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28 </style></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 9. Reference</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tuning.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="miscellany.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="reference"></a>Chapter 9. Reference</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="reference.html#commandline">1. Command-Line Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="reference.html#commands">2. Configuration Commands</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="reference.html#variables">3. Configuration Variables</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#abort-nosubject">3.1. abort_nosubject</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#abort-unmodified">3.2. abort_unmodified</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#alias-file">3.3. alias_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#alias-format">3.4. alias_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#allow-8bit">3.5. allow_8bit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#allow-ansi">3.6. allow_ansi</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#arrow-cursor">3.7. arrow_cursor</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ascii-chars">3.8. ascii_chars</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#askbcc">3.9. askbcc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#askcc">3.10. askcc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#assumed-charset">3.11. assumed_charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attach-charset">3.12. attach_charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attach-format">3.13. attach_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attach-sep">3.14. attach_sep</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attach-split">3.15. attach_split</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attribution">3.16. attribution</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#auto-tag">3.17. auto_tag</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#autoedit">3.18. autoedit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#beep">3.19. beep</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#beep-new">3.20. beep_new</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#bounce">3.21. bounce</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#bounce-delivered">3.22. bounce_delivered</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#braille-friendly">3.23. braille_friendly</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#certificate-file">3.24. certificate_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#charset">3.25. charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#check-mbox-size">3.26. check_mbox_size</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#check-new">3.27. check_new</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#collapse-unread">3.28. collapse_unread</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#compose-format">3.29. compose_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#config-charset">3.30. config_charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#confirmappend">3.31. confirmappend</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#confirmcreate">3.32. confirmcreate</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#connect-timeout">3.33. connect_timeout</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#content-type">3.34. content_type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#copy">3.35. copy</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt">3.36. crypt_autoencrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autopgp">3.37. crypt_autopgp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autosign">3.38. crypt_autosign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autosmime">3.39. crypt_autosmime</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt">3.40. crypt_replyencrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replysign">3.41. crypt_replysign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replysignencrypted">3.42. crypt_replysignencrypted</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-timestamp">3.43. crypt_timestamp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-use-gpgme">3.44. crypt_use_gpgme</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-use-pka">3.45. crypt_use_pka</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-verify-sig">3.46. crypt_verify_sig</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#date-format">3.47. date_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#default-hook">3.48. default_hook</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#delete">3.49. delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#delete-untag">3.50. delete_untag</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#digest-collapse">3.51. digest_collapse</a></span></dt><dt><span 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href="reference.html#escape">3.62. escape</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fast-reply">3.63. fast_reply</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fcc-attach">3.64. fcc_attach</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fcc-clear">3.65. fcc_clear</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#folder">3.66. folder</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#folder-format">3.67. folder_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#followup-to">3.68. followup_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#force-name">3.69. force_name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-decode">3.70. forward_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-decrypt">3.71. forward_decrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-edit">3.72. forward_edit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-format">3.73. forward_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-quote">3.74. forward_quote</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#from">3.75. from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#gecos-mask">3.76. gecos_mask</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hdrs">3.77. hdrs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header">3.78. header</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header-cache">3.79. header_cache</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header-cache-compress">3.80. header_cache_compress</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header-cache-pagesize">3.81. header_cache_pagesize</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#help">3.82. help</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hidden-host">3.83. hidden_host</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-limited">3.84. hide_limited</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-missing">3.85. hide_missing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-thread-subject">3.86. hide_thread_subject</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-top-limited">3.87. hide_top_limited</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-top-missing">3.88. hide_top_missing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#history">3.89. history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#history-file">3.90. history_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#honor-disposition">3.91. honor_disposition</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#honor-followup-to">3.92. honor_followup_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hostname">3.93. hostname</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ignore-linear-white-space">3.94. ignore_linear_white_space</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ignore-list-reply-to">3.95. ignore_list_reply_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-authenticators">3.96. imap_authenticators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-check-subscribed">3.97. imap_check_subscribed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-delim-chars">3.98. imap_delim_chars</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-headers">3.99. imap_headers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-idle">3.100. imap_idle</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-keepalive">3.101. imap_keepalive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-list-subscribed">3.102. imap_list_subscribed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-login">3.103. imap_login</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-pass">3.104. imap_pass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-passive">3.105. imap_passive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-peek">3.106. imap_peek</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-pipeline-depth">3.107. imap_pipeline_depth</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-servernoise">3.108. imap_servernoise</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-user">3.109. imap_user</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#implicit-autoview">3.110. implicit_autoview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#include">3.111. include</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#include-onlyfirst">3.112. include_onlyfirst</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#indent-string">3.113. indent_string</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#index-format">3.114. index_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ispell">3.115. ispell</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#keep-flagged">3.116. keep_flagged</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#locale">3.117. locale</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mail-check">3.118. mail_check</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mailcap-path">3.119. mailcap_path</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mailcap-sanitize">3.120. mailcap_sanitize</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#maildir-header-cache-verify">3.121. maildir_header_cache_verify</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#maildir-trash">3.122. maildir_trash</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mark-old">3.123. mark_old</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#markers">3.124. markers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mask">3.125. mask</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mbox">3.126. mbox</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mbox-type">3.127. mbox_type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-context">3.128. menu_context</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-move-off">3.129. menu_move_off</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-scroll">3.130. menu_scroll</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-cache-clean">3.131. message_cache_clean</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-cachedir">3.132. message_cachedir</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-format">3.133. message_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#meta-key">3.134. meta_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#metoo">3.135. metoo</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-purge">3.136. mh_purge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-flagged">3.137. mh_seq_flagged</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-replied">3.138. mh_seq_replied</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-unseen">3.139. mh_seq_unseen</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward">3.140. mime_forward</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode">3.141. mime_forward_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward-rest">3.142. mime_forward_rest</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mix-entry-format">3.143. mix_entry_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mixmaster">3.144. mixmaster</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#move">3.145. move</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#narrow-tree">3.146. narrow_tree</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#net-inc">3.147. net_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager">3.148. pager</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-context">3.149. pager_context</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-format">3.150. pager_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-index-lines">3.151. pager_index_lines</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-stop">3.152. pager_stop</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-auto-decode">3.153. pgp_auto_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-autoinline">3.154. pgp_autoinline</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-check-exit">3.155. pgp_check_exit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-clearsign-command">3.156. pgp_clearsign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command">3.157. pgp_decode_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-decrypt-command">3.158. pgp_decrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-encrypt-only-command">3.159. pgp_encrypt_only_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-encrypt-sign-command">3.160. pgp_encrypt_sign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-entry-format">3.161. pgp_entry_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-export-command">3.162. pgp_export_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-getkeys-command">3.163. pgp_getkeys_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-good-sign">3.164. pgp_good_sign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-ignore-subkeys">3.165. pgp_ignore_subkeys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-import-command">3.166. pgp_import_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-list-pubring-command">3.167. pgp_list_pubring_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-list-secring-command">3.168. pgp_list_secring_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-long-ids">3.169. pgp_long_ids</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto">3.170. pgp_mime_auto</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-replyinline">3.171. pgp_replyinline</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-retainable-sigs">3.172. pgp_retainable_sigs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-show-unusable">3.173. pgp_show_unusable</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sign-as">3.174. pgp_sign_as</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sign-command">3.175. pgp_sign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sort-keys">3.176. pgp_sort_keys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-strict-enc">3.177. pgp_strict_enc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-timeout">3.178. pgp_timeout</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-use-gpg-agent">3.179. pgp_use_gpg_agent</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-verify-command">3.180. pgp_verify_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-verify-key-command">3.181. pgp_verify_key_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-decode">3.182. pipe_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-sep">3.183. pipe_sep</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-split">3.184. pipe_split</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-auth-try-all">3.185. pop_auth_try_all</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-authenticators">3.186. pop_authenticators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-checkinterval">3.187. pop_checkinterval</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-delete">3.188. pop_delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-host">3.189. pop_host</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-last">3.190. pop_last</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-pass">3.191. pop_pass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-reconnect">3.192. pop_reconnect</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-user">3.193. pop_user</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#post-indent-string">3.194. post_indent_string</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#postpone">3.195. postpone</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#postponed">3.196. postponed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#preconnect">3.197. preconnect</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print">3.198. print</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-command">3.199. print_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-decode">3.200. print_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-split">3.201. print_split</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#prompt-after">3.202. prompt_after</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#query-command">3.203. query_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#query-format">3.204. query_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#quit">3.205. quit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#quote-regexp">3.206. quote_regexp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#read-inc">3.207. read_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#read-only">3.208. read_only</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#realname">3.209. realname</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#recall">3.210. recall</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#record">3.211. record</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a 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href="reference.html#save-history">3.222. save_history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#save-name">3.223. save_name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score">3.224. score</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-delete">3.225. score_threshold_delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-flag">3.226. score_threshold_flag</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-read">3.227. score_threshold_read</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#search-context">3.228. search_context</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#send-charset">3.229. send_charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sendmail">3.230. sendmail</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sendmail-wait">3.231. sendmail_wait</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#shell">3.232. shell</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sig-dashes">3.233. sig_dashes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sig-on-top">3.234. sig_on_top</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#signature">3.235. signature</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#simple-search">3.236. simple_search</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sleep-time">3.237. sleep_time</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smart-wrap">3.238. smart_wrap</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smileys">3.239. smileys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-ask-cert-label">3.240. smime_ask_cert_label</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-ca-location">3.241. smime_ca_location</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-certificates">3.242. smime_certificates</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command">3.243. smime_decrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-use-default-key">3.244. smime_decrypt_use_default_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-default-key">3.245. smime_default_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-encrypt-command">3.246. smime_encrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-encrypt-with">3.247. smime_encrypt_with</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-cert-command">3.248. smime_get_cert_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-cert-email-command">3.249. smime_get_cert_email_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-signer-cert-command">3.250. smime_get_signer_cert_command</a></span></dt><dt><span 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href="reference.html#ssl-ca-certificates-file">3.270. ssl_ca_certificates_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-client-cert">3.271. ssl_client_cert</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-force-tls">3.272. ssl_force_tls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-min-dh-prime-bits">3.273. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-starttls">3.274. ssl_starttls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-use-sslv2">3.275. ssl_use_sslv2</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-use-sslv3">3.276. ssl_use_sslv3</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-use-tlsv1">3.277. ssl_use_tlsv1</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-usesystemcerts">3.278. ssl_usesystemcerts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-verify-dates">3.279. 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href="reference.html#use-idn">3.300. use_idn</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-ipv6">3.301. use_ipv6</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#user-agent">3.302. user_agent</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#visual">3.303. visual</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wait-key">3.304. wait_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#weed">3.305. weed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrap">3.306. wrap</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrap-search">3.307. wrap_search</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrapmargin">3.308. wrapmargin</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#write-bcc">3.309. write_bcc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#write-inc">3.310. write_inc</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="reference.html#functions">4. Functions</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#generic-map">4.1. Generic Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#index-map">4.2. Index Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-map">4.3. Pager Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#alias-map">4.4. Alias Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#query-map">4.5. Query Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#attach-map">4.6. Attach Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#compose-map">4.7. Compose Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#postpone-map">4.8. Postpone Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#browser-map">4.9. Browser Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-map">4.10. Pgp Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-map">4.11. Smime Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mix-map">4.12. Mix Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#editor-map">4.13. Editor Menu</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="commandline"></a>1. Command-Line Options</h2></div></div></div><p>
29 Running <code class="literal">mutt</code> with no arguments will make Mutt attempt to read your spool
30 mailbox. However, it is possible to read other mailboxes and
31 to send messages from the command line as well.
32 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-commandline-options"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.1. Command line options</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Command line options" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Option</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>-A</td><td>expand an alias</td></tr><tr><td>-a</td><td>attach a file to a message</td></tr><tr><td>-b</td><td>specify a blind carbon-copy (BCC) address</td></tr><tr><td>-c</td><td>specify a carbon-copy (Cc) address</td></tr><tr><td>-D</td><td>print the value of all Mutt variables to stdout</td></tr><tr><td>-e</td><td>specify a config command to be run after initialization files are read</td></tr><tr><td>-f</td><td>specify a mailbox to load</td></tr><tr><td>-F</td><td>specify an alternate file to read initialization commands</td></tr><tr><td>-h</td><td>print help on command line options</td></tr><tr><td>-H</td><td>specify a draft file from which to read a header and body</td></tr><tr><td>-i</td><td>specify a file to include in a message composition</td></tr><tr><td>-m</td><td>specify a default mailbox type</td></tr><tr><td>-n</td><td>do not read the system Muttrc</td></tr><tr><td>-p</td><td>recall a postponed message</td></tr><tr><td>-Q</td><td>query a configuration variable</td></tr><tr><td>-R</td><td>open mailbox in read-only mode</td></tr><tr><td>-s</td><td>specify a subject (enclose in quotes if it contains spaces)</td></tr><tr><td>-v</td><td>show version number and compile-time definitions</td></tr><tr><td>-x</td><td>simulate the mailx(1) compose mode</td></tr><tr><td>-y</td><td>show a menu containing the files specified by the <span class="command"><strong>mailboxes</strong></span> command</td></tr><tr><td>-z</td><td>exit immediately if there are no messages in the mailbox</td></tr><tr><td>-Z</td><td>open the first folder with new message, exit immediately if none</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
33 To read messages in a mailbox
34 </p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mutt</code> [<code class="option">-nz</code>] [<code class="option">-F</code>
35 <em class="replaceable"><code>muttrc</code></em>
36 ] [<code class="option">-m</code>
37 <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em>
38 ] [<code class="option">-f</code>
39 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
41 To compose a new message
42 </p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mutt</code> [<code class="option">-n</code>] [<code class="option">-F</code>
43 <em class="replaceable"><code>muttrc</code></em>
44 ] [<code class="option">-c</code>
45 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
46 ] [<code class="option">-i</code>
47 <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>
48 ] [<code class="option">-s</code>
49 <em class="replaceable"><code>subject</code></em>
51 <code class="option">-a</code>
52 <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>
56 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
58 Mutt also supports a “<span class="quote">batch</span>” mode to send prepared messages. Simply redirect
59 input from the file you wish to send. For example,
60 </p><pre class="screen">
61 mutt -s "data set for run #2" professor@bigschool.edu < ˜/run2.dat</pre><p>
62 will send a message to <code class="literal"><professor@bigschool.edu></code> with a subject
63 of “<span class="quote">data set for run #2</span>”. In the body of the message will be the contents
64 of the file “<span class="quote">˜/run2.dat</span>”.
66 All files passed with <code class="literal">-a</code> <span class="emphasis"><em>file</em></span> will be attached as a MIME
67 part to the message. To attach a single or several files, use “<span class="quote">--</span>” to separate files and
69 </p><pre class="screen">
70 mutt -a image.png -- some@one.org</pre><p>
72 </p><pre class="screen">
73 mutt -a *.png -- some@one.org</pre><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
74 The <code class="literal">-a</code> option must be last in the option list.
75 </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="commands"></a>2. Configuration Commands</h2></div></div></div><p>
76 The following are the commands understood by Mutt:
77 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts">account-hook</a></code>
78 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
79 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
80 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alias" title="4. Defining/Using Aliases">alias</a></code> [
81 <code class="option">-group</code>
82 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
84 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
86 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
88 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
89 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alias" title="4. Defining/Using Aliases">unalias</a></code> [
90 <code class="option">-group</code>
91 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
93 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
95 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
96 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></code> [
97 <code class="option">-group</code>
98 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
100 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
102 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
103 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">unalternates</a></code> [
104 <code class="option">-group</code>
105 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
107 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
109 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
110 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#alternative-order" title="5. MIME Multipart/Alternative">alternative-order</a></code>
111 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
113 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
114 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#alternative-order" title="5. MIME Multipart/Alternative">unalternative-order</a></code> {
115 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
117 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
118 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#attachments" title="6. Attachment Searching and Counting">attachments</a></code>
119 <em class="replaceable"><code>{ + | - }disposition</code></em>
121 <em class="replaceable"><code>mime-type</code></em>
122 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#attachments" title="6. Attachment Searching and Counting">unattachments</a></code>
123 <em class="replaceable"><code>{ + | - }disposition</code></em>
125 <em class="replaceable"><code>mime-type</code></em>
126 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#auto-view" title="4. MIME Autoview">auto-view</a></code>
127 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
129 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
130 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#auto-view" title="4. MIME Autoview">unauto-view</a></code> {
131 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
133 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
134 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#bind" title="5. Changing the Default Key Bindings">bind</a></code>
135 <em class="replaceable"><code>map</code></em>
137 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
139 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
140 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#charset-hook" title="6. Defining Aliases for Character Sets">charset-hook</a></code>
141 <em class="replaceable"><code>alias</code></em>
143 <em class="replaceable"><code>charset</code></em>
144 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#iconv-hook">iconv-hook</a></code>
145 <em class="replaceable"><code>charset</code></em>
147 <em class="replaceable"><code>local-charset</code></em>
148 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#color" title="9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes">color</a></code>
149 <em class="replaceable"><code>object</code></em>
151 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
153 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
154 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#color" title="9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes">color</a></code> {
155 <code class="option">header</code>
157 <code class="option">body</code>
159 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
161 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
163 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
164 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#color" title="9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes">color</a></code>
165 <code class="option">index</code>
167 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
169 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
171 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
172 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#color" title="9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes">uncolor</a></code> {
173 <code class="option">index</code>
175 <code class="option">header</code>
177 <code class="option">body</code>
179 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
181 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
182 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#crypt-hook" title="21. Choosing the Cryptographic Key of the Recipient">crypt-hook</a></code>
183 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
185 <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em>
186 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#exec" title="23. Executing Functions">exec</a></code>
187 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
189 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
190 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-hook" title="17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing">fcc-hook</a></code>
191 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
193 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
194 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-save-hook" title="18. Specify Default Save Filename and Default Fcc: Mailbox at Once">fcc-save-hook</a></code>
195 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
197 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
198 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#folder-hook" title="7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox">folder-hook</a></code>
199 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]regexp</code></em>
201 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
202 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#addrgroup" title="3. Address Groups">group</a></code> [
203 <code class="option">-group</code>
204 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
206 <code class="option">-rx</code>
207 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
209 <code class="option">-addr</code>
210 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
211 ... }<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#addrgroup" title="3. Address Groups">ungroup</a></code> [
212 <code class="option">-group</code>
213 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
215 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
217 <code class="option">-rx</code>
218 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
220 <code class="option">-addr</code>
221 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
222 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#hdr-order" title="10.2. Ordering Displayed Headers">hdr_order</a></code>
223 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
225 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
226 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#hdr-order" title="10.2. Ordering Displayed Headers">unhdr_order</a></code> {
227 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
229 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
230 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#ignore" title="10.1. Selecting Headers">ignore</a></code>
231 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
233 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
234 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#ignore" title="10.1. Selecting Headers">unignore</a></code> {
235 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
237 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
238 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#lists" title="12. Mailing Lists">lists</a></code> [
239 <code class="option">-group</code>
240 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
242 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
244 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
245 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#lists" title="12. Mailing Lists">unlists</a></code> [
246 <code class="option">-group</code>
247 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
249 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
251 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
252 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#macro" title="8. Keyboard Macros">macro</a></code>
253 <em class="replaceable"><code>menu</code></em>
255 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
257 <em class="replaceable"><code>sequence</code></em>
259 <em class="replaceable"><code>description</code></em>
260 ]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">mailboxes</a></code>
261 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
263 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
264 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">unmailboxes</a></code> {
265 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
267 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
268 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mbox-hook" title="13. Using Multiple Spool Mailboxes">mbox-hook</a></code>
269 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
271 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
272 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#message-hook" title="20. Change Settings Before Formatting a Message">message-hook</a></code>
273 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
275 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
276 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#mime-lookup" title="7. MIME Lookup">mime-lookup</a></code>
277 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
279 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
280 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#mime-lookup" title="7. MIME Lookup">unmime-lookup</a></code> {
281 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
283 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
284 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code>
285 <em class="replaceable"><code>object</code></em>
287 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
288 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code> {
289 <code class="option">header</code>
291 <code class="option">body</code>
293 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
295 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
296 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code>
297 <code class="option">index</code>
299 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
301 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
302 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">unmono</a></code> {
303 <code class="option">index</code>
305 <code class="option">header</code>
307 <code class="option">body</code>
309 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
311 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
312 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">my_hdr</a></code>
313 <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em>
314 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">unmy_hdr</a></code> {
315 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
317 <em class="replaceable"><code>field</code></em>
318 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#push" title="22. Adding Key Sequences to the Keyboard Buffer">push</a></code>
319 <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em>
320 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#save-hook" title="16. Specify Default Save Mailbox">save-hook</a></code>
321 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
323 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
324 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="reference.html#score" title="3.224. score">score</a></code>
325 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
327 <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>
328 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="reference.html#score" title="3.224. score">unscore</a></code> {
329 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
331 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
332 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#reply-hook">reply-hook</a></code>
333 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
335 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
336 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send-hook" title="19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients">send-hook</a></code>
337 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
339 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
340 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send2-hook">send2-hook</a></code>
341 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
343 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
344 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">set</a></code> {
345 [ <code class="option">no</code> | <code class="option">inv</code> ]
346 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
348 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable=value</code></em>
349 } [...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">toggle</a></code>
350 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
352 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
353 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">unset</a></code>
354 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
356 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
357 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">reset</a></code>
358 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
360 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
361 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#source" title="27. Reading Initialization Commands From Another File">source</a></code>
362 <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>
363 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#spam" title="25. Spam Detection">spam</a></code>
364 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
366 <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em>
367 <br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#spam" title="25. Spam Detection">nospam</a></code> {
368 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
370 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
371 }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></code> [
372 <code class="option">-group</code>
373 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
375 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
377 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
378 ...]<br /><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">unsubscribe</a></code> [
379 <code class="option">-group</code>
380 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
382 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
384 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
385 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#unhook" title="28. Removing Hooks">unhook</a></code> {
386 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
388 <em class="replaceable"><code>hook-type</code></em>
389 }</p></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="variables"></a>3. Configuration Variables</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="abort-nosubject"></a>3.1. abort_nosubject</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
390 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
391 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, when composing messages and no subject is given
392 at the subject prompt, composition will be aborted. If set to
393 <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, composing messages with no subject given at the subject
394 prompt will never be aborted.
