The Mutt Mail Client

by Michael Elkins <me@cs.hmc.edu>

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Supported platforms
• 1.2 Where to get Mutt
• 1.3 Where to get more information
• 1.4 Mailing lists

2. Installation

3. Command line options

4. Configuring Mutt

• 4.1 Syntax of Initialization Files
• 4.2 Creating aliases
• 4.3 Specify an alternate e-mail address
• 4.4 Changing the default key bindings
• 4.5 Using color and mono video attributes
• 4.6 Ignoring (weeding) unwanted message headers
• 4.7 Mailing lists
• 4.8 User defined headers
• 4.9 Setting variables
• 4.10 Configuration variables

5. Searching in Mutt

6. main-menu functions

7. Optional features

• 7.1 POP3 support
• 7.2 Random signatures

8. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• 8.1 Why does Mutt automatically exit the pager?

9. Miscellany

• 9.1 Why Mutt?
• 9.2 Acknowledgements
• 9.3 About this document