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NAME

6       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
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SYNOPSIS

9       mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]
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11       mutt  [-Enx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj] [-b addr]
12       [-c addr] [-a file [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...]
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14       mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c  addr]  [-a  file
15       [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...]  < message
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17       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p
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19       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias
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21       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query
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23       mutt -v[v]
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25       mutt -D
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DESCRIPTION

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.
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32       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, in text, HTML, and/or PDF format.
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OPTIONS

37       -A alias
38              An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.
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40       -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.
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47       -b address
48              Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient
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50       -c address
51              Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient
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53       -d level
54              If  mutt  was  compiled  with  +DEBUG  log  debugging  output to
55              ~/.muttdebug0.  Level can range from 1-5 and effects  verbosity.
56              A value of 2 is recommended.
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58       -D     Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.
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60       -E     Causes  the draft file specified by -H or include file specified
61              by -i to be edited during message composition.
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63       -e command
64              Specify a configuration command to be run  after  processing  of
65              initialization files.
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67       -f mailbox
68              Specify which mailbox to load.
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70       -F muttrc
71              Specify an initialization file to read instead of ~/.muttrc
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73       -h     Display help.
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75       -H draft
76              Specify  a  draft  file which contains header and body to use to
77              send a message.
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79       -i include
80              Specify a file to include into the body of a message.
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82       -m type
83              specify a default mailbox type for newly created folders.
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85       -n     Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.
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87       -p     Resume a postponed message.
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89       -Q query
90              Query a configuration variables value.  The  query  is  executed
91              after all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands
92              given on the command line have been executed.
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94       -R     Open a mailbox in read-only mode.
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96       -s subject
97              Specify the subject of the message.
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99       -v     Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.
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101       -vv    Display license and copyright information.
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103       -x     Emulate the mailx compose mode.
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105       -y     Start Mutt with a listing of  all  mailboxes  specified  by  the
106              mailboxes command.
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108       -z     When used with -f, causes Mutt not to start if there are no mes‐
109              sages in the mailbox.
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111       -Z     Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes
112              command which contains new mail.
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114       --     Treat  remaining  arguments  as  addr  even if they start with a
115              dash.  See also "-a" above.
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ENVIRONMENT

118       EDITOR Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.
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120       EMAIL  The user's e-mail address.
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122       HOME   Full path of the user's home directory.
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124       MAIL   Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
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126       MAILDIR
127              Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL  is  unset.   Com‐
128              monly used when the spool mailbox is a maildir (5) folder.
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130       MAILCAPS
131              Path to search for mailcap files.
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133       MM_NOASK
134              If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompt‐
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137       PGPPATH
138              Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can  be  found.
139              When  used  with the original PGP program, mutt and mutt_pgpring
140              (1) rely on this being set.
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142       TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created.
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144       REPLYTO
145              Default Reply-To address.
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147       VISUAL Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
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FILES

150       ~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
151              User configuration file.
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153       /etc/Muttrc
154              System-wide configuration file.
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156       /tmp/muttXXXXXX
157              Temporary files created by Mutt.
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159       ~/.mailcap
160              User definition for handling non-text MIME types.
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162       /etc/mailcap
163              System definition for handling non-text MIME types.
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165       ~/.mime.types
166              User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
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168       /etc/mime.types
169              System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
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171       /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
172              The privileged dotlocking program.
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174       /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt
175              The Mutt manual.
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BUGS

178       None.  Mutts have fleas, not bugs.
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FLEAS

181       Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external  editor  does  not
182       work  under  SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in /usr/5lib.  It does
183       work with the S-Lang library, however.
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185       Resizing the screen while using an external pager  causes  Mutt  to  go
186       haywire on some systems.
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188       Suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.
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190       The help line for the index menu is not updated if you change the bind‐
191       ings for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.
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193       For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please visit the  mutt
194       project's      bug      tracking      system     under     https://git
195       lab.com/muttmua/mutt/issues.
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NO WARRANTIES

198       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
199       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
200       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
201       Public License for more details.
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SEE ALSO

204       curses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5), mutt_dotlock(1), muttrc(5),
205       ncurses(3), sendmail(1), smail(1).
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207       Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
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209       The Mutt manual
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AUTHOR

212       Michael Elkins, and others.  Use  <mutt-dev@mutt.org>  to  contact  the
213       developers.
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