395 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="abort-unmodified"></a>3.2. abort_unmodified</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
396 Default: yes</p></div><p>
397 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, composition will automatically abort after
398 editing the message body if no changes are made to the file (this
399 check only happens after the <span class="emphasis"><em>first</em></span> edit of the file). When set
400 to <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, composition will never be aborted.
401 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="alias-file"></a>3.3. alias_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
402 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.muttrc</code></span>”</p></div><p>
403 The default file in which to save aliases created by the
404 <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="gettingstarted.html#create-alias"><create-alias></a></code> function. Entries added to this file are
405 encoded in the character set specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#config-charset" title="3.30. config_charset">$config_charset</a> if it
406 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> or the current character set otherwise.
408 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Mutt will not automatically source this file; you must
409 explicitly use the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#source" title="27. Reading Initialization Commands From Another File">source</a></span>” command for it to be executed in case
410 this option points to a dedicated alias file.
412 The default for this option is the currently used muttrc file, or
413 “<span class="quote">˜/.muttrc</span>” if no user muttrc was found.
414 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="alias-format"></a>3.4. alias_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
415 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %2f %t %-10a %r</code></span>”</p></div><p>
416 Specifies the format of the data displayed for the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alias" title="4. Defining/Using Aliases">alias</a></span>” menu. The
417 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are available:
419 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%a </td><td>alias name
420 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>flags - currently, a “<span class="quote">d</span>” for an alias marked for deletion
421 </td></tr><tr><td>%n </td><td>index number
422 </td></tr><tr><td>%r </td><td>address which alias expands to
423 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>character which indicates if the alias is tagged for inclusion
424 </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="allow-8bit"></a>3.5. allow_8bit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
425 Default: yes</p></div><p>
426 Controls whether 8-bit data is converted to 7-bit using either Quoted-
427 Printable or Base64 encoding when sending mail.
428 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="allow-ansi"></a>3.6. allow_ansi</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
429 Default: no</p></div><p>
430 Controls whether ANSI color codes in messages (and color tags in
431 rich text messages) are to be interpreted.
432 Messages containing these codes are rare, but if this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
433 their text will be colored accordingly. Note that this may override
434 your color choices, and even present a security problem, since a
435 message could include a line like
437 </p><pre class="screen">
438 [-- PGP output follows ...
440 and give it the same color as your attachment color (see also
441 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-timestamp" title="3.43. crypt_timestamp">$crypt_timestamp</a>).
442 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="arrow-cursor"></a>3.7. arrow_cursor</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
443 Default: no</p></div><p>
444 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, an arrow (“<span class="quote">-></span>”) will be used to indicate the current entry
445 in menus instead of highlighting the whole line. On slow network or modem
446 links this will make response faster because there is less that has to
447 be redrawn on the screen when moving to the next or previous entries
449 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ascii-chars"></a>3.8. ascii_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
450 Default: no</p></div><p>
451 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will use plain ASCII characters when displaying thread
452 and attachment trees, instead of the default <span class="emphasis"><em>ACS</em></span> characters.
453 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="askbcc"></a>3.9. askbcc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
454 Default: no</p></div><p>
455 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt you for blind-carbon-copy (Bcc) recipients
456 before editing an outgoing message.
457 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="askcc"></a>3.10. askcc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
458 Default: no</p></div><p>
459 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt you for carbon-copy (Cc) recipients before
460 editing the body of an outgoing message.
461 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="assumed-charset"></a>3.11. assumed_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
462 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
463 This variable is a colon-separated list of character encoding
464 schemes for messages without character encoding indication.
465 Header field values and message body content without character encoding
466 indication would be assumed that they are written in one of this list.
467 By default, all the header fields and message body without any charset
468 indication are assumed to be in “<span class="quote">us-ascii</span>”.
470 For example, Japanese users might prefer this:
472 </p><pre class="screen">
473 set assumed_charset="iso-2022-jp:euc-jp:shift_jis:utf-8"
475 However, only the first content is valid for the message body.
476 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-charset"></a>3.12. attach_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
477 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
478 This variable is a colon-separated list of character encoding
479 schemes for text file attachments. Mutt uses this setting to guess
480 which encoding files being attached are encoded in to convert them to
481 a proper character set given in <a class="link" href="reference.html#send-charset" title="3.229. send_charset">$send_charset</a>.
483 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> will be used instead.
484 For example, the following configuration would work for Japanese
487 </p><pre class="screen">
488 set attach_charset="iso-2022-jp:euc-jp:shift_jis:utf-8"
490 Note: for Japanese users, “<span class="quote">iso-2022-*</span>” must be put at the head
491 of the value as shown above if included.
492 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-format"></a>3.13. attach_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
493 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%u%D%I %t%4n %T%.40d%> [%.7m/%.10M, %.6e%?C?, %C?, %s] </code></span>”</p></div><p>
494 This variable describes the format of the “<span class="quote">attachment</span>” menu. The
495 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are understood:
497 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%C </td><td>charset
498 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>requires charset conversion (“<span class="quote">n</span>” or “<span class="quote">c</span>”)
499 </td></tr><tr><td>%D </td><td>deleted flag
500 </td></tr><tr><td>%d </td><td>description
501 </td></tr><tr><td>%e </td><td>MIME content-transfer-encoding
502 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>filename
503 </td></tr><tr><td>%I </td><td>disposition (“<span class="quote">I</span>” for inline, “<span class="quote">A</span>” for attachment)
504 </td></tr><tr><td>%m </td><td>major MIME type
505 </td></tr><tr><td>%M </td><td>MIME subtype
506 </td></tr><tr><td>%n </td><td>attachment number
507 </td></tr><tr><td>%Q </td><td>“<span class="quote">Q</span>”, if MIME part qualifies for attachment counting
508 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>size
509 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>tagged flag
510 </td></tr><tr><td>%T </td><td>graphic tree characters
511 </td></tr><tr><td>%u </td><td>unlink (=to delete) flag
512 </td></tr><tr><td>%X </td><td>number of qualifying MIME parts in this part and its children
513 (please see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#attachments" title="6. Attachment Searching and Counting">attachments</a></span>” section for possible speed effects)
514 </td></tr><tr><td>%>X </td><td>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
515 </td></tr><tr><td>%|X </td><td>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
516 </td></tr><tr><td>%*X </td><td>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
517 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
518 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
519 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-sep"></a>3.14. attach_sep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
520 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">\n</code></span>”</p></div><p>
521 The separator to add between attachments when operating (saving,
522 printing, piping, etc) on a list of tagged attachments.
523 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-split"></a>3.15. attach_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
524 Default: yes</p></div><p>
525 If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, when operating (saving, printing, piping,
526 etc) on a list of tagged attachments, Mutt will concatenate the
527 attachments and will operate on them as a single attachment. The
528 <a class="link" href="reference.html#attach-sep" title="3.14. attach_sep">$attach_sep</a> separator is added after each attachment. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
529 Mutt will operate on the attachments one by one.
530 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attribution"></a>3.16. attribution</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
531 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">On %d, %n wrote:</code></span>”</p></div><p>
532 This is the string that will precede a message which has been included
533 in a reply. For a full listing of defined <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences see
534 the section on <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>.
535 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="auto-tag"></a>3.17. auto_tag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
536 Default: no</p></div><p>
537 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, functions in the <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> menu which affect a message
538 will be applied to all tagged messages (if there are any). When
539 unset, you must first use the <code class="literal"><tag-prefix></code> function (bound to “<span class="quote">;</span>”
540 by default) to make the next function apply to all tagged messages.
541 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="autoedit"></a>3.18. autoedit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
542 Default: no</p></div><p>
543 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> along with <a class="link" href="reference.html#edit-headers" title="3.57. edit_headers">$edit_headers</a>, Mutt will skip the initial
544 send-menu (prompting for subject and recipients) and allow you to
545 immediately begin editing the body of your
546 message. The send-menu may still be accessed once you have finished
547 editing the body of your message.
549 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> when this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, you cannot use send-hooks that depend
550 on the recipients when composing a new (non-reply) message, as the initial
551 list of recipients is empty.
553 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#fast-reply" title="3.63. fast_reply">$fast_reply</a>.
554 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="beep"></a>3.19. beep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
555 Default: yes</p></div><p>
556 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will beep when an error occurs.
557 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="beep-new"></a>3.20. beep_new</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
558 Default: no</p></div><p>
559 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will beep whenever it prints a message
560 notifying you of new mail. This is independent of the setting of the
561 <a class="link" href="reference.html#beep" title="3.19. beep">$beep</a> variable.
562 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="bounce"></a>3.21. bounce</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
563 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
564 Controls whether you will be asked to confirm bouncing messages.
565 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span> you don't get asked if you want to bounce a
566 message. Setting this variable to <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span> is not generally useful,
567 and thus not recommended, because you are unable to bounce messages.
568 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="bounce-delivered"></a>3.22. bounce_delivered</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
569 Default: yes</p></div><p>
570 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will include Delivered-To headers when
571 bouncing messages. Postfix users may wish to <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> this variable.
572 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="braille-friendly"></a>3.23. braille_friendly</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
573 Default: no</p></div><p>
574 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will place the cursor at the beginning
575 of the current line in menus, even when the <a class="link" href="reference.html#arrow-cursor" title="3.7. arrow_cursor">$arrow_cursor</a> variable
576 is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, making it easier for blind persons using Braille displays to
577 follow these menus. The option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> by default because many
578 visual terminals don't permit making the cursor invisible.
579 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="certificate-file"></a>3.24. certificate_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
580 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.mutt_certificates</code></span>”</p></div><p>
581 This variable specifies the file where the certificates you trust
582 are saved. When an unknown certificate is encountered, you are asked
583 if you accept it or not. If you accept it, the certificate can also
584 be saved in this file and further connections are automatically
587 You can also manually add CA certificates in this file. Any server
588 certificate that is signed with one of these CA certificates is
589 also automatically accepted.
593 </p><pre class="screen">
594 set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates
595 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="charset"></a>3.25. charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
596 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
597 Character set your terminal uses to display and enter textual data.
598 It is also the fallback for <a class="link" href="reference.html#send-charset" title="3.229. send_charset">$send_charset</a>.
600 Upon startup Mutt tries to derive this value from environment variables
601 such as <code class="literal">$LC_CTYPE</code> or <code class="literal">$LANG</code>.
603 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> It should only be set in case Mutt isn't abled to determine the
604 character set used correctly.
605 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="check-mbox-size"></a>3.26. check_mbox_size</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
606 Default: no</p></div><p>
607 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use file size attribute instead of
608 access time when checking for new mail in mbox and mmdf folders.
610 This variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> by default and should only be enabled when
611 new mail detection for these folder types is unreliable or doesn't work.
613 Note that enabling this variable should happen before any “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">mailboxes</a></span>”
614 directives occur in configuration files regarding mbox or mmdf folders
615 because mutt needs to determine the initial new mail status of such a
616 mailbox by performing a fast mailbox scan when it is defined.
617 Afterwards the new mail status is tracked by file size changes.
618 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="check-new"></a>3.27. check_new</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
619 Default: yes</p></div><p>
620 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this option only affects <span class="emphasis"><em>maildir</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>MH</em></span> style
623 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will check for new mail delivered while the
624 mailbox is open. Especially with MH mailboxes, this operation can
625 take quite some time since it involves scanning the directory and
626 checking each file to see if it has already been looked at. If
627 this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no check for new mail is performed
628 while the mailbox is open.
629 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="collapse-unread"></a>3.28. collapse_unread</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
630 Default: yes</p></div><p>
631 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will not collapse a thread if it contains any
633 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="compose-format"></a>3.29. compose_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
634 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-- Mutt: Compose [Approx. msg size: %l Atts: %a]%>-</code></span>”</p></div><p>
635 Controls the format of the status line displayed in the “<span class="quote">compose</span>”
636 menu. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.282. status_format">$status_format</a>, but has its own
637 set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
639 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%a </td><td>total number of attachments
640 </td></tr><tr><td>%h </td><td>local hostname
641 </td></tr><tr><td>%l </td><td>approximate size (in bytes) of the current message
642 </td></tr><tr><td>%v </td><td>Mutt version string
643 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
644 See the text describing the <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.282. status_format">$status_format</a> option for more
645 information on how to set <a class="link" href="reference.html#compose-format" title="3.29. compose_format">$compose_format</a>.
646 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="config-charset"></a>3.30. config_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
647 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
648 When defined, Mutt will recode commands in rc files from this
649 encoding to the current character set as specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a>
650 and aliases written to <a class="link" href="reference.html#alias-file" title="3.3. alias_file">$alias_file</a> from the current character set.
652 Please note that if setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> it must be done before
653 setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#config-charset" title="3.30. config_charset">$config_charset</a>.
655 Recoding should be avoided as it may render unconvertable
656 characters as question marks which can lead to undesired
657 side effects (for example in regular expressions).
658 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="confirmappend"></a>3.31. confirmappend</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
659 Default: yes</p></div><p>
660 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt for confirmation when appending messages to
662 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="confirmcreate"></a>3.32. confirmcreate</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
663 Default: yes</p></div><p>
664 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt for confirmation when saving messages to a
665 mailbox which does not yet exist before creating it.
666 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="connect-timeout"></a>3.33. connect_timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
667 Default: 30</p></div><p>
668 Causes Mutt to timeout a network connection (for IMAP, POP or SMTP) after this
669 many seconds if the connection is not able to be established. A negative
670 value causes Mutt to wait indefinitely for the connection attempt to succeed.
671 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="content-type"></a>3.34. content_type</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
672 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">text/plain</code></span>”</p></div><p>
673 Sets the default Content-Type for the body of newly composed messages.
674 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="copy"></a>3.35. copy</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
675 Default: yes</p></div><p>
676 This variable controls whether or not copies of your outgoing messages
677 will be saved for later references. Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a>,
678 <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.223. save_name">$save_name</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.69. force_name">$force_name</a> and “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-hook" title="17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing">fcc-hook</a></span>”.
679 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autoencrypt"></a>3.36. crypt_autoencrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
680 Default: no</p></div><p>
681 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to PGP
682 encrypt outgoing messages. This is probably only useful in
683 connection to the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send-hook" title="19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients">send-hook</a></span>” command. It can be overridden
684 by use of the pgp menu, when encryption is not required or
685 signing is requested as well. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.252. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
686 then OpenSSL is used instead to create S/MIME messages and
687 settings can be overridden by use of the smime menu instead.
689 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autopgp"></a>3.37. crypt_autopgp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
690 Default: yes</p></div><p>
691 This variable controls whether or not mutt may automatically enable
692 PGP encryption/signing for messages. See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt" title="3.36. crypt_autoencrypt">$crypt_autoencrypt</a>,
693 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.40. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>,
694 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autosign" title="3.38. crypt_autosign">$crypt_autosign</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.41. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.252. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a>.
695 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autosign"></a>3.38. crypt_autosign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
696 Default: no</p></div><p>
697 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to
698 cryptographically sign outgoing messages. This can be overridden
699 by use of the pgp menu, when signing is not required or
700 encryption is requested as well. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.252. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
701 then OpenSSL is used instead to create S/MIME messages and settings can
702 be overridden by use of the smime menu instead of the pgp menu.
704 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autosmime"></a>3.39. crypt_autosmime</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
705 Default: yes</p></div><p>
706 This variable controls whether or not mutt may automatically enable
707 S/MIME encryption/signing for messages. See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt" title="3.36. crypt_autoencrypt">$crypt_autoencrypt</a>,
708 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.40. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>,
709 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autosign" title="3.38. crypt_autosign">$crypt_autosign</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.41. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.252. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a>.
710 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replyencrypt"></a>3.40. crypt_replyencrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
711 Default: yes</p></div><p>
712 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL encrypt replies to messages which are
715 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replysign"></a>3.41. crypt_replysign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
716 Default: no</p></div><p>
717 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL sign replies to messages which are
720 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this does not work on messages that are encrypted
721 <span class="emphasis"><em>and</em></span> signed!
723 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replysignencrypted"></a>3.42. crypt_replysignencrypted</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
724 Default: no</p></div><p>
725 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL sign replies to messages
726 which are encrypted. This makes sense in combination with
727 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.40. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>, because it allows you to sign all
728 messages which are automatically encrypted. This works around
729 the problem noted in <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.41. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a>, that mutt is not able
730 to find out whether an encrypted message is also signed.
732 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-timestamp"></a>3.43. crypt_timestamp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
733 Default: yes</p></div><p>
734 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will include a time stamp in the lines surrounding
735 PGP or S/MIME output, so spoofing such lines is more difficult.
736 If you are using colors to mark these lines, and rely on these,
737 you may <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> this setting.
739 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-use-gpgme"></a>3.44. crypt_use_gpgme</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
740 Default: no</p></div><p>
741 This variable controls the use of the GPGME-enabled crypto backends.
742 If it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> and Mutt was built with gpgme support, the gpgme code for
743 S/MIME and PGP will be used instead of the classic code. Note that
744 you need to set this option in .muttrc; it won't have any effect when
746 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-use-pka"></a>3.45. crypt_use_pka</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
747 Default: no</p></div><p>
748 Controls whether mutt uses PKA
749 (see http://www.g10code.de/docs/pka-intro.de.pdf) during signature
750 verification (only supported by the GPGME backend).
751 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-verify-sig"></a>3.46. crypt_verify_sig</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
752 Default: yes</p></div><p>
753 If <span class="emphasis"><em>“<span class="quote">yes</span>”</em></span>, always attempt to verify PGP or S/MIME signatures.
754 If <span class="emphasis"><em>“<span class="quote">ask-*</span>”</em></span>, ask whether or not to verify the signature.
755 If \Fi“<span class="quote">no</span>”, never attempt to verify cryptographic signatures.
757 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="date-format"></a>3.47. date_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
758 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">!%a, %b %d, %Y at %I:%M:%S%p %Z</code></span>”</p></div><p>
759 This variable controls the format of the date printed by the “<span class="quote">%d</span>”
760 sequence in <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>. This is passed to the <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>
761 function to process the date, see the man page for the proper syntax.
763 Unless the first character in the string is a bang (“<span class="quote">!</span>”), the month
764 and week day names are expanded according to the locale specified in
765 the variable <a class="link" href="reference.html#locale" title="3.117. locale">$locale</a>. If the first character in the string is a
766 bang, the bang is discarded, and the month and week day names in the
767 rest of the string are expanded in the <span class="emphasis"><em>C</em></span> locale (that is in US
769 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="default-hook"></a>3.48. default_hook</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
770 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜f %s !˜P | (˜P ˜C %s)</code></span>”</p></div><p>
771 This variable controls how “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#message-hook" title="20. Change Settings Before Formatting a Message">message-hook</a></span>”, “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#reply-hook">reply-hook</a></span>”, “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send-hook" title="19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients">send-hook</a></span>”,
772 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send2-hook">send2-hook</a></span>”, “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#save-hook" title="16. Specify Default Save Mailbox">save-hook</a></span>”, and “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-hook" title="17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing">fcc-hook</a></span>” will
773 be interpreted if they are specified with only a simple regexp,
774 instead of a matching pattern. The hooks are expanded when they are
775 declared, so a hook will be interpreted according to the value of this
776 variable at the time the hook is declared.
