%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The Mutt package contains a Mail User Agent. This is useful for reading, writing, replying to, saving, and deleting your email. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mutt-md5sum; Download size: &mutt-size; Estimated disk space required: &mutt-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mutt-time; Mutt Dependencies Optional , or GnuTLS (which needs libgpg-error then libgcrypt), an (that provides a sendmail command), , or , , , , , and GDB Optional (To Regenerate HTML Documentation) and either , or ELinks User Notes: This version of Mutt is a development release. The BLFS staff has determined that it provides a stable program and fixes two issues in the current stable version of Mutt: a segmentation fault that occurs under certain conditions and a compilation problem when building with GCC-&gcc-version;. To find the current stable release, please refer to the Mutt home page. Mutt requires a group named mail. You can add this group, if it does not exist, with this command: groupadd -g 34 mail If you did not install an MTA, such as or , you need to modify the ownership of /var/mail with this command: chgrp -v mail /var/mail Install Mutt by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/mutt-&mutt-version; \ --enable-pop --enable-imap && make If you have the necessary dependencies installed and would like to rebuild the HTML documentation, issue the following commands: make -C doc clean && make -C doc This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-pop: This switch enables POP3 support. --enable-imap: This switch enables IMAP support. --enable-smtp: This switch enables SMTP relay support. --with-ssl: This parameter adds SSL/TLS support from in POP3/IMAP/SMTP if they are enabled. --with-sasl: This parameter adds authentication support from in POP3/IMAP/SMTP if they are enabled. Depending on the server configuration, this may not be needed for POP3 or IMAP. However, it is needed for SMTP authentication. /etc/Muttrc, ~/.muttrc, /etc/mime.types, ~/.mime.types /etc/Muttrc ~/.muttrc /etc/mime.types ~/.mime.types 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-&mutt-version;/samples/gpg.rc >> ~/.muttrc Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories flea, mutt, mutt_dotlock, muttbug, pgpewrap, pgpring, and smime_keys None /usr/share/doc/mutt-&mutt-version; Short Descriptions flea is a bug submitter for Mutt. flea mutt is a Mail User Agent (MUA) which enables you to read, write and delete your email. mutt mutt_dotlock implements the mail spool file lock. mutt_dotlock muttbug is a script that executes flea. muttbug pgpewrap prepares a command line for the utilities. pgpewrap pgpring is a key ring dumper for PGP. It is not needed for . pgpring smime_keys manages a keystore for S/MIME certificates. smime_keys