Ubuntu Manpage: mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

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NAME

       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS

       mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]

       mutt  [-Enx] [-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 attaching 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 command line options.

-b address
Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient

-c address
Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient

-d level
If mutt was compiled 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 Causes the draft file specified by -H or include file specified by -i to be edited
during message composition.

-e command
Specify a configuration command to be run after processing 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 folders.

-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 definitions.

-vv Display license and copyright information.

-x Emulate the mailx compose mode.

-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 without prompting first.

       PGPPATH
              Directory  in which the user's PGP public keyring can be found.  When used with the
              original PGP program, mutt and pgpring (1) rely on this being set.

       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.

       /etc/Muttrc
              System-wide configuration file.

       /tmp/muttXXXXXX
              Temporary files created by Mutt.

       ~/.mailcap
              User definition for handling non-text MIME types.

       /etc/mailcap
              System definition for handling non-text MIME types.

       ~/.mime.types
              User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.

       /etc/mime.types
              System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.

       /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
              The privileged dotlocking program.

       /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz
              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 https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/issues.

NO WARRANTIES

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;
       without  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHOR

       Michael Elkins, and others.  Use <mutt-dev@mutt.org> to contact the developers.