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3 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 2. Getting Started</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Mutt E-Mail Client" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Mutt E-Mail Client" /><link rel="prev" href="intro.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction" /><link rel="next" href="configuration.html" title="Chapter 3. Configuration" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 2. Getting Started</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="intro.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="configuration.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="gettingstarted"></a>Chapter 2. Getting Started</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#menus">1. Moving Around in Menus</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#editing">2. Editing Input Fields</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#editing-intro">2.1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#editing-history">2.2. History</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#reading">3. Reading Mail - The Index and Pager</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id462615">3.1. The Message Index</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id463158">3.2. The Pager</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#threads">3.3. Threaded Mode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id463814">3.4. Miscellaneous Functions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#sending">4. Sending Mail</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id464797">4.1. Editing the message header</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id464885">4.2. Using Mutt with PGP</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id465129">4.3. Sending anonymous messages via mixmaster.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gettingstarted.html#id465253">4.4. Sending format=flowed messages</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#forwarding-mail">5. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gettingstarted.html#postponing-mail">6. Postponing Mail</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
4 This section is intended as a brief overview of how to use Mutt. There are
5 many other features which are described elsewhere in the manual. There
6 is even more information available in the Mutt FAQ and various web
7 pages. See the <a href="http://www.mutt.org/mutt/" target="_top">Mutt Page</a> for more details.
9 The keybindings described in this section are the defaults as distributed.
10 Your local system administrator may have altered the defaults for your site.
11 You can always type ``?'' in any menu to display the current bindings.
13 The first thing you need to do is invoke mutt, simply by typing mutt
14 at the command line. There are various command-line options, see
15 either the mutt man page or the <a href="reference.html#commandline" title="1. Command line options">reference</a>.
16 </p><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="menus"></a>1. Moving Around in Menus</h2></div></div></div><p>
17 Information is presented in menus, very similar to ELM, see <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-keys-nav" title="Table 2.1. Most common navigation keys">Table 2.1, “Most common navigation keys”</a>
18 for common keys used to navigate menus in Mutt.
21 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-keys-nav"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.1. Most common navigation keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common navigation keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>j or Down</td><td>next-entry</td><td>move to the next entry</td></tr><tr><td>k or Up</td><td>previous-entry</td><td>move to the previous entry</td></tr><tr><td>z or PageDn</td><td>page-down</td><td>go to the next page</td></tr><tr><td>Z or PageUp</td><td>page-up</td><td>go to the previous page</td></tr><tr><td>= or Home</td><td>first-entry</td><td>jump to the first entry</td></tr><tr><td>* or End</td><td>last-entry</td><td>jump to the last entry</td></tr><tr><td>q</td><td>quit</td><td>exit the current menu</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td>help</td><td>list all keybindings for the current menu</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
23 </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="editing"></a>2. Editing Input Fields</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="editing-intro"></a>2.1. Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p>
24 Mutt has a built-in line editor for inputting text, e.g. email
25 addresses or filenames. The keys used to manipulate text input are
26 very similar to those of Emacs. See <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-keys-editor" title="Table 2.2. Most common line editor keys">Table 2.2, “Most common line editor keys”</a> for a full
27 reference of available functions, their default key bindings, and
31 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-keys-editor"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.2. Most common line editor keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common line editor keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>^A or <Home></td><td>bol</td><td>move to the start of the line</td></tr><tr><td>^B or <Left></td><td>backward-char</td><td>move back one char</td></tr><tr><td>Esc B</td><td>backward-word</td><td>move back one word</td></tr><tr><td>^D or <Delete></td><td>delete-char</td><td>delete the char under the cursor</td></tr><tr><td>^E or <End></td><td>eol</td><td>move to the end of the line</td></tr><tr><td>^F or <Right></td><td>forward-char</td><td>move forward one char</td></tr><tr><td>Esc F</td><td>forward-word</td><td>move forward one word</td></tr><tr><td><Tab></td><td>complete</td><td>complete filename or alias</td></tr><tr><td>^T</td><td>complete-query</td><td>complete address with query</td></tr><tr><td>^K</td><td>kill-eol</td><td>delete to the end of the line</td></tr><tr><td>ESC d</td><td>kill-eow</td><td>delete to the end ot the word</td></tr><tr><td>^W</td><td>kill-word</td><td>kill the word in front of the cursor</td></tr><tr><td>^U</td><td>kill-line</td><td>delete entire line</td></tr><tr><td>^V</td><td>quote-char</td><td>quote the next typed key</td></tr><tr><td><Up></td><td>history-up</td><td>recall previous string from history</td></tr><tr><td><Down></td><td>history-down</td><td>recall next string from history</td></tr><tr><td><BackSpace></td><td>backspace</td><td>kill the char in front of the cursor</td></tr><tr><td>Esc u</td><td>upcase-word</td><td>convert word to upper case</td></tr><tr><td>Esc l</td><td>downcase-word</td><td>convert word to lower case</td></tr><tr><td>Esc c</td><td>capitalize-word</td><td>capitalize the word</td></tr><tr><td>^G</td><td>n/a</td><td>abort</td></tr><tr><td><Return></td><td>n/a</td><td>finish editing</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
34 You can remap the <span class="emphasis"><em>editor</em></span> functions using the
35 <a href="configuration.html#bind" title="4. Changing the default key bindings">bind</a> command. For example, to make
36 the <span class="emphasis"><em>Delete</em></span> key delete the character in front of
37 the cursor rather than under, you could use
38 </p><pre class="screen">
39 bind editor <delete> backspace
40 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="editing-history"></a>2.2. History</h3></div></div></div><p>
41 The number of items in the built-in editor's history is controlled by
42 the <a href="reference.html#history" title="3.77. history">$history</a> variable. You may
43 cycle through them at an editor prompt by using the
44 <code class="literal">history-up</code> and/or <code class="literal">history-down</code>
47 Mutt maintains several distinct history lists, one for each of the
50 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>muttrc commands</p></li><li><p>addresses and aliases</p></li><li><p>shell commands</p></li><li><p>filenames</p></li><li><p>patterns</p></li><li><p>everything else</p></li></ul></div><p>
52 Mutt automatically filters out repeated items from the history. It
53 also mimics the behavior of some shells by ignoring items starting
56 The latter feature can be useful in macros to not clobber the history's
57 valuable entries with unwanted entries.
