1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
3 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 8. Reference</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Mutt E-Mail Client" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Mutt E-Mail Client" /><link rel="prev" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 7. Performance tuning" /><link rel="next" href="miscellany.html" title="Chapter 9. Miscellany" /><style xmlns="" type="text/css">
4 body { margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-family:serif; }
5 .toc, .list-of-tables, .list-of-examples { font-family:sans-serif; }
6 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family:sans-serif; }
7 em.replaceable code { font-family:sans-serif; }
8 p { text-align:justify; }
9 div.table p.title, div.example p.title { font-size:smaller; font-family:sans-serif; }
10 .email, .email a { font-family:monospace; }
11 div.table-contents table { border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #c0c0c0; }
12 div.table-contents table td, div.table-contents table th { padding:5px; text-align:left; }
13 div.table-contents table th {
14 font-family:sans-serif;
19 pre.screen, div.note { background:#f0f0f0; border:1px solid #c0c0c0; padding:5px; }
20 div.note h3 { font-size:small; font-style:italic; font-variant: small-caps; }
21 div.note h3:after { content: ":" }
22 div.note { margin-bottom: 5px; }
24 </style></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 8. 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 8. 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#autoedit">3.17. autoedit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#auto-tag">3.18. auto_tag</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#check-mbox-size">3.24. check_mbox_size</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-new">3.26. check_new</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#collapse-unread">3.27. collapse_unread</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#uncollapse-jump">3.28. uncollapse_jump</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-use-gpgme">3.36. crypt_use_gpgme</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-use-pka">3.37. crypt_use_pka</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autopgp">3.38. crypt_autopgp</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#date-format">3.40. date_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#default-hook">3.41. default_hook</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#delete">3.42. delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#delete-untag">3.43. delete_untag</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#digest-collapse">3.44. digest_collapse</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#display-filter">3.45. display_filter</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#dotlock-program">3.46. dotlock_program</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#dsn-notify">3.47. dsn_notify</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#dsn-return">3.48. dsn_return</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#duplicate-threads">3.49. duplicate_threads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#edit-headers">3.50. edit_headers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#editor">3.51. editor</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#encode-from">3.52. encode_from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#envelope-from-address">3.53. envelope_from_address</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#escape">3.54. escape</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fast-reply">3.55. fast_reply</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fcc-attach">3.56. fcc_attach</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#fcc-clear">3.57. fcc_clear</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#folder">3.58. folder</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#folder-format">3.59. folder_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#followup-to">3.60. followup_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#force-name">3.61. force_name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-decode">3.62. forward_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-edit">3.63. forward_edit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-format">3.64. forward_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-quote">3.65. forward_quote</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#from">3.66. from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#gecos-mask">3.67. gecos_mask</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hdrs">3.68. hdrs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header">3.69. header</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#help">3.70. help</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hidden-host">3.71. hidden_host</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-limited">3.72. hide_limited</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-missing">3.73. hide_missing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-thread-subject">3.74. hide_thread_subject</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-top-limited">3.75. hide_top_limited</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hide-top-missing">3.76. hide_top_missing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#history">3.77. history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#history-file">3.78. history_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#honor-followup-to">3.79. honor_followup_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#hostname">3.80. hostname</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ignore-linear-white-space">3.81. ignore_linear_white_space</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ignore-list-reply-to">3.82. ignore_list_reply_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-authenticators">3.83. imap_authenticators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-check-subscribed">3.84. imap_check_subscribed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-delim-chars">3.85. imap_delim_chars</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-headers">3.86. imap_headers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-idle">3.87. imap_idle</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-keepalive">3.88. imap_keepalive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-list-subscribed">3.89. imap_list_subscribed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-login">3.90. imap_login</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-pass">3.91. imap_pass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-passive">3.92. imap_passive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-peek">3.93. imap_peek</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-pipeline-depth">3.94. imap_pipeline_depth</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-servernoise">3.95. imap_servernoise</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#imap-user">3.96. imap_user</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#implicit-autoview">3.97. implicit_autoview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#include">3.98. include</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#include-onlyfirst">3.99. include_onlyfirst</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#indent-string">3.100. indent_string</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#index-format">3.101. index_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ispell">3.102. ispell</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#keep-flagged">3.103. keep_flagged</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#locale">3.104. locale</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mail-check">3.105. mail_check</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mailcap-path">3.106. mailcap_path</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mailcap-sanitize">3.107. mailcap_sanitize</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#maildir-mtime">3.108. maildir_mtime</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header-cache">3.109. header_cache</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#maildir-header-cache-verify">3.110. maildir_header_cache_verify</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#header-cache-pagesize">3.111. header_cache_pagesize</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#maildir-trash">3.112. maildir_