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6 mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
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9 mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]
10 mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj] [-b addr]
12 [-c addr] [-a file [...] --] addr [...]
13 mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr] [-a file
15 [...] --] addr [...] < message
16 mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p
18 mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias
20 mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query
22 mutt -v[v]
24 mutt -D
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28 Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading and
29 sending electronic mail under unix operating systems, including support
30 for color terminals, MIME, OpenPGP, and a threaded sorting mode.
31 Note: This manual page gives a brief overview of mutt's command line
33 options. You should find a copy of the full manual in
34 /usr/share/doc/mutt-1.5.20, in text, HTML, and/or PDF format.
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37 -A alias
38 An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.
39 -a file [...]
41 Attach a file to your message using MIME. When attaching single
42 or multiple files, separating filenames and recipient addresses
43 with "--" is mandatory, e.g. mutt -a image.jpg -- addr1 or mutt
44 -a img.jpg *.png -- addr1 addr2. The -a option must be placed
45 at the end of command line options.
46 -b address
48 Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient
49 -c address
51 Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient
52 -d level
54 If mutt was complied with +DEBUG log debugging output to
55 ~/.muttdebug0. Level can range from 1-5 and effects verbosity.
56 A value of 2 is recommended.
57 -D Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.
59 -e command
61 Specify a configuration command to be run after processing of
62 initialization files.
63 -f mailbox
65 Specify which mailbox to load.
66 -F muttrc
68 Specify an initialization file to read instead of ~/.muttrc
69 -h Display help.
71 -H draft
73 Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to
74 send a message.
75 -i include
77 Specify a file to include into the body of a message.
78 -m type
80 specify a default mailbox type for newly created folders.
81 -n Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.
83 -p Resume a postponed message.
85 -Q query
87 Query a configuration variables value. The query is executed
88 after all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands
89 given on the command line have been executed.
90 -R Open a mailbox in read-only mode.
92 -s subject
94 Specify the subject of the message.
95 -v Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.
97 -vv Display license and copyright information.
99 -x Emulate the mailx compose mode.
101 -y Start Mutt with a listing of all mailboxes specified by the
103 mailboxes command.
104 -z When used with -f, causes Mutt not to start if there are no mes‐
106 sages in the mailbox.
107 -Z Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes
109 command which contains new mail.
110 -- Treat remaining arguments as addr even if they start with a
112 dash. See also "-a" above.
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115 EDITOR Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.
116 EMAIL The user's e-mail address.
118 HOME Full path of the user's home directory.
120 MAIL Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
122 MAILDIR
124 Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset. Com‐
125 monly used when the spool mailbox is a maildir (5) folder.
126 MAILCAPS
128 Path to search for mailcap files.
129 MM_NOASK
131 If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompt‐
132 ing first.
133 PGPPATH
135 Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can be found.
136 TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created.
138 REPLYTO
140 Default Reply-To address.
141 VISUAL Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
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145 ~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
146 User configuration file.
147 /etc/Muttrc
149 System-wide configuration file.
150 /tmp/muttXXXXXX
152 Temporary files created by Mutt.
153 ~/.mailcap
155 User definition for handling non-text MIME types.
156 /etc/mailcap
158 System definition for handling non-text MIME types.
159 ~/.mime.types
161 User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
162 /etc/mime.types
164 System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
165 /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
167 The privileged dotlocking program.
168 /usr/share/doc/mutt-1.5.20/manual.txt
170 The Mutt manual.
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173 None. Mutts have fleas, not bugs.
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176 Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external editor does not
177 work under SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in /usr/5lib. It does
178 work with the S-Lang library, however.
179 Resizing the screen while using an external pager causes Mutt to go
181 haywire on some systems.
182 Suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.
184 The help line for the index menu is not updated if you change the bind‐
186 ings for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.
187 For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please visit the mutt
189 project's bug tracking system under http://bugs.mutt.org/.
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192 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
193 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
194 CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
195 Public License for more details.
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198 curses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5), mutt_dotlock(1), muttrc(5),
199 ncurses(3), sendmail(1), smail(1).
200 Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
202 The Mutt manual
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206 Michael Elkins, and others. Use <mutt-dev@mutt.org> to contact the
207 developers.
208Unix January 2009 mutt(1)