58 </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="reading"></a>3. Reading Mail - The Index and Pager</h2></div></div></div><p>
59 Similar to many other mail clients, there are two modes in which mail is
60 read in Mutt. The first is the index of messages in the mailbox, which is
61 called the ``index'' in Mutt. The second mode is the display of the
62 message contents. This is called the ``pager.''
64 The next few sections describe the functions provided in each of these
66 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id462615"></a>3.1. The Message Index</h3></div></div></div><p>
67 Common keys used to navigate through and manage messages in the index
68 are shown in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-key-index" title="Table 2.3. Most common message index keys">Table 2.3, “Most common message index keys”</a>.
71 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-key-index"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.3. Most common message index keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common message index keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>c</td><td>change to a different mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>ESC c</td><td>change to a folder in read-only mode</td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td>copy the current message to another mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>ESC C</td><td>decode a message and copy it to a folder</td></tr><tr><td>ESC s</td><td>decode a message and save it to a folder</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>delete messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td>d</td><td>delete the current message</td></tr><tr><td>F</td><td>mark as important</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>show messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td>N</td><td>mark message as new</td></tr><tr><td>o</td><td>change the current sort method</td></tr><tr><td>O</td><td>reverse sort the mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>q</td><td>save changes and exit</td></tr><tr><td>s</td><td>save-message</td></tr><tr><td>T</td><td>tag messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td>t</td><td>toggle the tag on a message</td></tr><tr><td>ESC t</td><td>toggle tag on entire message thread</td></tr><tr><td>U</td><td>undelete messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td>u</td><td>undelete-message</td></tr><tr><td>v</td><td>view-attachments</td></tr><tr><td>x</td><td>abort changes and exit</td></tr><tr><td><Return></td><td>display-message</td></tr><tr><td><Tab></td><td>jump to the next new or unread message</td></tr><tr><td>@</td><td>show the author's full e-mail address</td></tr><tr><td>$</td><td>save changes to mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>/</td><td>search</td></tr><tr><td>ESC /</td><td>search-reverse</td></tr><tr><td>^L</td><td>clear and redraw the screen</td></tr><tr><td>^T</td><td>untag messages matching a pattern</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
73 </p><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id462869"></a>3.1.1. Status Flags</h4></div></div></div><p>
74 In addition to who sent the message and the subject, a short summary of
75 the disposition of each message is printed beside the message number.
76 Zero or more of the following ``flags'' may appear, which mean:
78 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">D</span></dt><dd><p>
79 message is deleted (is marked for deletion)
80 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">d</span></dt><dd><p>
81 message have attachments marked for deletion
82 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">K</span></dt><dd><p>
83 contains a PGP public key
84 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">N</span></dt><dd><p>
86 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">O</span></dt><dd><p>
88 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">P</span></dt><dd><p>
89 message is PGP encrypted
90 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">r</span></dt><dd><p>
91 message has been replied to
92 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">S</span></dt><dd><p>
93 message is signed, and the signature is successfully verified
94 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">s</span></dt><dd><p>
96 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">!</span></dt><dd><p>
98 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">*</span></dt><dd><p>
100 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
102 Some of the status flags can be turned on or off using
104 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
105 <span class="bold"><strong>set-flag</strong></span> (default: w)
107 <span class="bold"><strong>clear-flag</strong></span> (default: W)
108 </p></li></ul></div><p>
111 Furthermore, the following flags reflect who the message is addressed
112 to. They can be customized with the
113 <a href="reference.html#to-chars" title="3.289. to_chars">$to_chars</a> variable.
