%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Mutt-&mutt-version; Introduction to <application>Mutt</application> 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; <application>Mutt</application> dependencies Optional , , or , , , and GDB Installation of <application>Mutt</application> Mutt requires a group named 'mail'. You can add this group, if it does not exist, with this command: groupadd mail If you did not install a MTA, such as or , you need to modify the ownership of /var/mail with this command: chgrp mail /var/mail Install Mutt by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \ --enable-pop --enable-imap && make && make install Command explanations --enable-pop: This switch enables POP3 support. --enable-imap: This switch enables IMAP support. Configuring <application>Mutt</application> Config files /etc/Muttrc, ~/.muttrc, /etc/mime.types, ~/.mime.types Configuration Information 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/samples/gpg.rc >> ~/.muttrc Contents The Mutt package contains mutt, flea, muttbug, mutt_dotlock, pgpwrap and pgpring. Description mutt mutt is a Mail User Agent (MUA) which enables you to read, write and delete your email. flea flea is a bug submitter for Mutt. muttbug muttbug is a script that executes flea. mutt_dotlock mutt_dotlock implements the mail spool file lock.