778 The default value matches
779 if the message is either from a user matching the regular expression
780 given, or if it is from you (if the from address matches
781 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>”) and is to or cc'ed to a user matching the given
783 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="delete"></a>3.49. delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
784 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
785 Controls whether or not messages are really deleted when closing or
786 synchronizing a mailbox. If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, messages marked for
787 deleting will automatically be purged without prompting. If set to
788 <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, messages marked for deletion will be kept in the mailbox.
789 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="delete-untag"></a>3.50. delete_untag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
790 Default: yes</p></div><p>
791 If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will untag messages when marking them
792 for deletion. This applies when you either explicitly delete a message,
793 or when you save it to another folder.
794 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="digest-collapse"></a>3.51. digest_collapse</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
795 Default: yes</p></div><p>
796 If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt's received-attachments menu will not show the subparts of
797 individual messages in a multipart/digest. To see these subparts, press “<span class="quote">v</span>” on that menu.
798 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="display-filter"></a>3.52. display_filter</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
799 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
800 When set, specifies a command used to filter messages. When a message
801 is viewed it is passed as standard input to <a class="link" href="reference.html#display-filter" title="3.52. display_filter">$display_filter</a>, and the
802 filtered message is read from the standard output.
803 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dotlock-program"></a>3.53. dotlock_program</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
804 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock</code></span>”</p></div><p>
805 Contains the path of the <code class="literal">mutt_dotlock(8)</code> binary to be used by
807 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dsn-notify"></a>3.54. dsn_notify</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
808 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
809 This variable sets the request for when notification is returned. The
810 string consists of a comma separated list (no spaces!) of one or more
811 of the following: <span class="emphasis"><em>never</em></span>, to never request notification,
812 <span class="emphasis"><em>failure</em></span>, to request notification on transmission failure,
813 <span class="emphasis"><em>delay</em></span>, to be notified of message delays, <span class="emphasis"><em>success</em></span>, to be
814 notified of successful transmission.
818 </p><pre class="screen">
819 set dsn_notify="failure,delay"
821 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> when using <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> for delivery, you should not enable
822 this unless you are either using Sendmail 8.8.x or greater or a MTA
823 providing a <code class="literal">sendmail(1)</code>-compatible interface supporting the <code class="literal">-N</code> option
824 for DSN. For SMTP delivery, DSN support is autodetected so that it
825 depends on the server whether DSN will be used or not.
826 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dsn-return"></a>3.55. dsn_return</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
827 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
828 This variable controls how much of your message is returned in DSN
829 messages. It may be set to either <span class="emphasis"><em>hdrs</em></span> to return just the
830 message header, or <span class="emphasis"><em>full</em></span> to return the full message.
834 </p><pre class="screen">
837 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> when using <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> for delivery, you should not enable
838 this unless you are either using Sendmail 8.8.x or greater or a MTA
839 providing a <code class="literal">sendmail(1)</code>-compatible interface supporting the <code class="literal">-R</code> option
840 for DSN. For SMTP delivery, DSN support is autodetected so that it
841 depends on the server whether DSN will be used or not.
842 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="duplicate-threads"></a>3.56. duplicate_threads</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
843 Default: yes</p></div><p>
844 This variable controls whether mutt, when <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.263. sort">$sort</a> is set to <span class="emphasis"><em>threads</em></span>, threads
845 messages with the same Message-Id together. If it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, it will indicate
846 that it thinks they are duplicates of each other with an equals sign
848 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="edit-headers"></a>3.57. edit_headers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
849 Default: no</p></div><p>
850 This option allows you to edit the header of your outgoing messages
851 along with the body of your message.
853 <span class="bold"><strong>Note</strong></span> that changes made to the References: and Date: headers are
854 ignored for interoperability reasons.
855 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="editor"></a>3.58. editor</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
856 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
857 This variable specifies which editor is used by mutt.
858 It defaults to the value of the <code class="literal">$VISUAL</code>, or <code class="literal">$EDITOR</code>, environment
859 variable, or to the string “<span class="quote">vi</span>” if neither of those are set.
860 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="encode-from"></a>3.59. encode_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
861 Default: no</p></div><p>
862 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will quoted-printable encode messages when
863 they contain the string “<span class="quote">From </span>” (note the trailing space) in the beginning of a line.
864 This is useful to avoid the tampering certain mail delivery and transport
865 agents tend to do with messages (in order to prevent tools from
866 misinterpreting the line as a mbox message separator).
867 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="entropy-file"></a>3.60. entropy_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
868 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
869 The file which includes random data that is used to initialize SSL
871 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="envelope-from-address"></a>3.61. envelope_from_address</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: e-mail address<br />
872 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
873 Manually sets the <span class="emphasis"><em>envelope</em></span> sender for outgoing messages.
874 This value is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-envelope-from" title="3.298. use_envelope_from">$use_envelope_from</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
875 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="escape"></a>3.62. escape</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
876 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜</code></span>”</p></div><p>
877 Escape character to use for functions in the builtin editor.
878 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fast-reply"></a>3.63. fast_reply</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
879 Default: no</p></div><p>
880 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the initial prompt for recipients and subject are skipped
881 when replying to messages, and the initial prompt for subject is
882 skipped when forwarding messages.
884 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this variable has no effect when the <a class="link" href="reference.html#autoedit" title="3.18. autoedit">$autoedit</a>
885 variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
886 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fcc-attach"></a>3.64. fcc_attach</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
887 Default: yes</p></div><p>
888 This variable controls whether or not attachments on outgoing messages
889 are saved along with the main body of your message.
890 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fcc-clear"></a>3.65. fcc_clear</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
891 Default: no</p></div><p>
892 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, FCCs will be stored unencrypted and
893 unsigned, even when the actual message is encrypted and/or
896 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="folder"></a>3.66. folder</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
897 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/Mail</code></span>”</p></div><p>
898 Specifies the default location of your mailboxes. A “<span class="quote">+</span>” or “<span class="quote">=</span>” at the
899 beginning of a pathname will be expanded to the value of this
900 variable. Note that if you change this variable (from the default)
901 value you need to make sure that the assignment occurs <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span>
902 you use “<span class="quote">+</span>” or “<span class="quote">=</span>” for any other variables since expansion takes place
903 when handling the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">mailboxes</a></span>” command.
904 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="folder-format"></a>3.67. folder_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
905 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%2C %t %N %F %2l %-8.8u %-8.8g %8s %d %f</code></span>”</p></div><p>
906 This variable allows you to customize the file browser display to your
907 personal taste. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>, but has
908 its own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
910 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%C </td><td>current file number
911 </td></tr><tr><td>%d </td><td>date/time folder was last modified
912 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>filename (“<span class="quote">/</span>” is appended to directory names,
913 “<span class="quote">@</span>” to symbolic links and “<span class="quote">*</span>” to executable
915 </td></tr><tr><td>%F </td><td>file permissions
916 </td></tr><tr><td>%g </td><td>group name (or numeric gid, if missing)
917 </td></tr><tr><td>%l </td><td>number of hard links
918 </td></tr><tr><td>%N </td><td>N if folder has new mail, blank otherwise
919 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>size in bytes
920 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>“<span class="quote">*</span>” if the file is tagged, blank otherwise
921 </td></tr><tr><td>%u </td><td>owner name (or numeric uid, if missing)
922 </td></tr><tr><td>%>X </td><td>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
923 </td></tr><tr><td>%|X </td><td>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
924 </td></tr><tr><td>%*X </td><td>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
925 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
926 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
927 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="followup-to"></a>3.68. followup_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
928 Default: yes</p></div><p>
929 Controls whether or not the “<span class="quote">Mail-Followup-To:</span>” header field is
930 generated when sending mail. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will generate this
931 field when you are replying to a known mailing list, specified with
932 the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></span>” or “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#lists" title="12. Mailing Lists">lists</a></span>” commands.
934 This field has two purposes. First, preventing you from
935 receiving duplicate copies of replies to messages which you send
936 to mailing lists, and second, ensuring that you do get a reply
937 separately for any messages sent to known lists to which you are
940 The header will contain only the list's address
941 for subscribed lists, and both the list address and your own
942 email address for unsubscribed lists. Without this header, a
943 group reply to your message sent to a subscribed list will be
944 sent to both the list and your address, resulting in two copies
945 of the same email for you.
946 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="force-name"></a>3.69. force_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
947 Default: no</p></div><p>
948 This variable is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.223. save_name">$save_name</a>, except that Mutt will
949 store a copy of your outgoing message by the username of the address
950 you are sending to even if that mailbox does not exist.
952 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a> variable.
953 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-decode"></a>3.70. forward_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
954 Default: yes</p></div><p>
955 Controls the decoding of complex MIME messages into <code class="literal">text/plain</code> when
956 forwarding a message. The message header is also RFC2047 decoded.
957 This variable is only used, if <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.140. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
958 otherwise <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.141. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a> is used instead.
959 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-decrypt"></a>3.71. forward_decrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
960 Default: yes</p></div><p>
961 Controls the handling of encrypted messages when forwarding a message.
962 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the outer layer of encryption is stripped off. This
963 variable is only used if <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.140. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> and
964 <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.141. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
966 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-edit"></a>3.72. forward_edit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
967 Default: yes</p></div><p>
968 This quadoption controls whether or not the user is automatically
969 placed in the editor when forwarding messages. For those who always want
970 to forward with no modification, use a setting of “<span class="quote">no</span>”.
971 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-format"></a>3.73. forward_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
972 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">[%a: %s]</code></span>”</p></div><p>
973 This variable controls the default subject when forwarding a message.
974 It uses the same format sequences as the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> variable.
975 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-quote"></a>3.74. forward_quote</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
976 Default: no</p></div><p>
977 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, forwarded messages included in the main body of the
978 message (when <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.140. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>) will be quoted using
979 <a class="link" href="reference.html#indent-string" title="3.113. indent_string">$indent_string</a>.
980 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="from"></a>3.75. from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: e-mail address<br />
981 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
982 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this variable contains a default from address. It
983 can be overridden using “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">my_hdr</a></span>” (including from a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send-hook" title="19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients">send-hook</a></span>”) and
984 <a class="link" href="reference.html#reverse-name" title="3.217. reverse_name">$reverse_name</a>. This variable is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-from" title="3.299. use_from">$use_from</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
986 This setting defaults to the contents of the environment variable <code class="literal">$EMAIL</code>.
987 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="gecos-mask"></a>3.76. gecos_mask</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
988 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^[^,]*</code></span>”</p></div><p>
989 A regular expression used by mutt to parse the GECOS field of a password
990 entry when expanding the alias. The default value
991 will return the string up to the first “<span class="quote">,</span>” encountered.
992 If the GECOS field contains a string like “<span class="quote">lastname, firstname</span>” then you
993 should set it to “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">.*</code></span>”.
995 This can be useful if you see the following behavior: you address an e-mail
996 to user ID “<span class="quote">stevef</span>” whose full name is “<span class="quote">Steve Franklin</span>”. If mutt expands
997 “<span class="quote">stevef</span>” to “<span class="quote">"Franklin" stevef@foo.bar</span>” then you should set the <a class="link" href="reference.html#gecos-mask" title="3.76. gecos_mask">$gecos_mask</a> to
998 a regular expression that will match the whole name so mutt will expand
999 “<span class="quote">Franklin</span>” to “<span class="quote">Franklin, Steve</span>”.
1000 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hdrs"></a>3.77. hdrs</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1001 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1002 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the header fields normally added by the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">my_hdr</a></span>”
1003 command are not created. This variable <span class="emphasis"><em>must</em></span> be unset before
1004 composing a new message or replying in order to take effect. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
1005 the user defined header fields are added to every new message.
1006 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header"></a>3.78. header</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1007 Default: no</p></div><p>
1008 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this variable causes Mutt to include the header
1009 of the message you are replying to into the edit buffer.
1010 The <a class="link" href="reference.html#weed" title="3.305. weed">$weed</a> setting applies.
1011 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-cache"></a>3.79. header_cache</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1012 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1013 This variable points to the header cache database.
1014 If pointing to a directory Mutt will contain a header cache
1015 database file per folder, if pointing to a file that file will
1016 be a single global header cache. By default it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> so no header
1017 caching will be used.
1019 Header caching can greatly improve speed when opening POP, IMAP
1020 MH or Maildir folders, see “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#caching" title="7. Local Caching">caching</a></span>” for details.
1021 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-cache-compress"></a>3.80. header_cache_compress</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1022 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1023 When mutt is compiled with qdbm or tokyocabinet as header cache backend,
1024 this option determines whether the database will be compressed.
1025 Compression results in database files roughly being one fifth
1026 of the usual diskspace, but the uncompression can result in a
1027 slower opening of cached folder(s) which in general is still
1028 much faster than opening non header cached folders.
1029 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-cache-pagesize"></a>3.81. header_cache_pagesize</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1030 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">16384</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1031 When mutt is compiled with either gdbm or bdb4 as the header cache backend,
1032 this option changes the database page size. Too large or too small
1033 values can waste space, memory, or CPU time. The default should be more
1034 or less optimal for most use cases.
1035 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="help"></a>3.82. help</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1036 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1037 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, help lines describing the bindings for the major functions
1038 provided by each menu are displayed on the first line of the screen.
1040 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> The binding will not be displayed correctly if the
1041 function is bound to a sequence rather than a single keystroke. Also,
1042 the help line may not be updated if a binding is changed while Mutt is
1043 running. Since this variable is primarily aimed at new users, neither
1044 of these should present a major problem.
1045 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hidden-host"></a>3.83. hidden_host</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1046 Default: no</p></div><p>
1047 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will skip the host name part of <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.93. hostname">$hostname</a> variable
1048 when adding the domain part to addresses. This variable does not
1049 affect the generation of Message-IDs, and it will not lead to the
1050 cut-off of first-level domains.
1051 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-limited"></a>3.84. hide_limited</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1052 Default: no</p></div><p>
1053 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of messages that are hidden
1054 by limiting, in the thread tree.
1055 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-missing"></a>3.85. hide_missing</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1056 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1057 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of missing messages in the
1059 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-thread-subject"></a>3.86. hide_thread_subject</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1060 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1061 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the subject of messages in the thread
1062 tree that have the same subject as their parent or closest previously
1064 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-top-limited"></a>3.87. hide_top_limited</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1065 Default: no</p></div><p>
1066 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of messages that are hidden
1067 by limiting, at the top of threads in the thread tree. Note that when
1068 <a class="link" href="reference.html#hide-limited" title="3.84. hide_limited">$hide_limited</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this option will have no effect.
1069 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-top-missing"></a>3.88. hide_top_missing</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1070 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1071 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of missing messages at the
1072 top of threads in the thread tree. Note that when <a class="link" href="reference.html#hide-missing" title="3.85. hide_missing">$hide_missing</a> is
1073 <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this option will have no effect.
1074 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="history"></a>3.89. history</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1075 Default: 10</p></div><p>
1076 This variable controls the size (in number of strings remembered) of
1077 the string history buffer per category. The buffer is cleared each time the
1079 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="history-file"></a>3.90. history_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1080 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.mutthistory</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1081 The file in which Mutt will save its history.
1082 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="honor-disposition"></a>3.91. honor_disposition</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1083 Default: no</p></div><p>
1084 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will not display attachments with a
1085 disposition of “<span class="quote">attachment</span>” inline even if it could
1086 render the part to plain text. These MIME parts can only
1087 be viewed from the attachment menu.
1089 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will render all MIME parts it can
1090 properly transform to plain text.
1091 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="honor-followup-to"></a>3.92. honor_followup_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1092 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1093 This variable controls whether or not a Mail-Followup-To header is
1094 honored when group-replying to a message.
1095 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hostname"></a>3.93. hostname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1096 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1097 Specifies the fully-qualified hostname of the system mutt is running on
1098 containing the host's name and the DNS domain it belongs to. It is used
1099 as the domain part (after “<span class="quote">@</span>”) for local email addresses as well as
1102 Its value is determined at startup as follows: If the node's name
1103 as returned by the <code class="literal">uname(3)</code> function contains the hostname and the
1104 domain, these are used to construct <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.93. hostname">$hostname</a>. If there is no
1105 domain part returned, Mutt will look for a “<span class="quote">domain</span>” or “<span class="quote">search</span>”
1106 line in <code class="literal">/etc/resolv.conf</code> to determine the domain. Optionally, Mutt
1107 can be compiled with a fixed domain name in which case a detected
1110 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-domain" title="3.297. use_domain">$use_domain</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#hidden-host" title="3.83. hidden_host">$hidden_host</a>.
1111 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ignore-linear-white-space"></a>3.94. ignore_linear_white_space</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1112 Default: no</p></div><p>
1113 This option replaces linear-white-space between encoded-word
1114 and text to a single space to prevent the display of MIME-encoded
1115 “<span class="quote">Subject:</span>” field from being divided into multiple lines.
1116 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ignore-list-reply-to"></a>3.95. ignore_list_reply_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1117 Default: no</p></div><p>
1118 Affects the behaviour of the <code class="literal"><reply></code> function when replying to
1119 messages from mailing lists (as defined by the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></span>” or
1120 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#lists" title="12. Mailing Lists">lists</a></span>” commands). When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, if the “<span class="quote">Reply-To:</span>” field is
1121 set to the same value as the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” field, Mutt assumes that the
1122 “<span class="quote">Reply-To:</span>” field was set by the mailing list to automate responses
1123 to the list, and will ignore this field. To direct a response to the
1124 mailing list when this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, use the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="gettingstarted.html#list-reply"><list-reply></a></code>
1125 function; <code class="literal"><group-reply></code> will reply to both the sender and the
1127 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-authenticators"></a>3.96. imap_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1128 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1129 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
1130 attempt to use to log in to an IMAP server, in the order mutt should
1131 try them. Authentication methods are either “<span class="quote">login</span>” or the right
1132 side of an IMAP “<span class="quote">AUTH=xxx</span>” capability string, eg “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>”
1133 or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”. This option is case-insensitive. If it's
1134 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> (the default) mutt will try all available methods,
1135 in order from most-secure to least-secure.
1139 </p><pre class="screen">
1140 set imap_authenticators="gssapi:cram-md5:login"
1142 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Mutt will only fall back to other authentication methods if
1143 the previous methods are unavailable. If a method is available but
1144 authentication fails, mutt will not connect to the IMAP server.
1145 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-check-subscribed"></a>3.97. imap_check_subscribed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1146 Default: no</p></div><p>
1147 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will fetch the set of subscribed folders from
1148 your server on connection, and add them to the set of mailboxes
1149 it polls for new mail just as if you had issued individual “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">mailboxes</a></span>”
1151 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-delim-chars"></a>3.98. imap_delim_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1152 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/.</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1153 This contains the list of characters which you would like to treat
1154 as folder separators for displaying IMAP paths. In particular it
1155 helps in using the “<span class="quote">=</span>” shortcut for your <span class="emphasis"><em>folder</em></span> variable.
1156 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-headers"></a>3.99. imap_headers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1157 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1158 Mutt requests these header fields in addition to the default headers
1159 (“<span class="quote">Date:</span>”, “<span class="quote">From:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Subject:</span>”, “<span class="quote">To:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Cc:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Message-Id:</span>”,
1160 “<span class="quote">References:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Content-Type:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Content-Description:</span>”, “<span class="quote">In-Reply-To:</span>”,
1161 “<span class="quote">Reply-To:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Lines:</span>”, “<span class="quote">List-Post:</span>”, “<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>”) from IMAP
1162 servers before displaying the index menu. You may want to add more
1163 headers for spam detection.
1165 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> This is a space separated list, items should be uppercase
1166 and not contain the colon, e.g. “<span class="quote">X-BOGOSITY X-SPAM-STATUS</span>” for the
1167 “<span class="quote">X-Bogosity:</span>” and “<span class="quote">X-Spam-Status:</span>” header fields.
1168 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-idle"></a>3.100. imap_idle</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1169 Default: no</p></div><p>
1170 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will attempt to use the IMAP IDLE extension
1171 to check for new mail in the current mailbox. Some servers
1172 (dovecot was the inspiration for this option) react badly
1173 to mutt's implementation. If your connection seems to freeze
1174 up periodically, try unsetting this.
1175 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-keepalive"></a>3.101. imap_keepalive</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1176 Default: 900</p></div><p>
1177 This variable specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that mutt
1178 will wait before polling open IMAP connections, to prevent the server
1179 from closing them before mutt has finished with them. The default is
1180 well within the RFC-specified minimum amount of time (30 minutes) before
1181 a server is allowed to do this, but in practice the RFC does get
1182 violated every now and then. Reduce this number if you find yourself
1183 getting disconnected from your IMAP server due to inactivity.