115 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">+</span></dt><dd><p>
116 message is to you and you only
117 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">T</span></dt><dd><p>
118 message is to you, but also to or cc'ed to others
119 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">C</span></dt><dd><p>
120 message is cc'ed to you
121 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">F</span></dt><dd><p>
123 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">L</span></dt><dd><p>
124 message is sent to a subscribed mailing list
125 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
126 </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id463158"></a>3.2. The Pager</h3></div></div></div><p>
127 By default, Mutt uses its builtin pager to display the body of messages.
128 The pager is very similar to the Unix program <span class="emphasis"><em>less</em></span> though not nearly as
132 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-key-pager"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.4. Most common pager keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common pager keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><Return></td><td>go down one line</td></tr><tr><td><Space></td><td>display the next page (or next message if at the end of a message)</td></tr><tr><td>-</td><td>go back to the previous page</td></tr><tr><td>n</td><td>search for next match</td></tr><tr><td>S</td><td>skip beyond quoted text</td></tr><tr><td>T</td><td>toggle display of quoted text</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td>show keybindings</td></tr><tr><td>/</td><td>search for a regular expression (pattern)</td></tr><tr><td>ESC /</td><td>search backwards for a regular expression</td></tr><tr><td>\</td><td>toggle search pattern coloring</td></tr><tr><td>^</td><td>jump to the top of the message</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
135 In addition to key bindings in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-key-pager" title="Table 2.4. Most common pager keys">Table 2.4, “Most common pager keys”</a>,
136 many of the functions from the <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> are available in
137 the pager, such as <span class="emphasis"><em>delete-message</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>copy-message</em></span> (this is one
138 advantage over using an external pager to view messages).
140 Also, the internal pager supports a couple other advanced features. For
141 one, it will accept and translate the ``standard'' nroff sequences for
142 bold and underline. These sequences are a series of either the letter,
143 backspace (^H), the letter again for bold or the letter, backspace,
144 ``_'' for denoting underline. Mutt will attempt to display these
145 in bold and underline respectively if your terminal supports them. If
146 not, you can use the bold and underline <a href="configuration.html#color" title="8. Using color and mono video attributes">color</a>
147 objects to specify a color or mono attribute for them.
149 Additionally, the internal pager supports the ANSI escape sequences for
150 character attributes. Mutt translates them into the correct color and
151 character settings. The sequences Mutt supports are
152 '\e[<span class="emphasis"><em>Ps</em></span>;<span class="emphasis"><em>Ps</em></span>;..<span class="emphasis"><em>Ps</em></span>;m'
153 where <span class="emphasis"><em>Ps</em></span> can be one of the codes shown in
154 <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-ansi-esc" title="Table 2.5. ANSI escape sequences">Table 2.5, “ANSI escape sequences”</a>.
155 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-ansi-esc"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.5. ANSI escape sequences</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="ANSI escape sequences" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Escape code</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>0</td><td>All Attributes Off</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Bold on</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Underline on</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Blink on</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Reverse video on</td></tr><tr><td>3<span class="emphasis"><em><color></em></span></td><td>Foreground color is <span class="emphasis"><em><color></em></span> (see <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-color" title="Table 2.6. Color sequences">Table 2.6, “Color sequences”</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>4<span class="emphasis"><em><color></em></span></td><td>Background color is <span class="emphasis"><em><color></em></span> (see <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-color" title="Table 2.6. Color sequences">Table 2.6, “Color sequences”</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><div class="table"><a id="tab-color"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.6. Color sequences</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Color sequences" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Color code</th><th>Color</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>0</td><td>Black</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Red</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Green</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Yellow</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Blue</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Magenta</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Cyan</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>White</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
156 Mutt uses these attributes for handling text/enriched messages, and they
157 can also be used by an external <a href="mimesupport.html#auto-view" title="4. MIME Autoview">autoview</a>
158 script for highlighting purposes. <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> If you change the colors for your
159 display, for example by changing the color associated with color2 for
160 your xterm, then that color will be used instead of green.
161 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="threads"></a>3.3. Threaded Mode</h3></div></div></div><p>
162 When the mailbox is <a href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">sorted</a> by <span class="emphasis"><em>threads</em></span>, there are
163 a few additional functions available in the <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> modes
164 as shown in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-key-threads" title="Table 2.7. Most common thread mode keys">Table 2.7, “Most common thread mode keys”</a>.