trash</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mark-old">3.113. mark_old</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#markers">3.114. markers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mask">3.115. mask</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mbox">3.116. mbox</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mbox-type">3.117. mbox_type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#metoo">3.118. metoo</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-context">3.119. menu_context</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-move-off">3.120. menu_move_off</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#menu-scroll">3.121. menu_scroll</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#meta-key">3.122. meta_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-purge">3.123. mh_purge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-flagged">3.124. mh_seq_flagged</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-replied">3.125. mh_seq_replied</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mh-seq-unseen">3.126. mh_seq_unseen</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward">3.127. mime_forward</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode">3.128. mime_forward_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mime-forward-rest">3.129. mime_forward_rest</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mix-entry-format">3.130. mix_entry_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#mixmaster">3.131. mixmaster</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#move">3.132. move</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-cachedir">3.133. message_cachedir</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-cache-clean">3.134. message_cache_clean</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#message-format">3.135. message_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#narrow-tree">3.136. narrow_tree</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#net-inc">3.137. net_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager">3.138. pager</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-context">3.139. pager_context</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-format">3.140. pager_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-index-lines">3.141. pager_index_lines</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pager-stop">3.142. pager_stop</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autosign">3.143. crypt_autosign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt">3.144. crypt_autoencrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-ignore-subkeys">3.145. pgp_ignore_subkeys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt">3.146. crypt_replyencrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replysign">3.147. crypt_replysign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-replysignencrypted">3.148. crypt_replysignencrypted</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-timestamp">3.149. crypt_timestamp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-use-gpg-agent">3.150. pgp_use_gpg_agent</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#crypt-verify-sig">3.151. crypt_verify_sig</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-is-default">3.152. smime_is_default</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-ask-cert-label">3.153. smime_ask_cert_label</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-use-default-key">3.154. smime_decrypt_use_default_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-entry-format">3.155. pgp_entry_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-good-sign">3.156. pgp_good_sign</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-check-exit">3.157. pgp_check_exit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-long-ids">3.158. pgp_long_ids</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-retainable-sigs">3.159. pgp_retainable_sigs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-autoinline">3.160. pgp_autoinline</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-replyinline">3.161. pgp_replyinline</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-show-unusable">3.162. pgp_show_unusable</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sign-as">3.163. pgp_sign_as</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-strict-enc">3.164. pgp_strict_enc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-timeout">3.165. pgp_timeout</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sort-keys">3.166. pgp_sort_keys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto">3.167. pgp_mime_auto</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-auto-decode">3.168. pgp_auto_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-mime-signature-filename">3.169. pgp_mime_signature_filename</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-mime-signature-description">3.170. pgp_mime_signature_description</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command">3.171. pgp_decode_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-getkeys-command">3.172. pgp_getkeys_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-verify-command">3.173. pgp_verify_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-decrypt-command">3.174. pgp_decrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-clearsign-command">3.175. pgp_clearsign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-sign-command">3.176. pgp_sign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-encrypt-sign-command">3.177. pgp_encrypt_sign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-encrypt-only-command">3.178. pgp_encrypt_only_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-import-command">3.179. pgp_import_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-export-command">3.180. pgp_export_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#pgp-list-secring-command">3.182. pgp_list_secring_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pgp-list-pubring-command">3.183. pgp_list_pubring_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#forward-decrypt">3.184. forward_decrypt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-timeout">3.185. smime_timeout</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-encrypt-with">3.186. smime_encrypt_with</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-keys">3.187. smime_keys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-ca-location">3.188. smime_ca_location</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-certificates">3.189. smime_certificates</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command">3.190. smime_decrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-verify-command">3.191. smime_verify_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-verify-opaque-command">3.192. smime_verify_opaque_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-sign-command">3.193. smime_sign_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-sign-opaque-command">3.194. smime_sign_opaque_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-encrypt-command">3.195. smime_encrypt_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-pk7out-command">3.196. smime_pk7out_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-cert-command">3.197. smime_get_cert_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-signer-cert-command">3.198. smime_get_signer_cert_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-import-cert-command">3.199. smime_import_cert_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-get-cert-email-command">3.200. smime_get_cert_email_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smime-default-key">3.201. smime_default_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-client-cert">3.202. ssl_client_cert</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-force-tls">3.203. ssl_force_tls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-starttls">3.204. ssl_starttls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#certificate-file">3.205. certificate_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-use-sslv3">3.206. ssl_use_sslv3</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-use-tlsv1">3.207. ssl_use_tlsv1</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-min-dh-prime-bits">3.208. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#ssl-ca-certificates-file">3.209. ssl_ca_certificates_file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-split">3.210. pipe_split</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-decode">3.211. pipe_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pipe-sep">3.212. pipe_sep</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-authenticators">3.213. pop_authenticators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-auth-try-all">3.214. pop_auth_try_all</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-checkinterval">3.215. pop_checkinterval</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-delete">3.216. pop_delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-host">3.217. pop_host</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-last">3.218. pop_last</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-reconnect">3.219. pop_reconnect</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-user">3.220. pop_user</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#pop-pass">3.221. pop_pass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#post-indent-string">3.222. post_indent_string</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#postpone">3.223. postpone</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#postponed">3.224. postponed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#preconnect">3.225. preconnect</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print">3.226. print</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-command">3.227. print_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-decode">3.228. print_decode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#print-split">3.229. print_split</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#prompt-after">3.230. prompt_after</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#query-command">3.231. query_command</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#query-format">3.232. query_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#quit">3.233. quit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#quote-regexp">3.234. quote_regexp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#read-inc">3.235. read_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#read-only">3.236. read_only</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#realname">3.237. realname</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#recall">3.238. recall</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#record">3.239. record</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reply-regexp">3.240. reply_regexp</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reply-self">3.241. reply_self</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reply-to">3.242. reply_to</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#resolve">3.243. resolve</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reverse-alias">3.244. reverse_alias</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reverse-name">3.245. reverse_name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#reverse-realname">3.246. reverse_realname</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#rfc2047-parameters">3.247. rfc2047_parameters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#save-address">3.248. save_address</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#save-empty">3.249. save_empty</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#save-history">3.250. save_history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#save-name">3.251. save_name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score">3.252. score</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-delete">3.253. score_threshold_delete</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-flag">3.254. score_threshold_flag</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#score-threshold-read">3.255. score_threshold_read</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#send-charset">3.256. send_charset</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sendmail">3.257. sendmail</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sendmail-wait">3.258. sendmail_wait</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#shell">3.259. shell</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sig-dashes">3.260. sig_dashes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sig-on-top">3.261. sig_on_top</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#signature">3.262. signature</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#simple-search">3.263. simple_search</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smart-wrap">3.264. smart_wrap</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smileys">3.265. smileys</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sleep-time">3.266. sleep_time</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smtp-authenticators">3.267. smtp_authenticators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smtp-pass">3.268. smtp_pass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#smtp-url">3.269. smtp_url</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sort">3.270. sort</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sort-alias">3.271. sort_alias</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sort-aux">3.272. sort_aux</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sort-browser">3.273. sort_browser</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#sort-re">3.274. sort_re</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#spam-separator">3.275. spam_separator</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#spoolfile">3.276. spoolfile</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#status-chars">3.277. status_chars</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#status-format">3.278. status_format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#status-on-top">3.279. status_on_top</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#strict-threads">3.280. strict_threads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#suspend">3.281. suspend</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#text-flowed">3.282. text_flowed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#thread-received">3.283. thread_received</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#thorough-search">3.284. thorough_search</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#tilde">3.285. tilde</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#time-inc">3.286. time_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#timeout">3.287. timeout</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#tmpdir">3.288. tmpdir</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#to-chars">3.289. to_chars</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#trash">3.290. trash</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#tunnel">3.291. tunnel</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-8bitmime">3.292. use_8bitmime</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-domain">3.293. use_domain</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-envelope-from">3.294. use_envelope_from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-from">3.295. use_from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-idn">3.296. use_idn</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#use-ipv6">3.297. use_ipv6</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#user-agent">3.298. user_agent</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#visual">3.299. visual</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wait-key">3.300. wait_key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#weed">3.301. weed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrap">3.302. wrap</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrap-search">3.303. wrap_search</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#wrapmargin">3.304. wrapmargin</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#write-inc">3.305. write_inc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#write-bcc">3.306. write_bcc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#xterm-icon">3.307. xterm_icon</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#xterm-set-titles">3.308. xterm_set_titles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="reference.html#xterm-title">3.309. xterm_title</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>
25 Running <code class="literal">mutt</code> with no arguments will make Mutt attempt to read your spool
26 mailbox. However, it is possible to read other mailboxes and
27 to send messages from the command line as well.