1184 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-list-subscribed"></a>3.102. imap_list_subscribed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1185 Default: no</p></div><p>
1186 This variable configures whether IMAP folder browsing will look for
1187 only subscribed folders or all folders. This can be toggled in the
1188 IMAP browser with the <code class="literal"><toggle-subscribed></code> function.
1189 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-login"></a>3.103. imap_login</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1190 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1191 Your login name on the IMAP server.
1193 This variable defaults to the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-user" title="3.109. imap_user">$imap_user</a>.
1194 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-pass"></a>3.104. imap_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1195 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1196 Specifies the password for your IMAP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
1197 prompt you for your password when you invoke the <code class="literal"><imap-fetch-mail></code> function
1198 or try to open an IMAP folder.
1200 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
1201 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc even
1202 if you are the only one who can read the file.
1203 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-passive"></a>3.105. imap_passive</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1204 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1205 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not open new IMAP connections to check for new
1206 mail. Mutt will only check for new mail over existing IMAP
1207 connections. This is useful if you don't want to be prompted to
1208 user/password pairs on mutt invocation, or if opening the connection
1210 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-peek"></a>3.106. imap_peek</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1211 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1212 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will avoid implicitly marking your mail as read whenever
1213 you fetch a message from the server. This is generally a good thing,
1214 but can make closing an IMAP folder somewhat slower. This option
1215 exists to appease speed freaks.
1216 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-pipeline-depth"></a>3.107. imap_pipeline_depth</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1217 Default: 15</p></div><p>
1218 Controls the number of IMAP commands that may be queued up before they
1219 are sent to the server. A deeper pipeline reduces the amount of time
1220 mutt must wait for the server, and can make IMAP servers feel much
1221 more responsive. But not all servers correctly handle pipelined commands,
1222 so if you have problems you might want to try setting this variable to 0.
1224 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Changes to this variable have no effect on open connections.
1225 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-servernoise"></a>3.108. imap_servernoise</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1226 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1227 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will display warning messages from the IMAP
1228 server as error messages. Since these messages are often
1229 harmless, or generated due to configuration problems on the
1230 server which are out of the users' hands, you may wish to suppress
1232 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-user"></a>3.109. imap_user</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1233 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1234 The name of the user whose mail you intend to access on the IMAP
1237 This variable defaults to your user name on the local machine.
1238 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="implicit-autoview"></a>3.110. implicit_autoview</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1239 Default: no</p></div><p>
1240 If set to “<span class="quote">yes</span>”, mutt will look for a mailcap entry with the
1241 “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">copiousoutput</code></span>” flag set for <span class="emphasis"><em>every</em></span> MIME attachment it doesn't have
1242 an internal viewer defined for. If such an entry is found, mutt will
1243 use the viewer defined in that entry to convert the body part to text
1245 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="include"></a>3.111. include</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1246 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1247 Controls whether or not a copy of the message(s) you are replying to
1248 is included in your reply.
1249 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="include-onlyfirst"></a>3.112. include_onlyfirst</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1250 Default: no</p></div><p>
1251 Controls whether or not Mutt includes only the first attachment
1252 of the message you are replying.
1253 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="indent-string"></a>3.113. indent_string</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1254 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">> </code></span>”</p></div><p>
1255 Specifies the string to prepend to each line of text quoted in a
1256 message to which you are replying. You are strongly encouraged not to
1257 change this value, as it tends to agitate the more fanatical netizens.
1259 The value of this option is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#text-flowed" title="3.286. text_flowed">$text_flowed</a> is set, too because
1260 the quoting mechanism is strictly defined for format=flowed.
1262 This option is a format string, please see the description of
1263 <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> for supported <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences.
1264 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="index-format"></a>3.114. index_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1265 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1266 This variable allows you to customize the message index display to
1267 your personal taste.
1269 “<span class="quote">Format strings</span>” are similar to the strings used in the C
1270 function <code class="literal">printf(3)</code> to format output (see the man page for more details).
1271 The following sequences are defined in Mutt:
1273 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%a </td><td>address of the author
1274 </td></tr><tr><td>%A </td><td>reply-to address (if present; otherwise: address of author)
1275 </td></tr><tr><td>%b </td><td>filename of the original message folder (think mailbox)
1276 </td></tr><tr><td>%B </td><td>the list to which the letter was sent, or else the folder name (%b).
1277 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>number of characters (bytes) in the message
1278 </td></tr><tr><td>%C </td><td>current message number
1279 </td></tr><tr><td>%d </td><td>date and time of the message in the format specified by
1280 <a class="link" href="reference.html#date-format" title="3.47. date_format">$date_format</a> converted to sender's time zone
1281 </td></tr><tr><td>%D </td><td>date and time of the message in the format specified by
1282 <a class="link" href="reference.html#date-format" title="3.47. date_format">$date_format</a> converted to the local time zone
1283 </td></tr><tr><td>%e </td><td>current message number in thread
1284 </td></tr><tr><td>%E </td><td>number of messages in current thread
1285 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>sender (address + real name), either From: or Return-Path:
1286 </td></tr><tr><td>%F </td><td>author name, or recipient name if the message is from you
1287 </td></tr><tr><td>%H </td><td>spam attribute(s) of this message
1288 </td></tr><tr><td>%i </td><td>message-id of the current message
1289 </td></tr><tr><td>%l </td><td>number of lines in the message (does not work with maildir,
1290 mh, and possibly IMAP folders)
1291 </td></tr><tr><td>%L </td><td>If an address in the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” or “<span class="quote">Cc:</span>” header field matches an address
1292 defined by the users “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></span>” command, this displays
1293 "To <list-name>", otherwise the same as %F.
1294 </td></tr><tr><td>%m </td><td>total number of message in the mailbox
1295 </td></tr><tr><td>%M </td><td>number of hidden messages if the thread is collapsed.
1296 </td></tr><tr><td>%N </td><td>message score
1297 </td></tr><tr><td>%n </td><td>author's real name (or address if missing)
1298 </td></tr><tr><td>%O </td><td>original save folder where mutt would formerly have
1299 stashed the message: list name or recipient name
1300 if not sent to a list
1301 </td></tr><tr><td>%P </td><td>progress indicator for the builtin pager (how much of the file has been displayed)
1302 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>subject of the message
1303 </td></tr><tr><td>%S </td><td>status of the message (“<span class="quote">N</span>”/“<span class="quote">D</span>”/“<span class="quote">d</span>”/“<span class="quote">!</span>”/“<span class="quote">r</span>”/*)
1304 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>“<span class="quote">To:</span>” field (recipients)
1305 </td></tr><tr><td>%T </td><td>the appropriate character from the <a class="link" href="reference.html#to-chars" title="3.293. to_chars">$to_chars</a> string
1306 </td></tr><tr><td>%u </td><td>user (login) name of the author
1307 </td></tr><tr><td>%v </td><td>first name of the author, or the recipient if the message is from you
1308 </td></tr><tr><td>%X </td><td>number of attachments
1309 (please see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#attachments" title="6. Attachment Searching and Counting">attachments</a></span>” section for possible speed effects)
1310 </td></tr><tr><td>%y </td><td>“<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>” field, if present
1311 </td></tr><tr><td>%Y </td><td>“<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>” field, if present, and <span class="emphasis"><em>(1)</em></span> not at part of a thread tree,
1312 <span class="emphasis"><em>(2)</em></span> at the top of a thread, or <span class="emphasis"><em>(3)</em></span> “<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>” is different from
1313 preceding message's “<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>”.
1314 </td></tr><tr><td>%Z </td><td>message status flags
1315 </td></tr><tr><td>%{fmt} </td><td>the date and time of the message is converted to sender's
1316 time zone, and “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function
1317 <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales
1318 </td></tr><tr><td>%[fmt] </td><td>the date and time of the message is converted to the local
1319 time zone, and “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function
1320 <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales
1321 </td></tr><tr><td>%(fmt) </td><td>the local date and time when the message was received.
1322 “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>;
1323 a leading bang disables locales
1324 </td></tr><tr><td>%<fmt> </td><td>the current local time. “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library
1325 function <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales.
1326 </td></tr><tr><td>%>X </td><td>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
1327 </td></tr><tr><td>%|X </td><td>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
1328 </td></tr><tr><td>%*X </td><td>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
1329 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
1330 “<span class="quote">Soft-fill</span>” deserves some explanation: Normal right-justification
1331 will print everything to the left of the “<span class="quote">%></span>”, displaying padding and
1332 whatever lies to the right only if there's room. By contrast,
1333 soft-fill gives priority to the right-hand side, guaranteeing space
1334 to display it and showing padding only if there's still room. If
1335 necessary, soft-fill will eat text leftwards to make room for
1338 Note that these expandos are supported in
1339 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#save-hook" title="16. Specify Default Save Mailbox">save-hook</a></span>”, “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-hook" title="17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing">fcc-hook</a></span>” and “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-save-hook" title="18. Specify Default Save Filename and Default Fcc: Mailbox at Once">fcc-save-hook</a></span>”, too.
1340 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ispell"></a>3.115. ispell</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1341 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">ispell</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1342 How to invoke ispell (GNU's spell-checking software).
1343 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="keep-flagged"></a>3.116. keep_flagged</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1344 Default: no</p></div><p>
1345 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, read messages marked as flagged will not be moved
1346 from your spool mailbox to your <a class="link" href="reference.html#mbox" title="3.126. mbox">$mbox</a> mailbox, or as a result of
1347 a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mbox-hook" title="13. Using Multiple Spool Mailboxes">mbox-hook</a></span>” command.
1348 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="locale"></a>3.117. locale</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1349 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">C</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1350 The locale used by <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code> to format dates. Legal values are
1351 the strings your system accepts for the locale environment variable <code class="literal">$LC_TIME</code>.
1352 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mail-check"></a>3.118. mail_check</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1353 Default: 5</p></div><p>
1354 This variable configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look for
1355 new mail. Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#timeout" title="3.291. timeout">$timeout</a> variable.
1356 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mailcap-path"></a>3.119. mailcap_path</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1357 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1358 This variable specifies which files to consult when attempting to
1359 display MIME bodies not directly supported by Mutt.
1360 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mailcap-sanitize"></a>3.120. mailcap_sanitize</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1361 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1362 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will restrict possible characters in mailcap % expandos
1363 to a well-defined set of safe characters. This is the safe setting,
1364 but we are not sure it doesn't break some more advanced MIME stuff.
1366 <span class="bold"><strong>DON'T CHANGE THIS SETTING UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY SURE WHAT YOU ARE
1367 DOING!</strong></span>
1368 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="maildir-header-cache-verify"></a>3.121. maildir_header_cache_verify</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1369 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1370 Check for Maildir unaware programs other than mutt having modified maildir
1371 files when the header cache is in use. This incurs one <code class="literal">stat(2)</code> per
1372 message every time the folder is opened (which can be very slow for NFS
1374 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="maildir-trash"></a>3.122. maildir_trash</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1375 Default: no</p></div><p>
1376 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, messages marked as deleted will be saved with the maildir
1377 trashed flag instead of unlinked. <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this only applies
1378 to maildir-style mailboxes. Setting it will have no effect on other
1380 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mark-old"></a>3.123. mark_old</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1381 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1382 Controls whether or not mutt marks <span class="emphasis"><em>new</em></span> <span class="bold"><strong>unread</strong></span>
1383 messages as <span class="emphasis"><em>old</em></span> if you exit a mailbox without reading them.
1384 With this option <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the next time you start mutt, the messages
1385 will show up with an “<span class="quote">O</span>” next to them in the index menu,
1386 indicating that they are old.
1387 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="markers"></a>3.124. markers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1388 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1389 Controls the display of wrapped lines in the internal pager. If set, a
1390 “<span class="quote">+</span>” marker is displayed at the beginning of wrapped lines.
1392 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smart-wrap" title="3.238. smart_wrap">$smart_wrap</a> variable.
1393 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mask"></a>3.125. mask</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
1394 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">!^\.[^.]</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1395 A regular expression used in the file browser, optionally preceded by
1396 the <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> operator “<span class="quote">!</span>”. Only files whose names match this mask
1397 will be shown. The match is always case-sensitive.
1398 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mbox"></a>3.126. mbox</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1399 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/mbox</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1400 This specifies the folder into which read mail in your <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.269. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a>
1401 folder will be appended.
1403 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#move" title="3.145. move">$move</a> variable.
1404 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mbox-type"></a>3.127. mbox_type</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: folder magic<br />
1405 Default: mbox</p></div><p>
1406 The default mailbox type used when creating new folders. May be any of
1407 “<span class="quote">mbox</span>”, “<span class="quote">MMDF</span>”, “<span class="quote">MH</span>” and “<span class="quote">Maildir</span>”. This is overriden by the
1408 <code class="literal">-m</code> command-line option.
1409 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-context"></a>3.128. menu_context</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1410 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1411 This variable controls the number of lines of context that are given
1412 when scrolling through menus. (Similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager-context" title="3.149. pager_context">$pager_context</a>.)
1413 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-move-off"></a>3.129. menu_move_off</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1414 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1415 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the bottom entry of menus will never scroll up past
1416 the bottom of the screen, unless there are less entries than lines.
1417 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the bottom entry may move off the bottom.
1418 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-scroll"></a>3.130. menu_scroll</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1419 Default: no</p></div><p>
1420 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, menus will be scrolled up or down one line when you
1421 attempt to move across a screen boundary. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the screen
1422 is cleared and the next or previous page of the menu is displayed
1423 (useful for slow links to avoid many redraws).
1424 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-cache-clean"></a>3.131. message_cache_clean</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1425 Default: no</p></div><p>
1426 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will clean out obsolete entries from the message cache when
1427 the mailbox is synchronized. You probably only want to set it
1428 every once in a while, since it can be a little slow
1429 (especially for large folders).
1430 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-cachedir"></a>3.132. message_cachedir</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1431 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1432 Set this to a directory and mutt will cache copies of messages from
1433 your IMAP and POP servers here. You are free to remove entries at any
1436 When setting this variable to a directory, mutt needs to fetch every
1437 remote message only once and can perform regular expression searches
1438 as fast as for local folders.
1440 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cache-clean" title="3.131. message_cache_clean">$message_cache_clean</a> variable.
1441 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-format"></a>3.133. message_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1442 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1443 This is the string displayed in the “<span class="quote">attachment</span>” menu for
1444 attachments of type <code class="literal">message/rfc822</code>. For a full listing of defined
1445 <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences see the section on <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>.
1446 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="meta-key"></a>3.134. meta_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1447 Default: no</p></div><p>
1448 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, forces Mutt to interpret keystrokes with the high bit (bit 8)
1449 set as if the user had pressed the Esc key and whatever key remains
1450 after having the high bit removed. For example, if the key pressed
1451 has an ASCII value of <code class="literal">0xf8</code>, then this is treated as if the user had
1452 pressed Esc then “<span class="quote">x</span>”. This is because the result of removing the
1453 high bit from <code class="literal">0xf8</code> is <code class="literal">0x78</code>, which is the ASCII character
1454 “<span class="quote">x</span>”.
1455 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="metoo"></a>3.135. metoo</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1456 Default: no</p></div><p>
1457 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will remove your address (see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>”
1458 command) from the list of recipients when replying to a message.
1459 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-purge"></a>3.136. mh_purge</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1460 Default: no</p></div><p>
1461 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will mimic mh's behaviour and rename deleted messages
1462 to <span class="emphasis"><em>,<old file name></em></span> in mh folders instead of really deleting
1463 them. This leaves the message on disk but makes programs reading the folder
1464 ignore it. If the variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message files will simply be
1467 This option is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#maildir-trash" title="3.122. maildir_trash">$maildir_trash</a> for Maildir folders.
1468 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-flagged"></a>3.137. mh_seq_flagged</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1469 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">flagged</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1470 The name of the MH sequence used for flagged messages.
1471 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-replied"></a>3.138. mh_seq_replied</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1472 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">replied</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1473 The name of the MH sequence used to tag replied messages.
1474 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-unseen"></a>3.139. mh_seq_unseen</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1475 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">unseen</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1476 The name of the MH sequence used for unseen messages.
1477 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward"></a>3.140. mime_forward</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1478 Default: no</p></div><p>
1479 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message you are forwarding will be attached as a
1480 separate <code class="literal">message/rfc822</code> MIME part instead of included in the main body of the
1481 message. This is useful for forwarding MIME messages so the receiver
1482 can properly view the message as it was delivered to you. If you like
1483 to switch between MIME and not MIME from mail to mail, set this
1484 variable to “<span class="quote">ask-no</span>” or “<span class="quote">ask-yes</span>”.
1486 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#forward-decode" title="3.70. forward_decode">$forward_decode</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.141. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a>.
1487 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward-decode"></a>3.141. mime_forward_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1488 Default: no</p></div><p>
1489 Controls the decoding of complex MIME messages into <code class="literal">text/plain</code> when
1490 forwarding a message while <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.140. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>. Otherwise
1491 <a class="link" href="reference.html#forward-decode" title="3.70. forward_decode">$forward_decode</a> is used instead.
1492 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward-rest"></a>3.142. mime_forward_rest</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1493 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1494 When forwarding multiple attachments of a MIME message from the attachment
1495 menu, attachments which cannot be decoded in a reasonable manner will
1496 be attached to the newly composed message if this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
1497 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mix-entry-format"></a>3.143. mix_entry_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1498 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %c %-16s %a</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1499 This variable describes the format of a remailer line on the mixmaster
1500 chain selection screen. The following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences are
1503 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%n </td><td>The running number on the menu.
1504 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>Remailer capabilities.
1505 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>The remailer's short name.
1506 </td></tr><tr><td>%a </td><td>The remailer's e-mail address.
1507 </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mixmaster"></a>3.144. mixmaster</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1508 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">mixmaster</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1509 This variable contains the path to the Mixmaster binary on your
1510 system. It is used with various sets of parameters to gather the
1511 list of known remailers, and to finally send a message through the
1513 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="move"></a>3.145. move</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1514 Default: no</p></div><p>
1515 Controls whether or not Mutt will move read messages
1516 from your spool mailbox to your <a class="link" href="reference.html#mbox" title="3.126. mbox">$mbox</a> mailbox, or as a result of
1517 a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mbox-hook" title="13. Using Multiple Spool Mailboxes">mbox-hook</a></span>” command.
1518 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="narrow-tree"></a>3.146. narrow_tree</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1519 Default: no</p></div><p>
1520 This variable, when <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, makes the thread tree narrower, allowing
1521 deeper threads to fit on the screen.
1522 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="net-inc"></a>3.147. net_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1523 Default: 10</p></div><p>
1524 Operations that expect to transfer a large amount of data over the
1525 network will update their progress every <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.147. net_inc">$net_inc</a> kilobytes.
1526 If set to 0, no progress messages will be displayed.
1528 See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.207. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.310. write_inc">$write_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.147. net_inc">$net_inc</a>.
1529 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager"></a>3.148. pager</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1530 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">builtin</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1531 This variable specifies which pager you would like to use to view
1532 messages. The value “<span class="quote">builtin</span>” means to use the builtin pager, otherwise this
1533 variable should specify the pathname of the external pager you would
1536 Using an external pager may have some disadvantages: Additional
1537 keystrokes are necessary because you can't call mutt functions
1538 directly from the pager, and screen resizes cause lines longer than
1539 the screen width to be badly formatted in the help menu.
1540 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-context"></a>3.149. pager_context</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1541 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1542 This variable controls the number of lines of context that are given
1543 when displaying the next or previous page in the internal pager. By
1544 default, Mutt will display the line after the last one on the screen
1545 at the top of the next page (0 lines of context).
1547 This variable also specifies the amount of context given for search
1548 results. If positive, this many lines will be given before a match,
1549 if 0, the match will be top-aligned.
1550 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-format"></a>3.150. pager_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1551 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-%Z- %C/%m: %-20.20n %s%* -- (%P)</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1552 This variable controls the format of the one-line message “<span class="quote">status</span>”
1553 displayed before each message in either the internal or an external
1554 pager. The valid sequences are listed in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>
1556 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-index-lines"></a>3.151. pager_index_lines</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1557 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1558 Determines the number of lines of a mini-index which is shown when in
1559 the pager. The current message, unless near the top or bottom of the
1560 folder, will be roughly one third of the way down this mini-index,
1561 giving the reader the context of a few messages before and after the
1562 message. This is useful, for example, to determine how many messages
1563 remain to be read in the current thread. One of the lines is reserved
1564 for the status bar from the index, so a setting of 6
1565 will only show 5 lines of the actual index. A value of 0 results in
1566 no index being shown. If the number of messages in the current folder
1567 is less than <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager-index-lines" title="3.151. pager_index_lines">$pager_index_lines</a>, then the index will only use as
1568 many lines as it needs.