167 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-key-threads"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.7. Most common thread mode keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common thread mode keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>^D</td><td>delete-thread</td><td>delete all messages in the current thread</td></tr><tr><td>^U</td><td>undelete-thread</td><td>undelete all messages in the current thread</td></tr><tr><td>^N</td><td>next-thread</td><td>jump to the start of the next thread</td></tr><tr><td>^P</td><td>previous-thread</td><td>jump to the start of the previous thread</td></tr><tr><td>^R</td><td>read-thread</td><td>mark the current thread as read</td></tr><tr><td>ESC d</td><td>delete-subthread</td><td>delete all messages in the current subthread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC u</td><td>undelete-subthread</td><td>undelete all messages in the current subthread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC n</td><td>next-subthread</td><td>jump to the start of the next subthread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC p</td><td>previous-subthread</td><td>jump to the start of the previous subthread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC r</td><td>read-subthread</td><td>mark the current subthread as read</td></tr><tr><td>ESC t</td><td>tag-thread</td><td>toggle the tag on the current thread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC v</td><td>collapse-thread</td><td>toggle collapse for the current thread</td></tr><tr><td>ESC V</td><td>collapse-all</td><td>toggle collapse for all threads</td></tr><tr><td>P</td><td>parent-message</td><td>jump to parent message in thread</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
170 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Collapsing a thread displays only the first message
171 in the thread and hides the others. This is useful when threads
172 contain so many messages that you can only see a handful of threads on
173 the screen. See %M in <a href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.100. index_format">$index_format</a>.
174 For example, you could use "%?M?(#%03M)&(%4l)?" in <a href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.100. index_format">$index_format</a> to optionally
175 display the number of hidden messages if the thread is collapsed.
177 See also: <a href="reference.html#strict-threads" title="3.280. strict_threads">$strict_threads</a>.
178 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id463814"></a>3.4. Miscellaneous Functions</h3></div></div></div><p>
179 <span class="bold"><strong>create-alias</strong></span><a id="create-alias"></a> (default: a)
182 Creates a new alias based upon the current message (or prompts for a
183 new one). Once editing is complete, an <a href="configuration.html#alias" title="3. Defining/Using aliases">alias</a>
184 command is added to the file specified by the <a href="reference.html#alias-file" title="3.3. alias_file">$alias_file</a> variable for future use. <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span>
185 Specifying an <a href="reference.html#alias-file" title="3.3. alias_file">$alias_file</a>
186 does not add the aliases specified there-in, you must also <a href="configuration.html#source" title="27. Reading initialization commands from another file">source</a> the file.
188 <span class="bold"><strong>check-traditional-pgp</strong></span><a id="check-traditional-pgp"></a> (default: ESC P)
191 This function will search the current message for content signed or
192 encrypted with PGP the "traditional" way, that is, without proper
193 MIME tagging. Technically, this function will temporarily change
194 the MIME content types of the body parts containing PGP data; this
195 is similar to the <a href="gettingstarted.html#edit-type">edit-type</a> function's
198 <span class="bold"><strong>display-toggle-weed</strong></span><a id="display-toggle-weed"></a> (default: h)
201 Toggles the weeding of message header fields specified by <a href="configuration.html#ignore" title="9. Ignoring (weeding) unwanted message headers">ignore</a> commands.
203 <span class="bold"><strong>edit</strong></span><a id="edit"></a> (default: e)
206 This command (available in the ``index'' and ``pager'') allows you to
207 edit the raw current message as it's present in the mail folder.
208 After you have finished editing, the changed message will be
209 appended to the current folder, and the original message will be
212 <span class="bold"><strong>edit-type</strong></span><a id="edit-type"></a>
214 (default: ^E on the attachment menu, and in the pager and index menus; ^T on the
217 This command is used to temporarily edit an attachment's content
218 type to fix, for instance, bogus character set parameters. When
219 invoked from the index or from the pager, you'll have the
220 opportunity to edit the top-level attachment's content type. On the
221 <a href="mimesupport.html#attach-menu" title="1.2. The Attachment Menu">attachment menu</a>, you can change any
222 attachment's content type. These changes are not persistent, and get
223 lost upon changing folders.
225 Note that this command is also available on the <a href="mimesupport.html#compose-menu" title="1.3. The Compose Menu">compose
226 menu</a>. There, it's used to fine-tune the properties of attachments you are going
229 <span class="bold"><strong>enter-command</strong></span><a id="enter-command"></a> (default: ``:'')
232 This command is used to execute any command you would normally put in a
233 configuration file. A common use is to check the settings of variables, or
234 in conjunction with <a href="configuration.html#macro" title="7. Keyboard macros">macros</a> to change settings on the
237 <span class="bold"><strong>extract-keys</strong></span><a id="extract-keys"></a> (default: ^K)
240 This command extracts PGP public keys from the current or tagged
241 message(s) and adds them to your PGP public key ring.
243 <span class="bold"><strong>forget-passphrase</strong></span><a id="forget-passphrase"></a> (default:
247 This command wipes the passphrase(s) from memory. It is useful, if
248 you misspelled the passphrase.
250 <span class="bold"><strong>list-reply</strong></span><a id="list-reply"></a> (default: L)
253 Reply to the current or tagged message(s) by extracting any addresses which
254 match the regular expressions given by the <a href="configuration.html#lists" title="11. Mailing lists">lists or subscribe</a>
255 commands, but also honor any <code class="literal">Mail-Followup-To</code> header(s) if the
256 <a href="reference.html#honor-followup-to" title="3.79. honor_followup_to">$honor_followup_to</a>
257 configuration variable is set. Using this when replying to messages posted
258 to mailing lists helps avoid duplicate copies being sent to the author of
259 the message you are replying to.
