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NAME

       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS

       mutt  [-nRyzZ] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-m type] [-f mailbox]

       mutt  [-Enx] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-H draft] [-i include]
             [-b bcc-addr] [-c cc-addr] [-s subject]
             [-a file ... --] to-addr ...

       mutt  [-nx] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-b bcc-addr] [-c cc-addr]
             [-s subject] [-a file ... --] to-addr ... < message

       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -p

       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -A alias

       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -Q variable

       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 the mutt executable command line options.  A copy of the
       full  manual  is  located  in /usr/share/doc/mutt, in text, HTML, and/or PDF format.  Please refer to the
       manual to learn how to use and configure Mutt.

OPTIONS

       -A alias
              Print an expanded version of the given alias and exit.

       -a file ...
              Attach a file using MIME.  Separating file and to-addr arguments  with  “--”  is  mandatory.   For
              example:

                  mutt -a image.jpg -- to-addr
                  mutt -a img.jpg *.png -- to-addr-1 to-addr-2

              The -a option must be placed at the end of command line options.

       -b bcc-addr
              Specify a blind carbon copy (BCC) address.

       -c cc-addr
              Specify a carbon copy (CC) address.

       -d level
              If  Mutt  was compiled with +DEBUG log debugging output to ~/.muttdebug0.  Level can range from -5
              to 5 and affects verbosity. A value of zero disables debugging. A value less  than  zero  disables
              automatic  log  file  rotation;  the  log  level  is then its absolute value. A value of 2 (-2) is
              recommended for most diagnosis.

       -D     Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.

       -E     Edit the draft file specified by -H or include file specified by -i during message composition.

       -e command
              Specify a configuration command to be run after processing of initialization files.

       -f mailbox
              Specify a mailbox to load.

       -F rcfile
              Use rcfile instead of the user configuration file.

       -h     Display a short option summary and exit.

       -H draft
              Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to send a message.  If  draft  is  “-”,
              then  data  is  read  from  stdin.   The  draft file is expected to contain just an RFC822 email —
              headers and a body.  Although it is not an mbox file, if an mbox "From " line is present, it  will
              be silently discarded.  Draft files are processed the same in interactive and batch mode; they are
              not passed through untouched.  For example, encrypted draft files will be decrypted.

       -i include
              Specify an include file to be inserted into the body of a message.  Ignored  if  -H  is  set.   If
              include is “-”, then data is read from stdin.

       -m type
              Specify  a  default  mailbox  type  for newly created folders.  Can be one of the following: mbox,
              MMDF, MH or Maildir.  See also $mbox_type in the manual.

       -n     Do not read the system-wide Muttrc configuration file.

       -p     Resume a postponed message.  Exit immediately if there are no postponed messages.

       -Q variable
              Query a configuration variable.  The query is performed 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.  Must be enclosed in quotes if it contains spaces.

       -v     Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.

       -vv    Display license and copyright information.

       -x     Emulate the mailx(1) compose mode.

       -y     Start Mutt with a listing of all mailboxes specified by the mailboxes configuration command.

       -z     Exit immediately with code 1 if mailbox specified by -f does not contain any messages.

       -Z     Open  the  first mailbox specified by the mailboxes configuration command which contains new mail.
              Exit immediately with code 1 if there is no new mail in any of them.

       --     Treat remaining arguments as to-addr even if they start with a dash.  See also -a above.   To-addr
              can be a local or network mail address as well as mailto: URL.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDITOR, VISUAL
              Specifies  the  editor  to use when composing messages.  If both EDITOR and VISUAL are set, VISUAL
              takes precedence.  If neither EDITOR nor VISUAL are set, the default is vi(1).

       EGDSOCKET, RANDFILE
              Paths used to initialize the random engine for SSL library.

       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 mutt_pgpring(1) rely on this being set.

       REPLYTO
              Default Reply-To address.

       TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created.   If  unset,  /tmp  is  used.   See  also  $tmpdir
              configuration variable.

       LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG
              Used to determine charset and locale to use.

       TEXTDOMAINDIR
              Directory  containing  translation  files.   If  set,  this  path  overwrite the Mutt installation
              directory.  Used for testing translation changes.

FILES

       ~/.muttrc
       ~/.mutt/muttrc
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc
              User configuration files.

       /etc/Muttrc or /usr/share/mutt/Muttrc
              System-wide configuration file.

       /tmp/muttXXXXXX
              Temporary files created by Mutt.

       ~/.muttdebug0
              File containing debugging output.  Log files are automatically rotated by mutt changing the number
              at the end.  See -d option above.

       ~/.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.

SEE ALSO

       mutt_dotlock(1),  mutt_pgpring(1),  pgpewrap(1),   sendmail(1),   smail(1),   smime_keys(1),   curses(3),
       ncurses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5), mmdf(5), muttrc(5)

       Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/

       The Mutt manual

       RFC5322 — Internet Message Format: https://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup/5322 (obsoletes RFC2822 and RFC822)

AUTHOR

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