1569 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-stop"></a>3.152. pager_stop</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1570 Default: no</p></div><p>
1571 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the internal-pager will <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> move to the next message
1572 when you are at the end of a message and invoke the <code class="literal"><next-page></code>
1574 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-auto-decode"></a>3.153. pgp_auto_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1575 Default: no</p></div><p>
1576 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will automatically attempt to decrypt traditional PGP
1577 messages whenever the user performs an operation which ordinarily would
1578 result in the contents of the message being operated on. For example,
1579 if the user displays a pgp-traditional message which has not been manually
1580 checked with the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="gettingstarted.html#check-traditional-pgp"><check-traditional-pgp></a></code> function, mutt will automatically
1581 check the message for traditional pgp.
1582 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-autoinline"></a>3.154. pgp_autoinline</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1583 Default: no</p></div><p>
1584 This option controls whether Mutt generates old-style inline
1585 (traditional) PGP encrypted or signed messages under certain
1586 circumstances. This can be overridden by use of the pgp menu,
1587 when inline is not required.
1589 Note that Mutt might automatically use PGP/MIME for messages
1590 which consist of more than a single MIME part. Mutt can be
1591 configured to ask before sending PGP/MIME messages when inline
1592 (traditional) would not work.
1594 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto" title="3.170. pgp_mime_auto">$pgp_mime_auto</a> variable.
1596 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1597 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1599 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-check-exit"></a>3.155. pgp_check_exit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1600 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1601 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will check the exit code of the PGP subprocess when
1602 signing or encrypting. A non-zero exit code means that the
1605 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-clearsign-command"></a>3.156. pgp_clearsign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1606 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1607 This format is used to create an old-style “<span class="quote">clearsigned</span>” PGP
1608 message. Note that the use of this format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1609 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1611 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1612 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1614 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-decode-command"></a>3.157. pgp_decode_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1615 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1616 This format strings specifies a command which is used to decode
1617 application/pgp attachments.
1619 The PGP command formats have their own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
1621 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%p </td><td>Expands to PGPPASSFD=0 when a pass phrase is needed, to an empty
1622 string otherwise. Note: This may be used with a %? construct.
1623 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>Expands to the name of a file containing a message.
1624 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>Expands to the name of a file containing the signature part
1625 of a <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> attachment when verifying it.
1626 </td></tr><tr><td>%a </td><td>The value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-sign-as" title="3.174. pgp_sign_as">$pgp_sign_as</a>.
1627 </td></tr><tr><td>%r </td><td>One or more key IDs.
1628 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
1629 For examples on how to configure these formats for the various versions
1630 of PGP which are floating around, see the pgp and gpg sample configuration files in
1631 the <code class="literal">samples/</code> subdirectory which has been installed on your system
1632 alongside the documentation.
1634 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-decrypt-command"></a>3.158. pgp_decrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1635 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1636 This command is used to decrypt a PGP encrypted message.
1638 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1639 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1641 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-encrypt-only-command"></a>3.159. pgp_encrypt_only_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1642 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1643 This command is used to encrypt a body part without signing it.
1645 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1646 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1648 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-encrypt-sign-command"></a>3.160. pgp_encrypt_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1649 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1650 This command is used to both sign and encrypt a body part.
1652 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1653 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1655 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-entry-format"></a>3.161. pgp_entry_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1656 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %t%f %4l/0x%k %-4a %2c %u</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1657 This variable allows you to customize the PGP key selection menu to
1658 your personal taste. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>, but
1659 has its own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
1661 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%n </td><td>number
1662 </td></tr><tr><td>%k </td><td>key id
1663 </td></tr><tr><td>%u </td><td>user id
1664 </td></tr><tr><td>%a </td><td>algorithm
1665 </td></tr><tr><td>%l </td><td>key length
1666 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>flags
1667 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>capabilities
1668 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>trust/validity of the key-uid association
1669 </td></tr><tr><td>%[<s>] </td><td>date of the key where <s> is an <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code> expression
1670 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
1672 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-export-command"></a>3.162. pgp_export_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1673 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1674 This command is used to export a public key from the user's
1677 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1678 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1680 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-getkeys-command"></a>3.163. pgp_getkeys_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1681 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1682 This command is invoked whenever mutt will need public key information.
1683 Of the sequences supported by <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a>, %r is the only
1684 <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequence used with this format.
1686 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-good-sign"></a>3.164. pgp_good_sign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
1687 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1688 If you assign a text to this variable, then a PGP signature is only
1689 considered verified if the output from <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-verify-command" title="3.180. pgp_verify_command">$pgp_verify_command</a> contains
1690 the text. Use this variable if the exit code from the command is 0
1691 even for bad signatures.
1693 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-ignore-subkeys"></a>3.165. pgp_ignore_subkeys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1694 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1695 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to ignore OpenPGP subkeys. Instead,
1696 the principal key will inherit the subkeys' capabilities. <span class="emphasis"><em>Unset</em></span> this
1697 if you want to play interesting key selection games.
1699 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-import-command"></a>3.166. pgp_import_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1700 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1701 This command is used to import a key from a message into
1702 the user's public key ring.
1704 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1705 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1707 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-list-pubring-command"></a>3.167. pgp_list_pubring_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1708 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1709 This command is used to list the public key ring's contents. The
1710 output format must be analogous to the one used by
1712 </p><pre class="screen">
1713 gpg --list-keys --with-colons.
1715 This format is also generated by the <code class="literal">pgpring</code> utility which comes
1718 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1719 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1721 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-list-secring-command"></a>3.168. pgp_list_secring_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1722 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1723 This command is used to list the secret key ring's contents. The
1724 output format must be analogous to the one used by:
1726 </p><pre class="screen">
1727 gpg --list-keys --with-colons.
1729 This format is also generated by the <code class="literal">pgpring</code> utility which comes
1732 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1733 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1735 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-long-ids"></a>3.169. pgp_long_ids</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1736 Default: no</p></div><p>
1737 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, use 64 bit PGP key IDs, if <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> use the normal 32 bit key IDs.
1739 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-mime-auto"></a>3.170. pgp_mime_auto</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1740 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1741 This option controls whether Mutt will prompt you for
1742 automatically sending a (signed/encrypted) message using
1743 PGP/MIME when inline (traditional) fails (for any reason).
1745 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1746 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1748 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-replyinline"></a>3.171. pgp_replyinline</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1749 Default: no</p></div><p>
1750 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to
1751 create an inline (traditional) message when replying to a
1752 message which is PGP encrypted/signed inline. This can be
1753 overridden by use of the pgp menu, when inline is not
1754 required. This option does not automatically detect if the
1755 (replied-to) message is inline; instead it relies on Mutt
1756 internals for previously checked/flagged messages.
1758 Note that Mutt might automatically use PGP/MIME for messages
1759 which consist of more than a single MIME part. Mutt can be
1760 configured to ask before sending PGP/MIME messages when inline
1761 (traditional) would not work.
1763 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto" title="3.170. pgp_mime_auto">$pgp_mime_auto</a> variable.
1765 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1766 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1768 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-retainable-sigs"></a>3.172. pgp_retainable_sigs</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1769 Default: no</p></div><p>
1770 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, signed and encrypted messages will consist of nested
1771 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> and <code class="literal">multipart/encrypted</code> body parts.
1773 This is useful for applications like encrypted and signed mailing
1774 lists, where the outer layer (<code class="literal">multipart/encrypted</code>) can be easily
1775 removed, while the inner <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> part is retained.
1777 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-show-unusable"></a>3.173. pgp_show_unusable</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1778 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1779 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will display non-usable keys on the PGP key selection
1780 menu. This includes keys which have been revoked, have expired, or
1781 have been marked as “<span class="quote">disabled</span>” by the user.
1783 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sign-as"></a>3.174. pgp_sign_as</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1784 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1785 If you have more than one key pair, this option allows you to specify
1786 which of your private keys to use. It is recommended that you use the
1787 keyid form to specify your key (e.g. <code class="literal">0x00112233</code>).
1789 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sign-command"></a>3.175. pgp_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1790 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1791 This command is used to create the detached PGP signature for a
1792 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> PGP/MIME body part.
1794 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1795 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1797 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sort-keys"></a>3.176. pgp_sort_keys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
1798 Default: address</p></div><p>
1799 Specifies how the entries in the pgp menu are sorted. The
1800 following are legal values:
1802 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>address </td><td>sort alphabetically by user id
1803 </td></tr><tr><td>keyid </td><td>sort alphabetically by key id
1804 </td></tr><tr><td>date </td><td>sort by key creation date
1805 </td></tr><tr><td>trust </td><td>sort by the trust of the key
1806 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
1807 If you prefer reverse order of the above values, prefix it with
1808 “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>”.
1810 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-strict-enc"></a>3.177. pgp_strict_enc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1811 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1812 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will automatically encode PGP/MIME signed messages as
1813 quoted-printable. Please note that unsetting this variable may
1814 lead to problems with non-verifyable PGP signatures, so only change
1815 this if you know what you are doing.
1817 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-timeout"></a>3.178. pgp_timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1818 Default: 300</p></div><p>
1819 The number of seconds after which a cached passphrase will expire if
1822 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-use-gpg-agent"></a>3.179. pgp_use_gpg_agent</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1823 Default: no</p></div><p>
1824 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use a possibly-running <code class="literal">gpg-agent(1)</code> process.
1826 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-verify-command"></a>3.180. pgp_verify_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1827 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1828 This command is used to verify PGP signatures.
1830 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1831 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1833 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-verify-key-command"></a>3.181. pgp_verify_key_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1834 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1835 This command is used to verify key information from the key selection
1838 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.157. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1839 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1841 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-decode"></a>3.182. pipe_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1842 Default: no</p></div><p>
1843 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code> command. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
1844 Mutt will pipe the messages without any preprocessing. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt
1845 will weed headers and will attempt to decode the messages
1847 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-sep"></a>3.183. pipe_sep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1848 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">\n</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1849 The separator to add between messages when piping a list of tagged
1850 messages to an external Unix command.
1851 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-split"></a>3.184. pipe_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1852 Default: no</p></div><p>
1853 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code> function following
1854 <code class="literal"><tag-prefix></code>. If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, when piping a list of
1855 tagged messages Mutt will concatenate the messages and will pipe them
1856 all concatenated. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will pipe the messages one by one.
1857 In both cases the messages are piped in the current sorted order,
1858 and the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pipe-sep" title="3.183. pipe_sep">$pipe_sep</a> separator is added after each message.
1859 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-auth-try-all"></a>3.185. pop_auth_try_all</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1860 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1861 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will try all available authentication methods.
1862 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will only fall back to other authentication
1863 methods if the previous methods are unavailable. If a method is
1864 available but authentication fails, Mutt will not connect to the POP server.
1865 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-authenticators"></a>3.186. pop_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1866 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1867 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
1868 attempt to use to log in to an POP server, in the order mutt should
1869 try them. Authentication methods are either “<span class="quote">user</span>”, “<span class="quote">apop</span>” or any
1870 SASL mechanism, eg “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>” or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”.
1871 This option is case-insensitive. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>
1872 (the default) mutt will try all available methods, in order from
1873 most-secure to least-secure.
1877 </p><pre class="screen">
1878 set pop_authenticators="digest-md5:apop:user"
1879 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-checkinterval"></a>3.187. pop_checkinterval</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1880 Default: 60</p></div><p>
1881 This variable configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look for
1882 new mail in the currently selected mailbox if it is a POP mailbox.
1883 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-delete"></a>3.188. pop_delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1884 Default: ask-no</p></div><p>
1885 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will delete successfully downloaded messages from the POP
1886 server when using the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#fetch-mail"><fetch-mail></a></code> function. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
1887 download messages but also leave them on the POP server.
1888 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-host"></a>3.189. pop_host</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1889 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1890 The name of your POP server for the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#fetch-mail"><fetch-mail></a></code> function. You
1891 can also specify an alternative port, username and password, ie:
1893 </p><pre class="screen">
1894 [pop[s]://][username[:password]@]popserver[:port]
1896 where “<span class="quote">[...]</span>” denotes an optional part.
1897 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-last"></a>3.190. pop_last</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1898 Default: no</p></div><p>
1899 If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will try to use the “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">LAST</code></span>” POP command
1900 for retrieving only unread messages from the POP server when using
1901 the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#fetch-mail"><fetch-mail></a></code> function.
1902 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-pass"></a>3.191. pop_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1903 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1904 Specifies the password for your POP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
1905 prompt you for your password when you open a POP mailbox.
1907 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
1908 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc
1909 even if you are the only one who can read the file.
1910 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-reconnect"></a>3.192. pop_reconnect</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1911 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1912 Controls whether or not Mutt will try to reconnect to the POP server if
1913 the connection is lost.
1914 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-user"></a>3.193. pop_user</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1915 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1916 Your login name on the POP server.
1918 This variable defaults to your user name on the local machine.
1919 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="post-indent-string"></a>3.194. post_indent_string</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1920 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1921 Similar to the <a class="link" href="reference.html#attribution" title="3.16. attribution">$attribution</a> variable, Mutt will append this
1922 string after the inclusion of a message which is being replied to.
1923 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="postpone"></a>3.195. postpone</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1924 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1925 Controls whether or not messages are saved in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#postponed" title="3.196. postponed">$postponed</a>
1926 mailbox when you elect not to send immediately.
1928 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#recall" title="3.210. recall">$recall</a> variable.
1929 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="postponed"></a>3.196. postponed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1930 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/postponed</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1931 Mutt allows you to indefinitely “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="reference.html#postpone" title="3.195. postpone">postpone</a> sending a message</span>” which
1932 you are editing. When you choose to postpone a message, Mutt saves it
1933 in the mailbox specified by this variable.
1935 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#postpone" title="3.195. postpone">$postpone</a> variable.
1936 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="preconnect"></a>3.197. preconnect</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1937 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1938 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a shell command to be executed if mutt fails to establish
1939 a connection to the server. This is useful for setting up secure
1940 connections, e.g. with <code class="literal">ssh(1)</code>. If the command returns a nonzero
1941 status, mutt gives up opening the server. Example:
1943 </p><pre class="screen">
1944 set preconnect="ssh -f -q -L 1234:mailhost.net:143 mailhost.net \
1945 sleep 20 < /dev/null > /dev/null"
1947 Mailbox “<span class="quote">foo</span>” on “<span class="quote">mailhost.net</span>” can now be reached
1948 as “<span class="quote">{localhost:1234}foo</span>”.
1950 Note: For this example to work, you must be able to log in to the
1951 remote machine without having to enter a password.
1952 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print"></a>3.198. print</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1953 Default: ask-no</p></div><p>
1954 Controls whether or not Mutt really prints messages.
1955 This is set to “<span class="quote">ask-no</span>” by default, because some people
1956 accidentally hit “<span class="quote">p</span>” often.
1957 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-command"></a>3.199. print_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1958 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">lpr</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1959 This specifies the command pipe that should be used to print messages.
1960 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-decode"></a>3.200. print_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1961 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1962 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><print-message></code> command. If this
1963 option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message is decoded before it is passed to the
1964 external command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.199. print_command">$print_command</a>. If this option
1965 is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no processing will be applied to the message when
1966 printing it. The latter setting may be useful if you are using
1967 some advanced printer filter which is able to properly format
1968 e-mail messages for printing.
1969 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-split"></a>3.201. print_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1970 Default: no</p></div><p>
1971 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><print-message></code> command. If this option
1972 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.199. print_command">$print_command</a> is executed once for
1973 each message which is to be printed. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
1974 the command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.199. print_command">$print_command</a> is executed only once, and
1975 all the messages are concatenated, with a form feed as the message
1978 Those who use the <code class="literal">enscript</code>(1) program's mail-printing mode will
1979 most likely want to <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> this option.
1980 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="prompt-after"></a>3.202. prompt_after</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1981 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1982 If you use an <span class="emphasis"><em>external</em></span> <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager" title="3.148. pager">$pager</a>, setting this variable will
1983 cause Mutt to prompt you for a command when the pager exits rather
1984 than returning to the index menu. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will return to the
1985 index menu when the external pager exits.
1986 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-command"></a>3.203. query_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1987 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1988 This specifies the command that mutt will use to make external address
1989 queries. The string should contain a “<span class="quote">%s</span>”, which will be substituted
1990 with the query string the user types. See “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#query" title="5. External Address Queries">query</a></span>” for more
1992 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-format"></a>3.204. query_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1993 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4c %t %-25.25a %-25.25n %?e?(%e)?</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1994 This variable describes the format of the “<span class="quote">query</span>” menu. The
1995 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are understood:
1997 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%a </td><td>destination address
1998 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>current entry number
1999 </td></tr><tr><td>%e </td><td>extra information *
2000 </td></tr><tr><td>%n </td><td>destination name
2001 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>“<span class="quote">*</span>” if current entry is tagged, a space otherwise
2002 </td></tr><tr><td>%>X </td><td>right justify the rest of the string and pad with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2003 </td></tr><tr><td>%|X </td><td>pad to the end of the line with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2004 </td></tr><tr><td>%*X </td><td>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
2005 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
2006 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
2008 * = can be optionally printed if nonzero, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.282. status_format">$status_format</a> documentation.
2009 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="quit"></a>3.205. quit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2010 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2011 This variable controls whether “<span class="quote">quit</span>” and “<span class="quote">exit</span>” actually quit
2012 from mutt. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, they do quit, if it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, they
2013 have no effect, and if it is set to <span class="emphasis"><em>ask-yes</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>ask-no</em></span>, you are
2014 prompted for confirmation when you try to quit.
2015 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="quote-regexp"></a>3.206. quote_regexp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2016 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2017 A regular expression used in the internal pager to determine quoted
2018 sections of text in the body of a message. Quoted text may be filtered
2019 out using the <code class="literal"><toggle-quoted></code> command, or colored according to the
2020 “<span class="quote">color quoted</span>” family of directives.
2022 Higher levels of quoting may be colored differently (“<span class="quote">color quoted1</span>”,
2023 “<span class="quote">color quoted2</span>”, etc.). The quoting level is determined by removing
2024 the last character from the matched text and recursively reapplying
2025 the regular expression until it fails to produce a match.
2027 Match detection may be overridden by the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smileys" title="3.239. smileys">$smileys</a> regular expression.
2028 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="read-inc"></a>3.207. read_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2029 Default: 10</p></div><p>
2030 If set to a value greater than 0, Mutt will display which message it
2031 is currently on when reading a mailbox or when performing search actions
2032 such as search and limit. The message is printed after
2033 this many messages have been read or searched (e.g., if set to 25, Mutt will
2034 print a message when it is at message 25, and then again when it gets
2035 to message 50). This variable is meant to indicate progress when
2036 reading or searching large mailboxes which may take some time.
2037 When set to 0, only a single message will appear before the reading
2040 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.310. write_inc">$write_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.147. net_inc">$net_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.290. time_inc">$time_inc</a> variables and the
2041 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 8. Performance Tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2042 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="read-only"></a>3.208. read_only</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2043 Default: no</p></div><p>
2044 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, all folders are opened in read-only mode.
2045 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="realname"></a>3.209. realname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2046 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2047 This variable specifies what “<span class="quote">real</span>” or “<span class="quote">personal</span>” name should be used
2048 when sending messages.
2050 By default, this is the GECOS field from <code class="literal">/etc/passwd</code>. Note that this
2051 variable will <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> be used when the user has set a real name
2052 in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#from" title="3.75. from">$from</a> variable.
2053 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="recall"></a>3.210. recall</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2054 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2055 Controls whether or not Mutt recalls postponed messages
2056 when composing a new message.
2058 <span class="emphasis"><em>Setting</em></span> this variable to is not generally useful, and thus not
2061 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#postponed" title="3.196. postponed">$postponed</a> variable.
2062 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="record"></a>3.211. record</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2063 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/sent</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2064 This specifies the file into which your outgoing messages should be
2065 appended. (This is meant as the primary method for saving a copy of
2066 your messages, but another way to do this is using the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">my_hdr</a></span>”
2067 command to create a “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” field with your email address in it.)
2069 The value of <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a></em></span> is overridden by the <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.69. force_name">$force_name</a> and
2070 <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.223. save_name">$save_name</a> variables, and the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#fcc-hook" title="17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing">fcc-hook</a></span>” command.
2071 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-regexp"></a>3.212. reply_regexp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2072 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^(re([\[0-9\]+])*|aw):[ \t]*</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2073 A regular expression used to recognize reply messages when threading
2074 and replying. The default value corresponds to the English "Re:" and
2076 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-self"></a>3.213. reply_self</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2077 Default: no</p></div><p>
2078 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> and you are replying to a message sent by you, Mutt will
2079 assume that you want to reply to the recipients of that message rather
2082 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>” command.