261 <span class="bold"><strong>pipe-message</strong></span><a id="pipe-message"></a> (default: |)
264 Asks for an external Unix command and pipes the current or
265 tagged message(s) to it. The variables <a href="reference.html#pipe-decode" title="3.211. pipe_decode">$pipe_decode</a>, <a href="reference.html#pipe-split" title="3.210. pipe_split">$pipe_split</a>,
266 <a href="reference.html#pipe-sep" title="3.212. pipe_sep">$pipe_sep</a> and <a href="reference.html#wait-key" title="3.299. wait_key">$wait_key</a> control the exact behavior of this function.
268 <span class="bold"><strong>resend-message</strong></span><a id="resend-message"></a> (default: ESC e)
271 With resend-message, mutt takes the current message as a template for a
272 new message. This function is best described as "recall from arbitrary
273 folders". It can conveniently be used to forward MIME messages while
274 preserving the original mail structure. Note that the amount of headers
275 included here depends on the value of the <a href="reference.html#weed" title="3.300. weed">$weed</a>
278 This function is also available from the attachment menu. You can use this
279 to easily resend a message which was included with a bounce message
280 as a message/rfc822 body part.
282 <span class="bold"><strong>shell-escape</strong></span><a id="shell-escape"></a> (default: !)
285 Asks for an external Unix command and executes it. The <a href="reference.html#wait-key" title="3.299. wait_key">$wait_key</a> can be used to control
286 whether Mutt will wait for a key to be pressed when the command returns
287 (presumably to let the user read the output of the command), based on
288 the return status of the named command.
290 <span class="bold"><strong>toggle-quoted</strong></span><a id="toggle-quoted"></a> (default: T)
293 The <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> uses the <a href="reference.html#quote-regexp" title="3.234. quote_regexp">$quote_regexp</a> variable to detect quoted text when
294 displaying the body of the message. This function toggles the display
295 of the quoted material in the message. It is particularly useful when
296 are interested in just the response and there is a large amount of
297 quoted text in the way.
299 <span class="bold"><strong>skip-quoted</strong></span><a id="skip-quoted"></a> (default: S)
302 This function will go to the next line of non-quoted text which come
303 after a line of quoted text in the internal pager.
304 </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="sending"></a>4. Sending Mail</h2></div></div></div><p>
305 The bindings shown in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-key-send" title="Table 2.8. Most common mail sending keys">Table 2.8, “Most common mail sending keys”</a> are available in the
306 <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> for sending messages.
309 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-key-send"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.8. Most common mail sending keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common mail sending keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>m</td><td>compose</td><td>compose a new message</td></tr><tr><td>r</td><td>reply</td><td>reply to sender</td></tr><tr><td>g</td><td>group-reply</td><td>reply to all recipients</td></tr><tr><td>L</td><td>list-reply</td><td>reply to mailing list address</td></tr><tr><td>f</td><td>forward</td><td>forward message</td></tr><tr><td>b</td><td>bounce</td><td>bounce (remail) message</td></tr><tr><td>ESC k</td><td>mail-key</td><td>mail a PGP public key to someone</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
312 Bouncing a message sends the message as is to the recipient you
313 specify. Forwarding a message allows you to add comments or
314 modify the message you are forwarding. These items are discussed
315 in greater detail in the next chapter ``<a href="gettingstarted.html#forwarding-mail" title="5. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail">Forwarding
316 and Bouncing Mail</a>.''
318 Mutt will then enter the <span class="emphasis"><em>compose</em></span> menu and prompt you for the
319 recipients to place on the ``To:'' header field. Next, it will ask
320 you for the ``Subject:'' field for the message, providing a default if
321 you are replying to or forwarding a message. See also
322 <a href="reference.html#askcc" title="3.10. askcc">$askcc</a>,
323 <a href="reference.html#askbcc" title="3.9. askbcc">$askbcc</a>,
324 <a href="reference.html#autoedit" title="3.17. autoedit">$autoedit</a>,
325 <a href="reference.html#bounce" title="3.21. bounce">$bounce</a>,
326 <a href="reference.html#fast-reply" title="3.55. fast_reply">$fast_reply</a>,
327 and <a href="reference.html#include" title="3.97. include">$include</a>
328 for changing how Mutt asks these questions.
330 Mutt will then automatically start your <a href="reference.html#editor" title="3.51. editor">$editor</a> on the message body. If the <a href="reference.html#edit-headers" title="3.50. edit_headers">$edit_headers</a> variable is set, the headers will be at
331 the top of the message in your editor. Any messages you are replying
332 to will be added in sort order to the message, with appropriate <a href="reference.html#attribution" title="3.16. attribution">$attribution</a>, <a href="reference.html#indent-string" title="3.99. indent_string">$indent_string</a> and <a href="reference.html#post-indent-string" title="3.222. post_indent_string">$post_indent_string</a>. When forwarding a
333 message, if the <a href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.126. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a>
334 variable is unset, a copy of the forwarded message will be included. If
335 you have specified a <a href="reference.html#signature" title="3.262. signature">$signature</a>, it
336 will be appended to the message.
