his own address when using reply to all

• Add unset metoo inside configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo "unset metoo" >> ~/.muttrc

Enable IDLE

• Add set imap_idle=yes inside configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo "set imap_idle=yes" >> ~/.muttrc

Read receipts

• Add the filed: Disposition-Notification-To: <myemailaddress@domain> inside the mail header, (press E to edit mail with headers).

Solve the impossible to save the SSL certificate error

• Add set ssl_starttls="yes" and set certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates" inside the configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo -e "set imap_idle=yes\nset certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates"" >> ~/.muttrc

Random signature :

Each day

• Set signature in .muttrc file

set signature="~/.signatures"

• Add your signatures inside .signatures file

• Set a cron file: /etc/cron.d/random_signature

Put every signatures in a .signatures file and each hour, the .signature file will be populated by a random signature

00 * * * * user sort -R /home/user/.signatures | head -n 1 | fold -w 72 -s > /home/user/.signature

Each mail

• Set signture in .muttrc file

set signature="sort -R /home/user/.signatures | head -n 1 | fold -w 72 -s|"

Some commands

Organize mails

• Create a folder :
  • c (change folder)
  • ? (list)
  • Shift+c (create-mailbox)

• Delete a folder :
  • c (change folder)
  • ? (list)
  • d (delete-mailbox)

• Move a mail to another directory:
  • s (move)
  • Shift+c (copy)

• Move mails to another directory:
  • t (flag mails)
  • ; (to point out to mutt that we will work with flagged mails)
  • s (move)

• IMAP : subscribde or unsubscribde a folder:
  • c (change folder)
  • ? (lister folders)
  • T (list/hide unsubscribded folders)
  • u (unsubscribded)
  • s (subscribded)

Search

In IMAP environment replace ~ by = symbol to enhance search performance.

• Print only mails from toto@domaine.local:
  • l (Limit mails)
  • ~f toto@domaine.local (from toto@domaine.local)

• Print only mails from a range of dates:
  • l (Limit mails)
  • ~d 01/01/2018-31/12/2018 (from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018)

• Print only mails from a range of dates and from two differents users:
  • l (Limit mails)
  • (~f toto|~f titi) ~d 01/01/2018-31/12/2018 (from users toto or titi and between 2018/01/01 to 2018-12-31)

• Print only mails from specific Subject field:
  • l (Limit mails)
  • ~s "elarge your P"

• Print all mails:
  • l (Limit mails)
  • all

• Search EXPR in the message body:
  • / (Search)
  • ~b EXPR

• Search EXPR in the whole message:
  • / (Search)
  • ~B EXPR

Configuration File Example

• ~/.muttrc file:

# configuration de base
set realname = "Firstname LASTNAME"
set header_cache =~/.mutt/cache/headers
#set message_cachedir =~/.mutt/cache/bodies
set certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates"

# imap configuration
set folder="imaps://imap.shebangthedolphins.net:993"
set spoolfile="+INBOX"
set record="+INBOX.Sent"
set imap_user = "user@shebangthedolphins.net"
set imap_pass = "IMAP_password"
set imap_passive="no"
set imap_check_subscribed="yes"
set imap_list_subscribed="yes"
set ssl_starttls=yes
# Automatically poll subscribed mailboxes for new mail (new in 1.5.11)
set imap_check_subscribed
# Reduce polling frequency to a sane level
set mail_check=60

# configuration SMTP
set smtp_url = "smtps://user@shebangthedolphins.net@smtp.shebangthedolphins.net:465/" #with usershebangthedolphins.net as our SMTP user login
set smtp_pass = "SMTP_password"
set from = "user@shebangthedolphins.net"
set use_envelope_from=yes # Pour que postfix ou sendmail ne change pas votre from

#address book
#set alias_file = ~/.mutt/adresses
#source ~/.mutt/adresses

set implicit_autoview 
set editor=/usr/bin/vim
auto_view text/html application/x-pgp-message 
set mailcap_path="~/.mailcap" 
set mailcap_sanitize=yes
unset metoo   # supprime l'adresse de l'expéditeur lors d'une réponse 
#set signature="~/.mutt/signature"

#activer l'idle :
set imap_idle=no

#disable SSL3
set ssl_use_sslv3=no