2083 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-to"></a>3.214. reply_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2084 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2085 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, when replying to a message, Mutt will use the address listed
2086 in the Reply-to: header as the recipient of the reply. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2087 it will use the address in the From: header field instead. This
2088 option is useful for reading a mailing list that sets the Reply-To:
2089 header field to the list address and you want to send a private
2090 message to the author of a message.
2091 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="resolve"></a>3.215. resolve</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2092 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2093 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the cursor will be automatically advanced to the next
2094 (possibly undeleted) message whenever a command that modifies the
2095 current message is executed.
2096 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-alias"></a>3.216. reverse_alias</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2097 Default: no</p></div><p>
2098 This variable controls whether or not Mutt will display the “<span class="quote">personal</span>”
2099 name from your aliases in the index menu if it finds an alias that
2100 matches the message's sender. For example, if you have the following
2103 </p><pre class="screen">
2104 alias juser abd30425@somewhere.net (Joe User)
2106 and then you receive mail which contains the following header:
2108 </p><pre class="screen">
2109 From: abd30425@somewhere.net
2111 It would be displayed in the index menu as “<span class="quote">Joe User</span>” instead of
2112 “<span class="quote">abd30425@somewhere.net.</span>” This is useful when the person's e-mail
2113 address is not human friendly.
2114 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-name"></a>3.217. reverse_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2115 Default: no</p></div><p>
2116 It may sometimes arrive that you receive mail to a certain machine,
2117 move the messages to another machine, and reply to some the messages
2118 from there. If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the default <span class="emphasis"><em>From:</em></span> line of
2119 the reply messages is built using the address where you received the
2120 messages you are replying to <span class="bold"><strong>if</strong></span> that address matches your
2121 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>”. If the variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, or the address that would be
2122 used doesn't match your “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>”, the <span class="emphasis"><em>From:</em></span> line will use
2123 your address on the current machine.
2125 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative Addresses">alternates</a></span>” command.
2126 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-realname"></a>3.218. reverse_realname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2127 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2128 This variable fine-tunes the behaviour of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#reverse-name" title="3.217. reverse_name">$reverse_name</a> feature.
2129 When it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use the address from incoming messages as-is,
2130 possibly including eventual real names. When it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will
2131 override any such real names with the setting of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#realname" title="3.209. realname">$realname</a> variable.
2132 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="rfc2047-parameters"></a>3.219. rfc2047_parameters</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2133 Default: no</p></div><p>
2134 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will decode RFC2047-encoded MIME
2135 parameters. You want to set this variable when mutt suggests you
2136 to save attachments to files named like:
2138 </p><pre class="screen">
2139 =?iso-8859-1?Q?file=5F=E4=5F991116=2Ezip?=
2141 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> interactively, the change won't be
2142 active until you change folders.
2144 Note that this use of RFC2047's encoding is explicitly
2145 prohibited by the standard, but nevertheless encountered in the
2148 Also note that setting this parameter will <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> have the effect
2149 that mutt <span class="emphasis"><em>generates</em></span> this kind of encoding. Instead, mutt will
2150 unconditionally use the encoding specified in RFC2231.
2151 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-address"></a>3.220. save_address</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2152 Default: no</p></div><p>
2153 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will take the sender's full address when choosing a
2154 default folder for saving a mail. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.223. save_name">$save_name</a> or <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.69. force_name">$force_name</a>
2155 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> too, the selection of the Fcc folder will be changed as well.
2156 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-empty"></a>3.221. save_empty</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2157 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2158 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mailboxes which contain no saved messages will be removed
2159 when closed (the exception is <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.269. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a> which is never removed).
2160 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mailboxes are never removed.
2162 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> This only applies to mbox and MMDF folders, Mutt does not
2163 delete MH and Maildir directories.
2164 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-history"></a>3.222. save_history</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2165 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2166 This variable controls the size of the history (per category) saved in the
2167 <a class="link" href="reference.html#history-file" title="3.90. history_file">$history_file</a> file.
2168 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-name"></a>3.223. save_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2169 Default: no</p></div><p>
2170 This variable controls how copies of outgoing messages are saved.
2171 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a check is made to see if a mailbox specified by the
2172 recipient address exists (this is done by searching for a mailbox in
2173 the <a class="link" href="reference.html#folder" title="3.66. folder">$folder</a> directory with the <span class="emphasis"><em>username</em></span> part of the
2174 recipient address). If the mailbox exists, the outgoing message will
2175 be saved to that mailbox, otherwise the message is saved to the
2176 <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a> mailbox.
2178 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.69. force_name">$force_name</a> variable.
2179 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score"></a>3.224. score</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2180 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2181 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, scoring is turned off. This can
2182 be useful to selectively disable scoring for certain folders when the
2183 <a class="link" href="reference.html#score-threshold-delete" title="3.225. score_threshold_delete">$score_threshold_delete</a> variable and related are used.
2184 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-delete"></a>3.225. score_threshold_delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2185 Default: -1</p></div><p>
2186 Messages which have been assigned a score equal to or lower than the value
2187 of this variable are automatically marked for deletion by mutt. Since
2188 mutt scores are always greater than or equal to zero, the default setting
2189 of this variable will never mark a message for deletion.
2190 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-flag"></a>3.226. score_threshold_flag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2191 Default: 9999</p></div><p>
2192 Messages which have been assigned a score greater than or equal to this
2193 variable's value are automatically marked "flagged".
2194 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-read"></a>3.227. score_threshold_read</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2195 Default: -1</p></div><p>
2196 Messages which have been assigned a score equal to or lower than the value
2197 of this variable are automatically marked as read by mutt. Since
2198 mutt scores are always greater than or equal to zero, the default setting
2199 of this variable will never mark a message read.
2200 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="search-context"></a>3.228. search_context</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2201 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2202 For the pager, this variable specifies the number of lines shown
2203 before search results. By default, search results will be top-aligned.
2204 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="send-charset"></a>3.229. send_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2205 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">us-ascii:iso-8859-1:utf-8</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2206 A colon-delimited list of character sets for outgoing messages. Mutt will use the
2207 first character set into which the text can be converted exactly.
2208 If your <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> is not “<span class="quote">iso-8859-1</span>” and recipients may not
2209 understand “<span class="quote">UTF-8</span>”, it is advisable to include in the list an
2210 appropriate widely used standard character set (such as
2211 “<span class="quote">iso-8859-2</span>”, “<span class="quote">koi8-r</span>” or “<span class="quote">iso-2022-jp</span>”) either instead of or after
2212 “<span class="quote">iso-8859-1</span>”.
2214 In case the text cannot be converted into one of these exactly,
2215 mutt uses <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> as a fallback.
2216 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sendmail"></a>3.230. sendmail</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2217 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2218 Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt.
2219 Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional
2220 arguments as recipient addresses.
2221 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sendmail-wait"></a>3.231. sendmail_wait</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2222 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2223 Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> process
2224 to finish before giving up and putting delivery in the background.
2226 Mutt interprets the value of this variable as follows:
2228 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>>0 </td><td>number of seconds to wait for sendmail to finish before continuing
2229 </td></tr><tr><td>0 </td><td>wait forever for sendmail to finish
2230 </td></tr><tr><td><0 </td><td>always put sendmail in the background without waiting
2231 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
2232 Note that if you specify a value other than 0, the output of the child
2233 process will be put in a temporary file. If there is some error, you
2234 will be informed as to where to find the output.
2235 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="shell"></a>3.232. shell</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2236 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2237 Command to use when spawning a subshell. By default, the user's login
2238 shell from <code class="literal">/etc/passwd</code> is used.
2239 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sig-dashes"></a>3.233. sig_dashes</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2240 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2241 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a line containing “<span class="quote">-- </span>” (note the trailing space) will be inserted before your
2242 <a class="link" href="reference.html#signature" title="3.235. signature">$signature</a>. It is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span> recommended that you not <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>
2243 this variable unless your signature contains just your name. The
2244 reason for this is because many software packages use “<span class="quote">-- \n</span>” to
2245 detect your signature. For example, Mutt has the ability to highlight
2246 the signature in a different color in the builtin pager.
2247 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sig-on-top"></a>3.234. sig_on_top</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2248 Default: no</p></div><p>
2249 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the signature will be included before any quoted or forwarded
2250 text. It is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span> recommended that you do not set this variable
2251 unless you really know what you are doing, and are prepared to take
2252 some heat from netiquette guardians.
2253 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="signature"></a>3.235. signature</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2254 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.signature</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2255 Specifies the filename of your signature, which is appended to all
2256 outgoing messages. If the filename ends with a pipe (“<span class="quote">|</span>”), it is
2257 assumed that filename is a shell command and input should be read from
2258 its standard output.
2259 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="simple-search"></a>3.236. simple_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2260 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜f %s | ˜s %s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2261 Specifies how Mutt should expand a simple search into a real search
2262 pattern. A simple search is one that does not contain any of the “<span class="quote">˜</span>” pattern
2263 operators. See “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#patterns" title="2. Patterns: Searching, Limiting and Tagging">patterns</a></span>” for more information on search patterns.
2265 For example, if you simply type “<span class="quote">joe</span>” at a search or limit prompt, Mutt
2266 will automatically expand it to the value specified by this variable by
2267 replacing “<span class="quote">%s</span>” with the supplied string.
2268 For the default value, “<span class="quote">joe</span>” would be expanded to: “<span class="quote">˜f joe | ˜s joe</span>”.
2269 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sleep-time"></a>3.237. sleep_time</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2270 Default: 1</p></div><p>
2271 Specifies time, in seconds, to pause while displaying certain informational
2272 messages, while moving from folder to folder and after expunging
2273 messages from the current folder. The default is to pause one second, so
2274 a value of zero for this option suppresses the pause.
2275 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smart-wrap"></a>3.238. smart_wrap</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2276 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2277 Controls the display of lines longer than the screen width in the
2278 internal pager. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, long lines are wrapped at a word boundary. If
2279 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, lines are simply wrapped at the screen edge. Also see the
2280 <a class="link" href="reference.html#markers" title="3.124. markers">$markers</a> variable.
2281 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smileys"></a>3.239. smileys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2282 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">(>From )|(:[-^]?[][)(><}{|/DP])</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2283 The <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> uses this variable to catch some common false
2284 positives of <a class="link" href="reference.html#quote-regexp" title="3.206. quote_regexp">$quote_regexp</a>, most notably smileys and not consider
2285 a line quoted text if it also matches <a class="link" href="reference.html#smileys" title="3.239. smileys">$smileys</a>. This mostly
2286 happens at the beginning of a line.
2287 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-ask-cert-label"></a>3.240. smime_ask_cert_label</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2288 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2289 This flag controls whether you want to be asked to enter a label
2290 for a certificate about to be added to the database or not. It is
2291 <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> by default.
2293 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-ca-location"></a>3.241. smime_ca_location</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2294 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2295 This variable contains the name of either a directory, or a file which
2296 contains trusted certificates for use with OpenSSL.
2298 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-certificates"></a>3.242. smime_certificates</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2299 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2300 Since for S/MIME there is no pubring/secring as with PGP, mutt has to handle
2301 storage and retrieval of keys by itself. This is very basic right
2302 now, and keys and certificates are stored in two different
2303 directories, both named as the hash-value retrieved from
2304 OpenSSL. There is an index file which contains mailbox-address
2305 keyid pairs, and which can be manually edited. This option points to
2306 the location of the certificates.
2308 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-decrypt-command"></a>3.243. smime_decrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2309 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2310 This format string specifies a command which is used to decrypt
2311 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-mime</code> attachments.
2313 The OpenSSL command formats have their own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences
2316 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%f </td><td>Expands to the name of a file containing a message.
2317 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>Expands to the name of a file containing the signature part
2318 of a <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> attachment when verifying it.
2319 </td></tr><tr><td>%k </td><td>The key-pair specified with <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-default-key" title="3.245. smime_default_key">$smime_default_key</a>
2320 </td></tr><tr><td>%c </td><td>One or more certificate IDs.
2321 </td></tr><tr><td>%a </td><td>The algorithm used for encryption.
2322 </td></tr><tr><td>%C </td><td>CA location: Depending on whether <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.241. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a>
2323 points to a directory or file, this expands to
2324 “<span class="quote">-CApath <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.241. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a></span>” or “<span class="quote">-CAfile <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.241. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a></span>”.
2325 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
2326 For examples on how to configure these formats, see the <code class="literal">smime.rc</code> in
2327 the <code class="literal">samples/</code> subdirectory which has been installed on your system
2328 alongside the documentation.
2330 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-decrypt-use-default-key"></a>3.244. smime_decrypt_use_default_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2331 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2332 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (default) this tells mutt to use the default key for decryption. Otherwise,
2333 if managing multiple certificate-key-pairs, mutt will try to use the mailbox-address
2334 to determine the key to use. It will ask you to supply a key, if it can't find one.
2336 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-default-key"></a>3.245. smime_default_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2337 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2338 This is the default key-pair to use for signing. This must be set to the
2339 keyid (the hash-value that OpenSSL generates) to work properly
2341 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-encrypt-command"></a>3.246. smime_encrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2342 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2343 This command is used to create encrypted S/MIME messages.
2345 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2346 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2348 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-encrypt-with"></a>3.247. smime_encrypt_with</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2349 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2350 This sets the algorithm that should be used for encryption.
2351 Valid choices are “<span class="quote">des</span>”, “<span class="quote">des3</span>”, “<span class="quote">rc2-40</span>”, “<span class="quote">rc2-64</span>”, “<span class="quote">rc2-128</span>”.
2352 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, “<span class="quote">3des</span>” (TripleDES) is used.
2354 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-get-cert-command"></a>3.248. smime_get_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2355 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2356 This command is used to extract X509 certificates from a PKCS7 structure.
2358 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2359 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2361 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-get-cert-email-command"></a>3.249. smime_get_cert_email_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2362 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2363 This command is used to extract the mail address(es) used for storing
2364 X509 certificates, and for verification purposes (to check whether the
2365 certificate was issued for the sender's mailbox).
2367 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2368 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2370 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-get-signer-cert-command"></a>3.250. smime_get_signer_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2371 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2372 This command is used to extract only the signers X509 certificate from a S/MIME
2373 signature, so that the certificate's owner may get compared to the
2374 email's “<span class="quote">From:</span>” field.
2376 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2377 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2379 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-import-cert-command"></a>3.251. smime_import_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2380 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2381 This command is used to import a certificate via smime_keys.
2383 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2384 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2386 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-is-default"></a>3.252. smime_is_default</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2387 Default: no</p></div><p>
2388 The default behaviour of mutt is to use PGP on all auto-sign/encryption
2389 operations. To override and to use OpenSSL instead this must be <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
2390 However, this has no effect while replying, since mutt will automatically
2391 select the same application that was used to sign/encrypt the original
2392 message. (Note that this variable can be overridden by unsetting <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autosmime" title="3.39. crypt_autosmime">$crypt_autosmime</a>.)
2394 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-keys"></a>3.253. smime_keys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2395 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2396 Since for S/MIME there is no pubring/secring as with PGP, mutt has to handle
2397 storage and retrieval of keys/certs by itself. This is very basic right now,
2398 and stores keys and certificates in two different directories, both
2399 named as the hash-value retrieved from OpenSSL. There is an index file
2400 which contains mailbox-address keyid pair, and which can be manually
2401 edited. This option points to the location of the private keys.
2403 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-pk7out-command"></a>3.254. smime_pk7out_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2404 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2405 This command is used to extract PKCS7 structures of S/MIME signatures,
2406 in order to extract the public X509 certificate(s).
2408 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2409 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2411 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-sign-command"></a>3.255. smime_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2412 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2413 This command is used to created S/MIME signatures of type
2414 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code>, which can be read by all mail clients.
2416 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2417 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2419 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-sign-opaque-command"></a>3.256. smime_sign_opaque_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2420 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2421 This command is used to created S/MIME signatures of type
2422 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-signature</code>, which can only be handled by mail
2423 clients supporting the S/MIME extension.
2425 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2426 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2428 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-timeout"></a>3.257. smime_timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2429 Default: 300</p></div><p>
2430 The number of seconds after which a cached passphrase will expire if
2433 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-verify-command"></a>3.258. smime_verify_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2434 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2435 This command is used to verify S/MIME signatures of type <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code>.
2437 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2438 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2440 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-verify-opaque-command"></a>3.259. smime_verify_opaque_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2441 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2442 This command is used to verify S/MIME signatures of type
2443 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-mime</code>.
2445 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.243. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
2446 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
2448 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-authenticators"></a>3.260. smtp_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2449 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2450 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
2451 attempt to use to log in to an SMTP server, in the order mutt should
2452 try them. Authentication methods are any SASL mechanism, eg
2453 “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>” or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”.
2454 This option is case-insensitive. If it is “<span class="quote">unset</span>”
2455 (the default) mutt will try all available methods, in order from
2456 most-secure to least-secure.
2460 </p><pre class="screen">
2461 set smtp_authenticators="digest-md5:cram-md5"
2462 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-pass"></a>3.261. smtp_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2463 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2464 Specifies the password for your SMTP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
2465 prompt you for your password when you first send mail via SMTP.
2466 See <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.262. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a> to configure mutt to send mail via SMTP.
2468 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
2469 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc even
2470 if you are the only one who can read the file.
2471 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-url"></a>3.262. smtp_url</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2472 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2473 Defines the SMTP smarthost where sent messages should relayed for
2474 delivery. This should take the form of an SMTP URL, eg:
2476 </p><pre class="screen">
2477 smtp[s]://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/
2479 where “<span class="quote">[...]</span>” denotes an optional part.
2480 Setting this variable overrides the value of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a>
2482 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort"></a>3.263. sort</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2483 Default: date</p></div><p>
2484 Specifies how to sort messages in the “<span class="quote">index</span>” menu. Valid values
2487 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>date or date-sent
2488 </p></li><li><p>date-received
2489 </p></li><li><p>from
2490 </p></li><li><p>mailbox-order (unsorted)
2491 </p></li><li><p>score
2492 </p></li><li><p>size
2493 </p></li><li><p>spam
2494 </p></li><li><p>subject
2495 </p></li><li><p>threads
2497 </p></li></ul></div><p>
2498 You may optionally use the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix to specify reverse sorting
2499 order (example: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort=reverse-date-sent</code></span>”).
2500 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-alias"></a>3.264. sort_alias</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2501 Default: alias</p></div><p>
2502 Specifies how the entries in the “<span class="quote">alias</span>” menu are sorted. The
2503 following are legal values:
2505 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>address (sort alphabetically by email address)
2506 </p></li><li><p>alias (sort alphabetically by alias name)
2507 </p></li><li><p>unsorted (leave in order specified in .muttrc)
2508 </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-aux"></a>3.265. sort_aux</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2509 Default: date</p></div><p>
2510 When sorting by threads, this variable controls how threads are sorted
2511 in relation to other threads, and how the branches of the thread trees
2512 are sorted. This can be set to any value that <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.263. sort">$sort</a> can, except
2513 “<span class="quote">threads</span>” (in that case, mutt will just use “<span class="quote">date-sent</span>”). You can also
2514 specify the “<span class="quote">last-</span>” prefix in addition to the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix, but “<span class="quote">last-</span>”
2515 must come after “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>”. The “<span class="quote">last-</span>” prefix causes messages to be
2516 sorted against its siblings by which has the last descendant, using
2517 the rest of <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.265. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a> as an ordering. For instance,
2519 </p><pre class="screen">
2520 set sort_aux=last-date-received
2522 would mean that if a new message is received in a
2523 thread, that thread becomes the last one displayed (or the first, if
2524 you have “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort=reverse-threads</code></span>”.)
2526 Note: For reversed <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.263. sort">$sort</a>
2527 order <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.265. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a> is reversed again (which is not the right thing to do,
2528 but kept to not break any existing configuration setting).
2529 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-browser"></a>3.266. sort_browser</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2530 Default: alpha</p></div><p>
2531 Specifies how to sort entries in the file browser. By default, the
2532 entries are sorted alphabetically. Valid values:
2534 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>alpha (alphabetically)
2535 </p></li><li><p>date
2536 </p></li><li><p>size
2537 </p></li><li><p>unsorted
2538 </p></li></ul></div><p>
2539 You may optionally use the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix to specify reverse sorting
2540 order (example: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort_browser=reverse-date</code></span>”).