338 Once you have finished editing the body of your mail message, you are
339 returned to the <span class="emphasis"><em>compose</em></span> menu providing the functions
340 show in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-func-compose" title="Table 2.9. Most common compose menu keys">Table 2.9, “Most common compose menu keys”</a>.
343 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-func-compose"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.9. Most common compose menu keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Most common compose menu keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>a</td><td>attach-file</td><td>attach a file</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>attach-message</td><td>attach message(s) to the message</td></tr><tr><td>ESC k</td><td>attach-key</td><td>attach a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td>d</td><td>edit-description</td><td>edit description on attachment</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>detach-file</td><td>detach a file</td></tr><tr><td>t</td><td>edit-to</td><td>edit the To field</td></tr><tr><td>ESC f</td><td>edit-from</td><td>edit the From field</td></tr><tr><td>r</td><td>edit-reply-to</td><td>edit the Reply-To field</td></tr><tr><td>c</td><td>edit-cc</td><td>edit the Cc field</td></tr><tr><td>b</td><td>edit-bcc</td><td>edit the Bcc field</td></tr><tr><td>y</td><td>send-message</td><td>send the message</td></tr><tr><td>s</td><td>edit-subject</td><td>edit the Subject</td></tr><tr><td>S</td><td>smime-menu</td><td>select S/MIME options</td></tr><tr><td>f</td><td>edit-fcc</td><td>specify an ``Fcc'' mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>p</td><td>pgp-menu</td><td>select PGP options</td></tr><tr><td>P</td><td>postpone-message</td><td>postpone this message until later</td></tr><tr><td>q</td><td>quit</td><td>quit (abort) sending the message</td></tr><tr><td>w</td><td>write-fcc</td><td>write the message to a folder</td></tr><tr><td>i</td><td>ispell</td><td>check spelling (if available on your system)</td></tr><tr><td>^F</td><td>forget-passphrase</td><td>wipe passphrase(s) from memory</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
346 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> The attach-message function will prompt you for a folder to
347 attach messages from. You can now tag messages in that folder and they
348 will be attached to the message you are sending. Note that certain
349 operations like composing a new mail, replying, forwarding, etc. are
350 not permitted when you are in that folder. The %r in <a href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a> will change to
351 a 'A' to indicate that you are in attach-message mode.
352 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id464797"></a>4.1. Editing the message header</h3></div></div></div><p>
353 When editing the header of your outgoing message, there are a couple of
354 special features available.
358 <code class="literal">Fcc:</code> <span class="emphasis"><em>filename</em></span>
360 Mutt will pick up <span class="emphasis"><em>filename</em></span>
361 just as if you had used the <span class="emphasis"><em>edit-fcc</em></span> function in the <span class="emphasis"><em>compose</em></span> menu.
363 You can also attach files to your message by specifying
365 <code class="literal">Attach:</code> <span class="emphasis"><em>filename</em></span> [ <span class="emphasis"><em>description</em></span> ]
367 where <span class="emphasis"><em>filename</em></span> is the file to attach and <span class="emphasis"><em>description</em></span> is an
368 optional string to use as the description of the attached file.
370 When replying to messages, if you remove the <span class="emphasis"><em>In-Reply-To:</em></span> field from
371 the header field, Mutt will not generate a <span class="emphasis"><em>References:</em></span> field, which
372 allows you to create a new message thread.
374 Also see <a href="reference.html#edit-headers" title="3.50. edit_headers">$edit_headers</a>.
375 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id464885"></a>4.2. Using Mutt with PGP</h3></div></div></div><p>
376 If you want to use PGP, you can specify
378 <code class="literal">Pgp:</code> [ <code class="literal">E</code> | <code class="literal">S</code> | <code class="literal">S</code><span class="emphasis"><em><id></em></span> ]
381 ``E'' encrypts, ``S'' signs and
382 ``S<id>'' signs with the given key, setting <a href="reference.html#pgp-sign-as" title="3.162. pgp_sign_as">$pgp_sign_as</a> permanently.
384 If you have told mutt to PGP encrypt a message, it will guide you
385 through a key selection process when you try to send the message.
386 Mutt will not ask you any questions about keys which have a
387 certified user ID matching one of the message recipients' mail
388 addresses. However, there may be situations in which there are
389 several keys, weakly certified user ID fields, or where no matching
392 In these cases, you are dropped into a menu with a list of keys from
393 which you can select one. When you quit this menu, or mutt can't
394 find any matching keys, you are prompted for a user ID. You can, as
395 usually, abort this prompt using <code class="literal">^G</code>. When you do so, mutt will
396 return to the compose screen.
