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== Incoming Mail ==
== Incoming Mail ==
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== Outgoing Mail ==
== Outgoing Mail ==


Mutt uses the local host's SMTP relay, so sending is beyond the scope of this article.
Mutt uses the local host's SMTP relay, so sending is beyond the scope of this article. On most modern Linux boxes it should "just work" though.



[[Category:Email Clients|Mutt]]

Latest revision as of 23:53, 17 August 2018


Incoming Mail

Assuming support has been compiled in this should get you connected with IMAPS:


$ cat .muttrc
set realname="Email Test"
set from="email@testing.me.uk"
set use_from=yes
set edit_headers = yes
# Auto purge
set delete=yes
# Tidy header view
ignore *
unignore from date subject to cc
unignore organization organisation x-mailer: x-newsreader: x-mailing-list:
unignore posted-to:
# Server is sub-domain of aa.net.uk to play nice with SSL certs
# Automatically log in to this mailbox at startup
set spoolfile="imaps://email@testing.me.uk@testing.me.uk.mail.aa.net.uk/"
# Set INBOX ('=' folder) at startup
set folder="imaps://email@testing.me.uk@testing.me.uk.mail.aa.net.uk/"
set record="=Sent"
set postponed="=Drafts"
# always use SSL when connecting to the server
set ssl_force_tls=yes
# Automatically enter mailbox
unset imap_passive
# Poll subscribed mailboxes for new mail
set imap_check_subscribed
# Reduce polling frequency
set mail_check=60
# Poll the current mailbox more often
set timeout=10
# Cache of message headers
set header_cache=~/.hcache

Replacing 'imaps' with 'pop' will enable POP3. Of course you no longer need the IMAP specific options if you're using POP3:

$ cat .muttrc

set realname="Email Test"
set from="email@testing.me.uk"
set use_from=yes
set edit_headers = yes
# Auto purge
set delete=yes
# Tidy header view
ignore *
unignore from date subject to cc
unignore organization organisation x-mailer: x-newsreader: x-mailing-list:
unignore posted-to:
# Server is sub-domain of aa.net.uk to play nice with SSL certs
# Automatically log in to this mailbox at startup
set spoolfile="pop://email@testing.me.uk@testing.me.uk.mail.aa.net.uk/"
# Set INBOX ('=' folder) at startup
set folder="pop://email@testing.me.uk@testing.me.uk.mail.aa.net.uk/"
set record="=Sent"
set postponed="=Drafts"
# always use SSL when connecting to the server
set ssl_force_tls=yes

Outgoing Mail

Mutt uses the local host's SMTP relay, so sending is beyond the scope of this article. On most modern Linux boxes it should "just work" though.