2541 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-re"></a>3.267. sort_re</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2542 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2543 This variable is only useful when sorting by threads with
2544 <a class="link" href="reference.html#strict-threads" title="3.284. strict_threads">$strict_threads</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>. In that case, it changes the heuristic
2545 mutt uses to thread messages by subject. With <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.267. sort_re">$sort_re</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will
2546 only attach a message as the child of another message by subject if
2547 the subject of the child message starts with a substring matching the
2548 setting of <a class="link" href="reference.html#reply-regexp" title="3.212. reply_regexp">$reply_regexp</a>. With <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.267. sort_re">$sort_re</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will attach
2549 the message whether or not this is the case, as long as the
2550 non-<a class="link" href="reference.html#reply-regexp" title="3.212. reply_regexp">$reply_regexp</a> parts of both messages are identical.
2551 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="spam-separator"></a>3.268. spam_separator</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2552 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">,</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2553 This variable controls what happens when multiple spam headers
2554 are matched: if <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, each successive header will overwrite any
2555 previous matches value for the spam label. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, each successive
2556 match will append to the previous, using this variable's value as a
2558 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="spoolfile"></a>3.269. spoolfile</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2559 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2560 If your spool mailbox is in a non-default place where Mutt cannot find
2561 it, you can specify its location with this variable. Mutt will
2562 initially set this variable to the value of the environment
2563 variable <code class="literal">$MAIL</code> or <code class="literal">$MAILDIR</code> if either is defined.
2564 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-ca-certificates-file"></a>3.270. ssl_ca_certificates_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2565 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2566 This variable specifies a file containing trusted CA certificates.
2567 Any server certificate that is signed with one of these CA
2568 certificates is also automatically accepted.
2572 </p><pre class="screen">
2573 set ssl_ca_certificates_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
2574 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-client-cert"></a>3.271. ssl_client_cert</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2575 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2576 The file containing a client certificate and its associated private
2578 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-force-tls"></a>3.272. ssl_force_tls</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2579 Default: no</p></div><p>
2580 If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will require that all connections
2581 to remote servers be encrypted. Furthermore it will attempt to
2582 negotiate TLS even if the server does not advertise the capability,
2583 since it would otherwise have to abort the connection anyway. This
2584 option supersedes <a class="link" href="reference.html#ssl-starttls" title="3.274. ssl_starttls">$ssl_starttls</a>.
2585 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-min-dh-prime-bits"></a>3.273. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2586 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2587 This variable specifies the minimum acceptable prime size (in bits)
2588 for use in any Diffie-Hellman key exchange. A value of 0 will use
2589 the default from the GNUTLS library.
2590 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-starttls"></a>3.274. ssl_starttls</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2591 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2592 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (the default), mutt will attempt to use <code class="literal">STARTTLS</code> on servers
2593 advertising the capability. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will not attempt to
2594 use <code class="literal">STARTTLS</code> regardless of the server's capabilities.
2595 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-use-sslv2"></a>3.275. ssl_use_sslv2</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2596 Default: no</p></div><p>
2597 This variable specifies whether to attempt to use SSLv2 in the
2598 SSL authentication process.
2599 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-use-sslv3"></a>3.276. ssl_use_sslv3</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2600 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2601 This variable specifies whether to attempt to use SSLv3 in the
2602 SSL authentication process.
2603 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-use-tlsv1"></a>3.277. ssl_use_tlsv1</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2604 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2605 This variable specifies whether to attempt to use TLSv1 in the
2606 SSL authentication process.
2607 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-usesystemcerts"></a>3.278. ssl_usesystemcerts</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2608 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2609 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, mutt will use CA certificates in the
2610 system-wide certificate store when checking if a server certificate
2611 is signed by a trusted CA.
2612 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-verify-dates"></a>3.279. ssl_verify_dates</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2613 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2614 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (the default), mutt will not automatically accept a server
2615 certificate that is either not yet valid or already expired. You should
2616 only unset this for particular known hosts, using the
2617 <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts"><account-hook></a></code> function.
2618 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-verify-host"></a>3.280. ssl_verify_host</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2619 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2620 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (the default), mutt will not automatically accept a server
2621 certificate whose host name does not match the host used in your folder
2622 URL. You should only unset this for particular known hosts, using
2623 the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts"><account-hook></a></code> function.
2624 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-chars"></a>3.281. status_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2625 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-*%A</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2626 Controls the characters used by the “<span class="quote">%r</span>” indicator in
2627 <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.282. status_format">$status_format</a>. The first character is used when the mailbox is
2628 unchanged. The second is used when the mailbox has been changed, and
2629 it needs to be resynchronized. The third is used if the mailbox is in
2630 read-only mode, or if the mailbox will not be written when exiting
2631 that mailbox (You can toggle whether to write changes to a mailbox
2632 with the <code class="literal"><toggle-write></code> operation, bound by default to “<span class="quote">%</span>”). The fourth
2633 is used to indicate that the current folder has been opened in attach-
2634 message mode (Certain operations like composing a new mail, replying,
2635 forwarding, etc. are not permitted in this mode).
2636 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-format"></a>3.282. status_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2637 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-%r-Mutt: %f [Msgs:%?M?%M/?%m%?n? New:%n?%?o? Old:%o?%?d? Del:%d?%?F? Flag:%F?%?t? Tag:%t?%?p? Post:%p?%?b? Inc:%b?%?l? %l?]---(%s/%S)-%>-(%P)---</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2638 Controls the format of the status line displayed in the “<span class="quote">index</span>”
2639 menu. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a>, but has its own
2640 set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
2642 </p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>%b </td><td>number of mailboxes with new mail *
2643 </td></tr><tr><td>%d </td><td>number of deleted messages *
2644 </td></tr><tr><td>%f </td><td>the full pathname of the current mailbox
2645 </td></tr><tr><td>%F </td><td>number of flagged messages *
2646 </td></tr><tr><td>%h </td><td>local hostname
2647 </td></tr><tr><td>%l </td><td>size (in bytes) of the current mailbox *
2648 </td></tr><tr><td>%L </td><td>size (in bytes) of the messages shown
2649 (i.e., which match the current limit) *
2650 </td></tr><tr><td>%m </td><td>the number of messages in the mailbox *
2651 </td></tr><tr><td>%M </td><td>the number of messages shown (i.e., which match the current limit) *
2652 </td></tr><tr><td>%n </td><td>number of new messages in the mailbox *
2653 </td></tr><tr><td>%o </td><td>number of old unread messages *
2654 </td></tr><tr><td>%p </td><td>number of postponed messages *
2655 </td></tr><tr><td>%P </td><td>percentage of the way through the index
2656 </td></tr><tr><td>%r </td><td>modified/read-only/won't-write/attach-message indicator,
2657 according to <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-chars" title="3.281. status_chars">$status_chars</a>
2658 </td></tr><tr><td>%s </td><td>current sorting mode (<a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.263. sort">$sort</a>)
2659 </td></tr><tr><td>%S </td><td>current aux sorting method (<a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.265. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a>)
2660 </td></tr><tr><td>%t </td><td>number of tagged messages *
2661 </td></tr><tr><td>%u </td><td>number of unread messages *
2662 </td></tr><tr><td>%v </td><td>Mutt version string
2663 </td></tr><tr><td>%V </td><td>currently active limit pattern, if any *
2664 </td></tr><tr><td>%>X </td><td>right justify the rest of the string and pad with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2665 </td></tr><tr><td>%|X </td><td>pad to the end of the line with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2666 </td></tr><tr><td>%*X </td><td>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
2667 </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
2668 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.114. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
2670 * = can be optionally printed if nonzero
2672 Some of the above sequences can be used to optionally print a string
2673 if their value is nonzero. For example, you may only want to see the
2674 number of flagged messages if such messages exist, since zero is not
2675 particularly meaningful. To optionally print a string based upon one
2676 of the above sequences, the following construct is used:
2678 <code class="literal">%?<sequence_char>?<optional_string>?</code>
2680 where <span class="emphasis"><em>sequence_char</em></span> is a character from the table above, and
2681 <span class="emphasis"><em>optional_string</em></span> is the string you would like printed if
2682 <span class="emphasis"><em>sequence_char</em></span> is nonzero. <span class="emphasis"><em>optional_string</em></span> <span class="bold"><strong>may</strong></span> contain
2683 other sequences as well as normal text, but you may <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> nest
2686 Here is an example illustrating how to optionally print the number of
2687 new messages in a mailbox:
2689 <code class="literal">%?n?%n new messages.?</code>
2691 You can also switch between two strings using the following construct:
2693 <code class="literal">%?<sequence_char>?<if_string>&<else_string>?</code>
2695 If the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>sequence_char</em></span> is non-zero, <span class="emphasis"><em>if_string</em></span> will
2696 be expanded, otherwise <span class="emphasis"><em>else_string</em></span> will be expanded.
2698 You can force the result of any <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequence to be lowercase
2699 by prefixing the sequence character with an underscore (“<span class="quote">_</span>”) sign.
2700 For example, if you want to display the local hostname in lowercase,
2701 you would use: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%_h</code></span>”.
2703 If you prefix the sequence character with a colon (“<span class="quote">:</span>”) character, mutt
2704 will replace any dots in the expansion by underscores. This might be helpful
2705 with IMAP folders that don't like dots in folder names.
2706 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-on-top"></a>3.283. status_on_top</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2707 Default: no</p></div><p>
2708 Setting this variable causes the “<span class="quote">status bar</span>” to be displayed on
2709 the first line of the screen rather than near the bottom. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#help" title="3.82. help">$help</a>
2710 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, too it'll be placed at the bottom.
2711 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="strict-threads"></a>3.284. strict_threads</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2712 Default: no</p></div><p>
2713 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, threading will only make use of the “<span class="quote">In-Reply-To</span>” and
2714 “<span class="quote">References:</span>” fields when you <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.263. sort">$sort</a> by message threads. By
2715 default, messages with the same subject are grouped together in
2716 “<span class="quote">pseudo threads.</span>”. This may not always be desirable, such as in a
2717 personal mailbox where you might have several unrelated messages with
2718 the subjects like “<span class="quote">hi</span>” which will get grouped together. See also
2719 <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.267. sort_re">$sort_re</a> for a less drastic way of controlling this
2721 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="suspend"></a>3.285. suspend</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2722 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2723 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt won't stop when the user presses the terminal's
2724 <span class="emphasis"><em>susp</em></span> key, usually “<span class="quote">^Z</span>”. This is useful if you run mutt
2725 inside an xterm using a command like “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">xterm -e mutt</code></span>”.
2726 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="text-flowed"></a>3.286. text_flowed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2727 Default: no</p></div><p>
2728 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will generate “<span class="quote">format=flowed</span>” bodies with a content type
2729 of “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">text/plain; format=flowed</code></span>”.
2730 This format is easier to handle for some mailing software, and generally
2731 just looks like ordinary text. To actually make use of this format's
2732 features, you'll need support in your editor.
2734 Note that <a class="link" href="reference.html#indent-string" title="3.113. indent_string">$indent_string</a> is ignored when this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
2735 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="thorough-search"></a>3.287. thorough_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2736 Default: no</p></div><p>
2737 Affects the <code class="literal">˜b</code> and <code class="literal">˜h</code> search operations described in
2738 section “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#patterns" title="2. Patterns: Searching, Limiting and Tagging">patterns</a></span>”. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the headers and body/attachments of
2739 messages to be searched are decoded before searching. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2740 messages are searched as they appear in the folder.
2742 Users searching attachments or for non-ASCII characters should <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>
2743 this value because decoding also includes MIME parsing/decoding and possible
2744 character set conversions. Otherwise mutt will attempt to match against the
2745 raw message received (for example quoted-printable encoded or with encoded
2746 headers) which may lead to incorrect search results.
2747 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="thread-received"></a>3.288. thread_received</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2748 Default: no</p></div><p>
2749 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt uses the date received rather than the date sent
2750 to thread messages by subject.
2751 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tilde"></a>3.289. tilde</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2752 Default: no</p></div><p>
2753 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the internal-pager will pad blank lines to the bottom of the
2754 screen with a tilde (“<span class="quote">˜</span>”).
2755 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="time-inc"></a>3.290. time_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2756 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2757 Along with <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.207. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.310. write_inc">$write_inc</a>, and <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.147. net_inc">$net_inc</a>, this
2758 variable controls the frequency with which progress updates are
2759 displayed. It suppresses updates less than <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.290. time_inc">$time_inc</a> milliseconds
2760 apart. This can improve throughput on systems with slow terminals,
2761 or when running mutt on a remote system.
2763 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 8. Performance Tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2764 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="timeout"></a>3.291. timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2765 Default: 600</p></div><p>
2766 When Mutt is waiting for user input either idleing in menus or
2767 in an interactive prompt, Mutt would block until input is
2768 present. Depending on the context, this would prevent certain
2769 operations from working, like checking for new mail or keeping
2770 an IMAP connection alive.
2772 This variable controls how many seconds Mutt will at most wait
2773 until it aborts waiting for input, performs these operations and
2774 continues to wait for input.
2776 A value of zero or less will cause Mutt to never time out.
2777 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tmpdir"></a>3.292. tmpdir</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2778 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2779 This variable allows you to specify where Mutt will place its
2780 temporary files needed for displaying and composing messages. If
2781 this variable is not set, the environment variable <code class="literal">$TMPDIR</code> is
2782 used. If <code class="literal">$TMPDIR</code> is not set then “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/tmp</code></span>” is used.
2783 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="to-chars"></a>3.293. to_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2784 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal"> +TCFL</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2785 Controls the character used to indicate mail addressed to you. The
2786 first character is the one used when the mail is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> addressed to your
2787 address. The second is used when you are the only
2788 recipient of the message. The third is when your address
2789 appears in the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” header field, but you are not the only recipient of
2790 the message. The fourth character is used when your
2791 address is specified in the “<span class="quote">Cc:</span>” header field, but you are not the only
2792 recipient. The fifth character is used to indicate mail that was sent
2793 by <span class="emphasis"><em>you</em></span>. The sixth character is used to indicate when a mail
2794 was sent to a mailing-list you subscribe to.
2795 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tunnel"></a>3.294. tunnel</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2796 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2797 Setting this variable will cause mutt to open a pipe to a command
2798 instead of a raw socket. You may be able to use this to set up
2799 preauthenticated connections to your IMAP/POP3/SMTP server. Example:
2801 </p><pre class="screen">
2802 set tunnel="ssh -q mailhost.net /usr/local/libexec/imapd"
2804 Note: For this example to work you must be able to log in to the remote
2805 machine without having to enter a password.
2807 When set, Mutt uses the tunnel for all remote connections.
2808 Please see “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts">account-hook</a></span>” in the manual for how to use different
2809 tunnel commands per connection.
2810 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="uncollapse-jump"></a>3.295. uncollapse_jump</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2811 Default: no</p></div><p>
2812 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will jump to the next unread message, if any,
2813 when the current thread is <span class="emphasis"><em>un</em></span>collapsed.
2814 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-8bitmime"></a>3.296. use_8bitmime</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2815 Default: no</p></div><p>
2816 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning:</strong></span> do not set this variable unless you are using a version
2817 of sendmail which supports the <code class="literal">-B8BITMIME</code> flag (such as sendmail
2818 8.8.x) or you may not be able to send mail.
2820 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will invoke <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> with the <code class="literal">-B8BITMIME</code>
2821 flag when sending 8-bit messages to enable ESMTP negotiation.
2822 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-domain"></a>3.297. use_domain</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2823 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2824 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will qualify all local addresses (ones without the
2825 “<span class="quote">@host</span>” portion) with the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.93. hostname">$hostname</a>. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no
2826 addresses will be qualified.
2827 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-envelope-from"></a>3.298. use_envelope_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2828 Default: no</p></div><p>
2829 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will set the <span class="emphasis"><em>envelope</em></span> sender of the message.
2830 If <a class="link" href="reference.html#envelope-from-address" title="3.61. envelope_from_address">$envelope_from_address</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, it will be used as the sender
2831 address. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will attempt to derive the sender from the
2832 “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header.
2834 Note that this information is passed to sendmail command using the
2835 <code class="literal">-f</code> command line switch. Therefore setting this option is not useful
2836 if the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> variable already contains <code class="literal">-f</code> or if the
2837 executable pointed to by <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a> doesn't support the <code class="literal">-f</code> switch.
2838 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-from"></a>3.299. use_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2839 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2840 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will generate the “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header field when
2841 sending messages. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header field will be
2842 generated unless the user explicitly sets one using the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User-Defined Headers">my_hdr</a></span>”
2844 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-idn"></a>3.300. use_idn</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2845 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2846 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will show you international domain names decoded.
2847 Note: You can use IDNs for addresses even if this is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
2848 This variable only affects decoding.
2849 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-ipv6"></a>3.301. use_ipv6</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2850 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2851 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will look for IPv6 addresses of hosts it tries to
2852 contact. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will restrict itself to IPv4 addresses.
2853 Normally, the default should work.
2854 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="user-agent"></a>3.302. user_agent</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2855 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2856 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will add a “<span class="quote">User-Agent:</span>” header to outgoing
2857 messages, indicating which version of mutt was used for composing
2859 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="visual"></a>3.303. visual</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2860 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2861 Specifies the visual editor to invoke when the “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜v</code></span>” command is
2862 given in the builtin editor.
2863 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wait-key"></a>3.304. wait_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2864 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2865 Controls whether Mutt will ask you to press a key after an external command
2866 has been invoked by these functions: <code class="literal"><shell-escape></code>,
2867 <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code>, <code class="literal"><pipe-entry></code>, <code class="literal"><print-message></code>,
2868 and <code class="literal"><print-entry></code> commands.
2870 It is also used when viewing attachments with “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#auto-view" title="4. MIME Autoview">auto_view</a></span>”, provided
2871 that the corresponding mailcap entry has a <span class="emphasis"><em>needsterminal</em></span> flag,
2872 and the external program is interactive.
2874 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will always ask for a key. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will wait
2875 for a key only if the external command returned a non-zero status.
2876 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="weed"></a>3.305. weed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2877 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2878 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will weed headers when displaying, forwarding,
2879 printing, or replying to messages.
2880 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrap"></a>3.306. wrap</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2881 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2882 When set to a positive value, mutt will wrap text at <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.306. wrap">$wrap</a> characters.
2883 When set to a negative value, mutt will wrap text so that there are <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.306. wrap">$wrap</a>
2884 characters of empty space on the right side of the terminal.
2885 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrap-search"></a>3.307. wrap_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2886 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2887 Controls whether searches wrap around the end.
2889 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, searches will wrap around the first (or last) item. When
2890 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, incremental searches will not wrap.
2891 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrapmargin"></a>3.308. wrapmargin</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2892 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2893 (DEPRECATED) Equivalent to setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.306. wrap">$wrap</a> with a negative value.
2894 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="write-bcc"></a>3.309. write_bcc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2895 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2896 Controls whether mutt writes out the “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” header when preparing
2897 messages to be sent. Exim users may wish to unset this. If mutt
2898 is set to deliver directly via SMTP (see <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.262. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a>), this
2899 option does nothing: mutt will never write out the “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” header
2901 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="write-inc"></a>3.310. write_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2902 Default: 10</p></div><p>
2903 When writing a mailbox, a message will be printed every
2904 <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.310. write_inc">$write_inc</a> messages to indicate progress. If set to 0, only a
2905 single message will be displayed before writing a mailbox.
2907 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.207. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.147. net_inc">$net_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.290. time_inc">$time_inc</a> variables and the
2908 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 8. Performance Tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2909 </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="functions"></a>4. Functions</h2></div></div></div><p>
2910 The following is the list of available functions listed by the mapping
2911 in which they are available. The default key setting is given, and an
2912 explanation of what the function does. The key bindings of these
2913 functions can be changed with the <a class="link" href="configuration.html#bind" title="5. Changing the Default Key Bindings">bind</a>
2915 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="generic-map"></a>4.1. Generic Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>
2916 The <span class="emphasis"><em>generic</em></span> menu is not a real menu, but specifies common functions
2917 (such as movement) available in all menus except for <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> and
2918 <span class="emphasis"><em>editor</em></span>. Changing settings for this menu will affect the default
2919 bindings for all menus (except as noted).