398 Once you have successfully finished the key selection, the message
399 will be encrypted using the selected public keys, and sent out.
401 Most fields of the entries in the key selection menu (see also <a href="reference.html#pgp-entry-format" title="3.154. pgp_entry_format">$pgp_entry_format</a>)
402 have obvious meanings. But some explanations on the capabilities, flags,
403 and validity fields are in order.
405 The flags sequence (%f) will expand to one of the flags in
406 <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-pgp-menuflags" title="Table 2.10. PGP key menu flags">Table 2.10, “PGP key menu flags”</a>.
408 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-pgp-menuflags"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.10. PGP key menu flags</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="PGP key menu flags" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Flag</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>R</td><td>The key has been revoked and can't be used.</td></tr><tr><td>X</td><td>The key is expired and can't be used.</td></tr><tr><td>d</td><td>You have marked the key as disabled.</td></tr><tr><td>c</td><td>There are unknown critical self-signature packets.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
411 The capabilities field (%c) expands to a two-character sequence
412 representing a key's capabilities. The first character gives
413 the key's encryption capabilities: A minus sign (<span class="bold"><strong>-</strong></span>) means
414 that the key cannot be used for encryption. A dot (<span class="bold"><strong>.</strong></span>) means that
415 it's marked as a signature key in one of the user IDs, but may
416 also be used for encryption. The letter <span class="bold"><strong>e</strong></span> indicates that
417 this key can be used for encryption.
419 The second character indicates the key's signing capabilities. Once
420 again, a ``<span class="bold"><strong>-</strong></span>'' implies ``not for signing'', ``<span class="bold"><strong>.</strong></span>'' implies
421 that the key is marked as an encryption key in one of the user-ids, and
422 ``<span class="bold"><strong>s</strong></span>'' denotes a key which can be used for signing.
424 Finally, the validity field (%t) indicates how well-certified a user-id
425 is. A question mark (<span class="bold"><strong>?</strong></span>) indicates undefined validity, a minus
426 character (<span class="bold"><strong>-</strong></span>) marks an untrusted association, a space character
427 means a partially trusted association, and a plus character (<span class="bold"><strong>+</strong></span>)
428 indicates complete validity.
429 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id465129"></a>4.3. Sending anonymous messages via mixmaster.</h3></div></div></div><p>
430 You may also have configured mutt to co-operate with Mixmaster, an
431 anonymous remailer. Mixmaster permits you to send your messages
432 anonymously using a chain of remailers. Mixmaster support in mutt is for
433 mixmaster version 2.04 (beta 45 appears to be the latest) and 2.03.
434 It does not support earlier versions or the later so-called version 3 betas,
435 of which the latest appears to be called 2.9b23.
437 To use it, you'll have to obey certain restrictions. Most
438 important, you cannot use the <code class="literal">Cc</code> and <code class="literal">Bcc</code> headers. To tell
439 Mutt to use mixmaster, you have to select a remailer chain, using
440 the mix function on the compose menu.
442 The chain selection screen is divided into two parts. In the
443 (larger) upper part, you get a list of remailers you may use. In
444 the lower part, you see the currently selected chain of remailers.
446 You can navigate in the chain using the <code class="literal">chain-prev</code> and
447 <code class="literal">chain-next</code> functions, which are by default bound to the left
448 and right arrows and to the <code class="literal">h</code> and <code class="literal">l</code> keys (think vi
449 keyboard bindings). To insert a remailer at the current chain
450 position, use the <code class="literal">insert</code> function. To append a remailer behind
451 the current chain position, use <code class="literal">select-entry</code> or <code class="literal">append</code>.
452 You can also delete entries from the chain, using the corresponding
453 function. Finally, to abandon your changes, leave the menu, or
454 <code class="literal">accept</code> them pressing (by default) the <code class="literal">Return</code> key.
456 Note that different remailers do have different capabilities,
457 indicated in the %c entry of the remailer menu lines (see
458 <a href="reference.html#mix-entry-format" title="3.129. mix_entry_format">$mix_entry_format</a>). Most important is
459 the ``middleman'' capability, indicated by a capital ``M'': This
460 means that the remailer in question cannot be used as the final
461 element of a chain, but will only forward messages to other
462 mixmaster remailers. For details on the other capabilities, please
463 have a look at the mixmaster documentation.
464 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id465253"></a>4.4. Sending format=flowed messages</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id465259"></a>4.4.1. Concept</h4></div></div></div><p>
465 <code class="literal">format=flowed</code>-style messages (or <code class="literal">f=f</code>
466 for short) are <code class="literal">text/plain</code> messages that consist of paragraphs which a receiver's
467 mail client may reformat to its own needs which mostly means to
468 customize line lengths regardless of what the sender sent. Technically this is
469 achieved by letting lines of a ``flowable'' paragraph end in spaces.
471 While for text-mode clients like mutt it's the best way to assume only a
472 standard 80x25 character cell terminal, it may be desired to let the
473 receiver decide completely how to view a message.
