mutt-1.4.1i

Introduction to mutt

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Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/mutt-1.4.1i.tar.gz
Version used:                   1.4.1i
Package size:                   2.5 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  12 MB
Estimated build time:           0.69 SBU

The mutt package contains a Mail User Agent. This is useful for reading, writing, replying, saving, and deleting your email.

Installation of mutt

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 postfix-2.0.7 or sendmail-8.12.9, 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 &&
make &&
make install 

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc : This installs the configuration files into /etc instead of /usr/etc.

Configuring mutt

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.

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.

pgpwrap

No description available.

pgpring

No description available.