2920 </p><div class="table"><a id="generic-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.2. Default generic Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default generic Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><top-page></code></td><td>H</td><td>move to the top of the page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-entry></code></td><td>j</td><td>move to the next entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-entry></code></td><td>k</td><td>move to the previous entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><bottom-page></code></td><td>L</td><td>move to the bottom of the page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><refresh></code></td><td>^L</td><td>clear and redraw the screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><middle-page></code></td><td>M</td><td>move to the middle of the page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-next></code></td><td>n</td><td>search for next match</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><exit></code></td><td>q</td><td>exit this menu</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-entry></code></td><td>t</td><td>tag the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-page></code></td><td>z</td><td>move to the next page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-page></code></td><td>Z</td><td>move to the previous page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><last-entry></code></td><td>*</td><td>move to the last entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><first-entry></code></td><td>=</td><td>move to the first entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><enter-command></code></td><td>:</td><td>enter a muttrc command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-line></code></td><td>></td><td>scroll down one line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-line></code></td><td><</td><td>scroll up one line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><half-up></code></td><td>[</td><td>scroll up 1/2 page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><half-down></code></td><td>]</td><td>scroll down 1/2 page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><help></code></td><td>?</td><td>this screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-prefix></code></td><td>;</td><td>apply next function to tagged messages</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-prefix-cond></code></td><td> </td><td>apply next function ONLY to tagged messages</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><end-cond></code></td><td> </td><td>end of conditional execution (noop)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><shell-escape></code></td><td>!</td><td>invoke a command in a subshell</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><select-entry></code></td><td><Return></td><td>select the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search></code></td><td>/</td><td>search for a regular expression</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-reverse></code></td><td>Esc /</td><td>search backwards for a regular expression</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-opposite></code></td><td> </td><td>search for next match in opposite direction</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><jump></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to an index number</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><current-top></code></td><td> </td><td>move entry to top of screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><current-middle></code></td><td> </td><td>move entry to middle of screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><current-bottom></code></td><td> </td><td>move entry to bottom of screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><what-key></code></td><td> </td><td>display the keycode for a key press</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="index-map"></a>4.2. Index Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="index-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.3. Default index Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default index Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-alias></code></td><td>a</td><td>create an alias from a message sender</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><bounce-message></code></td><td>b</td><td>remail a message to another user</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><break-thread></code></td><td>#</td><td>break the thread in two</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><change-folder></code></td><td>c</td><td>open a different folder</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><change-folder-readonly></code></td><td>Esc c</td><td>open a different folder in read only mode</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-unread-mailbox></code></td><td> </td><td>open next mailbox with new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><collapse-thread></code></td><td>Esc v</td><td>collapse/uncollapse current thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><collapse-all></code></td><td>Esc V</td><td>collapse/uncollapse all threads</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><copy-message></code></td><td>C</td><td>copy a message to a file/mailbox</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decode-copy></code></td><td>Esc C</td><td>make decoded (text/plain) copy</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decode-save></code></td><td>Esc s</td><td>make decoded copy (text/plain) and delete</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-message></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-pattern></code></td><td>D</td><td>delete messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-thread></code></td><td>^D</td><td>delete all messages in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-subthread></code></td><td>Esc d</td><td>delete all messages in subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit></code></td><td>e</td><td>edit the raw message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-type></code></td><td>^E</td><td>edit attachment content type</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forward-message></code></td><td>f</td><td>forward a message with comments</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><flag-message></code></td><td>F</td><td>toggle a message's 'important' flag</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><group-reply></code></td><td>g</td><td>reply to all recipients</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><fetch-mail></code></td><td>G</td><td>retrieve mail from POP server</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><imap-fetch-mail></code></td><td> </td><td>force retrieval of mail from IMAP server</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-toggle-weed></code></td><td>h</td><td>display message and toggle header weeding</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-undeleted></code></td><td>j</td><td>move to the next undeleted message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-undeleted></code></td><td>k</td><td>move to the previous undeleted message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><limit></code></td><td>l</td><td>show only messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><link-threads></code></td><td>&</td><td>link tagged message to the current one</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><list-reply></code></td><td>L</td><td>reply to specified mailing list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mail></code></td><td>m</td><td>compose a new mail message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-new></code></td><td>N</td><td>toggle a message's 'new' flag</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-write></code></td><td>%</td><td>toggle whether the mailbox will be rewritten</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-thread></code></td><td>^N</td><td>jump to the next thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-subthread></code></td><td>Esc n</td><td>jump to the next subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><query></code></td><td>Q</td><td>query external program for addresses</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><quit></code></td><td>q</td><td>save changes to mailbox and quit</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><reply></code></td><td>r</td><td>reply to a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><show-limit></code></td><td>Esc l</td><td>show currently active limit pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sort-mailbox></code></td><td>o</td><td>sort messages</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sort-reverse></code></td><td>O</td><td>sort messages in reverse order</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><print-message></code></td><td>p</td><td>print the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-thread></code></td><td>^P</td><td>jump to previous thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-subthread></code></td><td>Esc p</td><td>jump to previous subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><recall-message></code></td><td>R</td><td>recall a postponed message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><read-thread></code></td><td>^R</td><td>mark the current thread as read</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><read-subthread></code></td><td>Esc r</td><td>mark the current subthread as read</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><resend-message></code></td><td>Esc e</td><td>use the current message as a template for a new one</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><save-message></code></td><td>s</td><td>save message/attachment to a mailbox/file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-pattern></code></td><td>T</td><td>tag messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-subthread></code></td><td> </td><td>tag the current subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-thread></code></td><td>Esc t</td><td>tag the current thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><untag-pattern></code></td><td>^T</td><td>untag messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-message></code></td><td>u</td><td>undelete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-pattern></code></td><td>U</td><td>undelete messages matching a pattern</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-subthread></code></td><td>Esc u</td><td>undelete all messages in subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-thread></code></td><td>^U</td><td>undelete all messages in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-attachments></code></td><td>v</td><td>show MIME attachments</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><show-version></code></td><td>V</td><td>show the Mutt version number and date</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><set-flag></code></td><td>w</td><td>set a status flag on a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><clear-flag></code></td><td>W</td><td>clear a status flag from a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-message></code></td><td><Return></td><td>display a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><buffy-list></code></td><td>.</td><td>list mailboxes with new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sync-mailbox></code></td><td>$</td><td>save changes to mailbox</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-address></code></td><td>@</td><td>display full address of sender</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><pipe-message></code></td><td>|</td><td>pipe message/attachment to a shell command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-new></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the next new message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-new-then-unread></code></td><td><Tab></td><td>jump to the next new or unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-new></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the previous new message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-new-then-unread></code></td><td>Esc <Tab></td><td>jump to the previous new or unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-unread></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the next unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-unread></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the previous unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><parent-message></code></td><td>P</td><td>jump to parent message in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><extract-keys></code></td><td>^K</td><td>extract supported public keys</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forget-passphrase></code></td><td>^F</td><td>wipe passphrase(s) from memory</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><check-traditional-pgp></code></td><td>Esc P</td><td>check for classic PGP</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mail-key></code></td><td>Esc k</td><td>mail a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decrypt-copy></code></td><td> </td><td>make decrypted copy</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decrypt-save></code></td><td> </td><td>make decrypted copy and delete</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-map"></a>4.3. Pager Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="pager-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.4. Default pager Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default pager Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><break-thread></code></td><td>#</td><td>break the thread in two</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-alias></code></td><td>a</td><td>create an alias from a message sender</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><bounce-message></code></td><td>b</td><td>remail a message to another user</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><change-folder></code></td><td>c</td><td>open a different folder</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><change-folder-readonly></code></td><td>Esc c</td><td>open a different folder in read only mode</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-unread-mailbox></code></td><td> </td><td>open next mailbox with new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><copy-message></code></td><td>C</td><td>copy a message to a file/mailbox</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decode-copy></code></td><td>Esc C</td><td>make decoded (text/plain) copy</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-message></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-thread></code></td><td>^D</td><td>delete all messages in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-subthread></code></td><td>Esc d</td><td>delete all messages in subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><set-flag></code></td><td>w</td><td>set a status flag on a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><clear-flag></code></td><td>W</td><td>clear a status flag from a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit></code></td><td>e</td><td>edit the raw message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-type></code></td><td>^E</td><td>edit attachment content type</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forward-message></code></td><td>f</td><td>forward a message with comments</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><flag-message></code></td><td>F</td><td>toggle a message's 'important' flag</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><group-reply></code></td><td>g</td><td>reply to all recipients</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><imap-fetch-mail></code></td><td> </td><td>force retrieval of mail from IMAP server</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-toggle-weed></code></td><td>h</td><td>display message and toggle header weeding</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-undeleted></code></td><td>j</td><td>move to the next undeleted message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-entry></code></td><td>J</td><td>move to the next entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-undeleted></code></td><td>k</td><td>move to the previous undeleted message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-entry></code></td><td>K</td><td>move to the previous entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><link-threads></code></td><td>&</td><td>link tagged message to the current one</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><list-reply></code></td><td>L</td><td>reply to specified mailing list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><redraw-screen></code></td><td>^L</td><td>clear and redraw the screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mail></code></td><td>m</td><td>compose a new mail message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mark-as-new></code></td><td>N</td><td>toggle a message's 'new' flag</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-next></code></td><td>n</td><td>search for next match</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-thread></code></td><td>^N</td><td>jump to the next thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-subthread></code></td><td>Esc n</td><td>jump to the next subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><print-message></code></td><td>p</td><td>print the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-thread></code></td><td>^P</td><td>jump to previous thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-subthread></code></td><td>Esc p</td><td>jump to previous subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><quit></code></td><td>Q</td><td>save changes to mailbox and quit</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><exit></code></td><td>q</td><td>exit this menu</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><reply></code></td><td>r</td><td>reply to a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><recall-message></code></td><td>R</td><td>recall a postponed message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><read-thread></code></td><td>^R</td><td>mark the current thread as read</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><read-subthread></code></td><td>Esc r</td><td>mark the current subthread as read</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><resend-message></code></td><td>Esc e</td><td>use the current message as a template for a new one</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><save-message></code></td><td>s</td><td>save message/attachment to a mailbox/file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><skip-quoted></code></td><td>S</td><td>skip beyond quoted text</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decode-save></code></td><td>Esc s</td><td>make decoded copy (text/plain) and delete</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><tag-message></code></td><td>t</td><td>tag the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-quoted></code></td><td>T</td><td>toggle display of quoted text</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-message></code></td><td>u</td><td>undelete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-subthread></code></td><td>Esc u</td><td>undelete all messages in subthread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-thread></code></td><td>^U</td><td>undelete all messages in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-attachments></code></td><td>v</td><td>show MIME attachments</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><show-version></code></td><td>V</td><td>show the Mutt version number and date</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-toggle></code></td><td>\\</td><td>toggle search pattern coloring</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-address></code></td><td>@</td><td>display full address of sender</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-new></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the next new message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><pipe-message></code></td><td>|</td><td>pipe message/attachment to a shell command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><help></code></td><td>?</td><td>this screen</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-page></code></td><td><Space></td><td>move to the next page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-page></code></td><td>-</td><td>move to the previous page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><top></code></td><td>^</td><td>jump to the top of the message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sync-mailbox></code></td><td>$</td><td>save changes to mailbox</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><shell-escape></code></td><td>!</td><td>invoke a command in a subshell</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><enter-command></code></td><td>:</td><td>enter a muttrc command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><buffy-list></code></td><td>.</td><td>list mailboxes with new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search></code></td><td>/</td><td>search for a regular expression</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-reverse></code></td><td>Esc /</td><td>search backwards for a regular expression</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><search-opposite></code></td><td> </td><td>search for next match in opposite direction</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-line></code></td><td><Return></td><td>scroll down one line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><jump></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to an index number</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><next-unread></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the next unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-new></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the previous new message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-unread></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the previous unread message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><half-up></code></td><td> </td><td>scroll up 1/2 page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><half-down></code></td><td> </td><td>scroll down 1/2 page</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><previous-line></code></td><td> </td><td>scroll up one line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><bottom></code></td><td> </td><td>jump to the bottom of the message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><parent-message></code></td><td>P</td><td>jump to parent message in thread</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><check-traditional-pgp></code></td><td>Esc P</td><td>check for classic PGP</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mail-key></code></td><td>Esc k</td><td>mail a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><extract-keys></code></td><td>^K</td><td>extract supported public keys</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forget-passphrase></code></td><td>^F</td><td>wipe passphrase(s) from memory</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decrypt-copy></code></td><td> </td><td>make decrypted copy</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><decrypt-save></code></td><td> </td><td>make decrypted copy and delete</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><what-key></code></td><td> </td><td>display the keycode for a key press</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="alias-map"></a>4.4. Alias Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="alias-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.5. Default alias Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default alias Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-entry></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-entry></code></td><td>u</td><td>undelete the current entry</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-map"></a>4.5. Query Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="query-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.6. Default query Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default query Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-alias></code></td><td>a</td><td>create an alias from a message sender</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mail></code></td><td>m</td><td>compose a new mail message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><query></code></td><td>Q</td><td>query external program for addresses</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><query-append></code></td><td>A</td><td>append new query results to current results</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-map"></a>4.6. Attach Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="attach-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.7. Default attach Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default attach Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><bounce-message></code></td><td>b</td><td>remail a message to another user</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-toggle-weed></code></td><td>h</td><td>display message and toggle header weeding</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-type></code></td><td>^E</td><td>edit attachment content type</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><print-entry></code></td><td>p</td><td>print the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><save-entry></code></td><td>s</td><td>save message/attachment to a mailbox/file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><pipe-entry></code></td><td>|</td><td>pipe message/attachment to a shell command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-mailcap></code></td><td>m</td><td>force viewing of attachment using mailcap</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><reply></code></td><td>r</td><td>reply to a message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><resend-message></code></td><td>Esc e</td><td>use the current message as a template for a new one</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><group-reply></code></td><td>g</td><td>reply to all recipients</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><list-reply></code></td><td>L</td><td>reply to specified mailing list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forward-message></code></td><td>f</td><td>forward a message with comments</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-text></code></td><td>T</td><td>view attachment as text</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-attach></code></td><td><Return></td><td>view attachment using mailcap entry if necessary</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-entry></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-entry></code></td><td>u</td><td>undelete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><collapse-parts></code></td><td>v</td><td>Toggle display of subparts</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><check-traditional-pgp></code></td><td>Esc P</td><td>check for classic PGP</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><extract-keys></code></td><td>^K</td><td>extract supported public keys</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forget-passphrase></code></td><td>^F</td><td>wipe passphrase(s) from memory</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="compose-map"></a>4.7. Compose Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="compose-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.8. Default compose Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default compose Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><attach-file></code></td><td>a</td><td>attach file(s) to this message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><attach-message></code></td><td>A</td><td>attach message(s) to this message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-bcc></code></td><td>b</td><td>edit the BCC list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-cc></code></td><td>c</td><td>edit the CC list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><copy-file></code></td><td>C</td><td>save message/attachment to a mailbox/file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><detach-file></code></td><td>D</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-disposition></code></td><td>^D</td><td>toggle disposition between inline/attachment</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-description></code></td><td>d</td><td>edit attachment description</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-message></code></td><td>e</td><td>edit the message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-headers></code></td><td>E</td><td>edit the message with headers</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-file></code></td><td>^X e</td><td>edit the file to be attached</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-encoding></code></td><td>^E</td><td>edit attachment transfer-encoding</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-from></code></td><td>Esc f</td><td>edit the from field</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-fcc></code></td><td>f</td><td>enter a file to save a copy of this message in</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><filter-entry></code></td><td>F</td><td>filter attachment through a shell command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><get-attachment></code></td><td>G</td><td>get a temporary copy of an attachment</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-toggle-weed></code></td><td>h</td><td>display message and toggle header weeding</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><ispell></code></td><td>i</td><td>run ispell on the message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><print-entry></code></td><td>l</td><td>print the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-mime></code></td><td>m</td><td>edit attachment using mailcap entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><new-mime></code></td><td>n</td><td>compose new attachment using mailcap entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><postpone-message></code></td><td>P</td><td>save this message to send later</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-reply-to></code></td><td>r</td><td>edit the Reply-To field</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><rename-file></code></td><td>R</td><td>rename/move an attached file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-subject></code></td><td>s</td><td>edit the subject of this message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-to></code></td><td>t</td><td>edit the TO list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><edit-type></code></td><td>^T</td><td>edit attachment content type</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><write-fcc></code></td><td>w</td><td>write the message to a folder</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-unlink></code></td><td>u</td><td>toggle whether to delete file after sending it</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-recode></code></td><td> </td><td>toggle recoding of this attachment</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><update-encoding></code></td><td>U</td><td>update an attachment's encoding info</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-attach></code></td><td><Return></td><td>view attachment using mailcap entry if necessary</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><send-message></code></td><td>y</td><td>send the message</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><pipe-entry></code></td><td>|</td><td>pipe message/attachment to a shell command</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><attach-key></code></td><td>Esc k</td><td>attach a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><pgp-menu></code></td><td>p</td><td>show PGP options</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forget-passphrase></code></td><td>^F</td><td>wipe passphrase(s) from memory</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><smime-menu></code></td><td>S</td><td>show S/MIME options</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><mix></code></td><td>M</td><td>send the message through a mixmaster remailer chain</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="postpone-map"></a>4.8. Postpone Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="postpone-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.9. Default postpone Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default postpone Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-entry></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current entry</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><undelete-entry></code></td><td>u</td><td>undelete the current entry</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="browser-map"></a>4.9. Browser Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="browser-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.10. Default browser Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default browser Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><change-dir></code></td><td>c</td><td>change directories</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><display-filename></code></td><td>@</td><td>display the currently selected file's name</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><enter-mask></code></td><td>m</td><td>enter a file mask</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sort></code></td><td>o</td><td>sort messages</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><sort-reverse></code></td><td>O</td><td>sort messages in reverse order</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><select-new></code></td><td>N</td><td>select a new file in this directory</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><check-new></code></td><td> </td><td>check mailboxes for new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-mailboxes></code></td><td><Tab></td><td>toggle whether to browse mailboxes or all files</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-file></code></td><td><Space></td><td>view file</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><buffy-list></code></td><td>.</td><td>list mailboxes with new mail</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-mailbox></code></td><td>C</td><td>create a new mailbox (IMAP only)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-mailbox></code></td><td>d</td><td>delete the current mailbox (IMAP only)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><rename-mailbox></code></td><td>r</td><td>rename the current mailbox (IMAP only)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><subscribe></code></td><td>s</td><td>subscribe to current mailbox (IMAP only)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><unsubscribe></code></td><td>u</td><td>unsubscribe from current mailbox (IMAP only)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><toggle-subscribed></code></td><td>T</td><td>toggle view all/subscribed mailboxes (IMAP only)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-map"></a>4.10. Pgp Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="pgp-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.11. Default pgp Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default pgp Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><verify-key></code></td><td>c</td><td>verify a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-name></code></td><td>%</td><td>view the key's user id</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-map"></a>4.11. Smime Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="smime-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.12. Default smime Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default smime Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><verify-key></code></td><td>c</td><td>verify a PGP public key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><view-name></code></td><td>%</td><td>view the key's user id</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mix-map"></a>4.12. Mix Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="mix-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.13. Default mix Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default mix Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><accept></code></td><td><Return></td><td>Accept the chain constructed</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><append></code></td><td>a</td><td>Append a remailer to the chain</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><insert></code></td><td>i</td><td>Insert a remailer into the chain</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete></code></td><td>d</td><td>Delete a remailer from the chain</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><chain-prev></code></td><td><Left></td><td>Select the previous element of the chain</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><chain-next></code></td><td><Right></td><td>Select the next element of the chain</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="editor-map"></a>4.13. Editor Menu</h3></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="editor-table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.14. Default editor Function Bindings</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Default editor Function Bindings" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>Default key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal"><bol></code></td><td>^A</td><td>jump to the beginning of the line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><backward-char></code></td><td>^B</td><td>move the cursor one character to the left</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><backward-word></code></td><td>Esc b</td><td>move the cursor to the beginning of the word</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><capitalize-word></code></td><td>Esc c</td><td>capitalize the word</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><downcase-word></code></td><td>Esc l</td><td>convert the word to lower case</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><upcase-word></code></td><td>Esc u</td><td>convert the word to upper case</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><delete-char></code></td><td>^D</td><td>delete the char under the cursor</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><eol></code></td><td>^E</td><td>jump to the end of the line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forward-char></code></td><td>^F</td><td>move the cursor one character to the right</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><forward-word></code></td><td>Esc f</td><td>move the cursor to the end of the word</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><backspace></code></td><td><Backspace></td><td>delete the char in front of the cursor</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><kill-eol></code></td><td>^K</td><td>delete chars from cursor to end of line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><kill-eow></code></td><td>Esc d</td><td>delete chars from the cursor to the end of the word</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><kill-line></code></td><td>^U</td><td>delete all chars on the line</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><quote-char></code></td><td>^V</td><td>quote the next typed key</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><kill-word></code></td><td>^W</td><td>delete the word in front of the cursor</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><complete></code></td><td><Tab></td><td>complete filename or alias</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><complete-query></code></td><td>^T</td><td>complete address with query</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><buffy-cycle></code></td><td><Space></td><td>cycle among incoming mailboxes</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><history-up></code></td><td> </td><td>scroll up through the history list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><history-down></code></td><td> </td><td>scroll down through the history list</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><transpose-chars></code></td><td> </td><td>transpose character under cursor with previous</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tuning.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="miscellany.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 8. 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