474 </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id465297"></a>4.4.2. Mutt support</h4></div></div></div><p>
475 Mutt only supports setting the required <code class="literal">format=flowed</code>
476 MIME parameter on outgoing messages if the <a href="reference.html#text-flowed" title="3.282. text_flowed">$text_flowed</a> variable is set. It does not add the
477 trailing spaces nor does it provide any other feature related to
478 composing <code class="literal">f=f</code> messages (like reformatting
479 non-<code class="literal">f=f</code> parts of a reply to <code class="literal">f=f</code>
480 before calling the editor).
482 After editing the initial message text and before entering
483 the compose menu, mutt properly space-stuffes the message.
484 <span class="emphasis"><em>Space-stuffing</em></span> is required by RfC3676 defining
485 <code class="literal">format=flowed</code> and means to prepend a space to:
486 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>all lines starting with a space</p></li><li><p>lines starting with the word ``<code class="literal">From</code>''
487 followed by space</p></li><li><p>all lines starting with ``<code class="literal">></code>'' which
488 is not intended to be a quote character</p></li></ul></div><p>
489 All leading spaces are to be removed by receiving clients to restore
490 the original message.
492 <span class="bold"><strong>Note</strong></span> that mutt only support space-stuffing
493 for the first two types of lines but not for the third: It is impossible to
494 safely detect whether a leading <code class="literal">></code> character starts a
496 </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id465411"></a>4.4.3. Editor considerations</h4></div></div></div><p>
497 As mutt provides no additional features to compose <code class="literal">f=f</code>
498 messages, it's completely up to the user and his editor to produce
499 proper messages. Please consider your editor's documentation if you
500 intend to send <code class="literal">f=f</code> messages.
502 Please note that when editing messages from the compose menu several
503 times before really sending a mail, it's up to the user to ensure that
504 the message is properly space-stuffed.
506 For example, <span class="emphasis"><em>vim</em></span> provides the <code class="literal">w</code>
507 flag for its <code class="literal">formatoptions</code> setting to assist in
508 creating <code class="literal">f=f</code> messages, see <code class="literal">:help
509 fo-table</code> for details.
510 </p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="forwarding-mail"></a>5. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail</h2></div></div></div><p>
511 Bouncing and forwarding let you send an existing message to recipients
512 that you specify. Bouncing a message uses the <a href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> command to send a copy to alternative addresses as if
513 they were the message's original recipients. Forwarding a message, on
514 the other hand, allows you to modify the message before it is resent
515 (for example, by adding your own comments). The default key bindings
516 are shown in <a href="gettingstarted.html#tab-key-fwd" title="Table 2.11. Message forwarding/bouncing keys">Table 2.11, “Message forwarding/bouncing keys”</a>.
519 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-key-fwd"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.11. Message forwarding/bouncing keys</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Message forwarding/bouncing keys" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>f</td><td>forward</td><td>forward message</td></tr><tr><td>b</td><td>bounce</td><td>bounce (remail) message</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
522 Forwarding can be done by including the original message in the new
523 message's body (surrounded by indicating lines) or including it as a MIME
524 attachment, depending on the value of the <a href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.126. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> variable. Decoding of attachments,
525 like in the pager, can be controlled by the <a href="reference.html#forward-decode" title="3.62. forward_decode">$forward_decode</a> and <a href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.127. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a> variables,
526 respectively. The desired forwarding format may depend on the content,
527 therefore <span class="emphasis"><em>$mime_forward</em></span> is a quadoption which, for
528 example, can be set to ``ask-no''.
530 The inclusion of headers is controlled by the current setting of the
531 <a href="reference.html#weed" title="3.300. weed">$weed</a> variable, unless <a href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.126. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is set.
533 Editing the message to forward follows the same procedure as sending or
534 replying to a message does.
535 </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="postponing-mail"></a>6. Postponing Mail</h2></div></div></div><p>
536 At times it is desirable to delay sending a message that you have
537 already begun to compose. When the <span class="emphasis"><em>postpone-message</em></span> function is
538 used in the <span class="emphasis"><em>compose</em></span> menu, the body of your message and attachments
539 are stored in the mailbox specified by the <a href="reference.html#postponed" title="3.224. postponed">$postponed</a> variable. This means that you can recall the
540 message even if you exit Mutt and then restart it at a later time.
542 Once a message is postponed, there are several ways to resume it. From the
543 command line you can use the ``-p'' option, or if you <span class="emphasis"><em>compose</em></span> a new
544 message from the <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> you will be prompted if postponed
545 messages exist. If multiple messages are currently postponed, the
546 <span class="emphasis"><em>postponed</em></span> menu will pop up and you can select which message you would
549 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> If you postpone a reply to a message, the reply setting of
550 the message is only updated when you actually finish the message and
551 send it. Also, you must be in the same folder with the message you
552 replied to for the status of the message to be updated.
554 See also the <a href="reference.html#postpone" title="3.223. postpone">$postpone</a> quad-option.
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