%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Mutt-&mutt-version; Introduction to Mutt 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; Additional Downloads Required Patch: Mutt Dependencies Optional , or GnuTLS (which needs libgpg-error then libgcrypt), an (that provides a sendmail command), , or , , , , , and GDB Optional (To Regenerate Documentation) , and or User Notes: Installation of Mutt 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 Fix a security vulnerability in Mutt: patch -Np1 -i ../mutt-&mutt-version;-security_fix-1.patch Install Mutt by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \ --enable-pop --enable-imap && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --enable-pop: This switch enables POP3 support. --enable-imap: This switch enables IMAP support. --with-...: This switch enables the various dependencies. Configuring Mutt Config Files /etc/Muttrc, ~/.muttrc, /etc/mime.types, ~/.mime.types /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 Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories flea, mutt, mutt_dotlock, muttbug, pgpring, and pgpwrap None /usr/doc/mutt 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