alias <name> <address> [ , <address2>, ... ]
This command allows you to create shortcuts for addresses when sending e-mail.
Example: alias me me@cs.hmc.edu (Michael R. Elkins)
You can then use the alias in a TO:, CC: or BCC: field and it will be expanded to the full address. Note: If you specify more than one address in an alias, they must be separated by a comma (,).
alternates <address1> [ <address2> ... ]
This command allows you to specify alternate addresses at which you receive mail.
ignore <keyword1> [ <keyword2> ... ]
This command is to weed out message headers which you don't care about seeing when a message is displayed. You may specify one or more full or partial header keywords per ignore command.
Example:
ignore content- resent- ignore message-id
lists <list1> [ <list2> [ ... <listN> ] ]
You can use this command to tell Mutt which mailing-lists you subscribe to. Mutt will then display the name of the mailing list on the index screen instead of who sent the message. It will also tell you whether or not the message was "To" or "Cc"'d to the list. NOTE: you should only specify the "mailbox" portion of the address. DO NOT include the part after the "@", or else this will not work as you expect.
Example:
lists pgp-mime rem-conf
my_hdr header
This command allows you to specify your own headers which will be added to all outgoing messages.
Example:
my_hdr Reply-To: me@cs.hmc.eduNote that you can do things like
my_hdr Bcc: me@cs.hmc.eduto automatically Bcc a copy of all your outgoing messages to yourself (most people chose to use the "outbox" variable to save copies of their outgoing mail, but this is also an option).
sort method
This command controls how Mutt will sort your mail in the index menu. There are several sort methods:
Examples:
sort subject sort reverse-date-sent
The default is to sort by date.
source filename
This command allows you to include the contents of another rc file.
Example: source ~/.mail_aliases
This command removes header keywords from the list which Mutt uses to weed headers when displaying a message.