28 </p><div class="table"><a id="tab-commandline-options"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 8.1. 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 mailboxes 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>
29 To read messages in a mailbox
30 </p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mutt</code> [<code class="option">-nz</code>] [<code class="option">-F</code>
31 <em class="replaceable"><code>muttrc</code></em>
32 ] [<code class="option">-m</code>
33 <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em>
34 ] [<code class="option">-f</code>
35 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
37 To compose a new message
38 </p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mutt</code> [<code class="option">-n</code>] [<code class="option">-F</code>
39 <em class="replaceable"><code>muttrc</code></em>
40 ] [<code class="option">-c</code>
41 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
42 ] [<code class="option">-i</code>
43 <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>
44 ] [<code class="option">-s</code>
45 <em class="replaceable"><code>subject</code></em>
47 <code class="option">-a</code>
48 <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>
52 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
54 Mutt also supports a “<span class="quote">batch</span>” mode to send prepared messages. Simply redirect
55 input from the file you wish to send. For example,
57 <code class="literal">mutt -s "data set for run #2" professor@bigschool.edu
58 < ˜/run2.dat</code>
60 This command will send a message to “<span class="quote">professor@bigschool.edu</span>” with a subject
61 of “<span class="quote">data set for run #2</span>”. In the body of the message will be the contents
62 of the file “<span class="quote">˜/run2.dat</span>”.
64 All files passed with -a <span class="emphasis"><em>file</em></span> will be attached as a MIME
65 part to the message. To attach several files, use “<span class="quote">--</span>” to separate files and
66 recipient addresses: <code class="literal">mutt -a *.png -- some@one.org</code>
67 </p></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>
68 The following are the commands understood by mutt.
69 </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>
70 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
71 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
72 </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> [
73 <code class="option">-group</code>
74 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
76 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
78 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
80 <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em>
81 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alias" title="4. Defining/Using aliases">unalias</a></code> [
82 <code class="option">-group</code>
83 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
85 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
87 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
88 ... }</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> [
89 <code class="option">-group</code>
90 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
92 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
94 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
95 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative addresses">unalternates</a></code> [
96 <code class="option">-group</code>
97 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
99 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
101 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
102 ... }</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>
103 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
105 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
106 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#alternative-order" title="5. MIME Multipart/Alternative">unalternative-order</a></code> {
107 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
109 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
110 ... }</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>
111 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
113 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
114 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#auto-view" title="4. MIME Autoview">unauto-view</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="configuration.html#bind" title="5. Changing the default key bindings">bind</a></code>
119 <em class="replaceable"><code>map</code></em>
121 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
123 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
124 </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>
125 <em class="replaceable"><code>alias</code></em>
127 <em class="replaceable"><code>charset</code></em>
128 </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">iconv-hook</a></code>
129 <em class="replaceable"><code>charset</code></em>
131 <em class="replaceable"><code>local-charset</code></em>
132 </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>
133 <em class="replaceable"><code>object</code></em>
135 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
137 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
138 </p></div><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> {
139 <code class="option">header</code>
141 <code class="option">body</code>
143 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
145 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
147 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
148 </p></div><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 <code class="option">index</code>
151 <em class="replaceable"><code>foreground</code></em>
153 <em class="replaceable"><code>background</code></em>
155 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
156 </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">uncolor</a></code>
157 <code class="option">index</code>
159 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
160 ... </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>
161 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
163 <em class="replaceable"><code>function</code></em>
164 ...]</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>
165 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
167 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
168 </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>
169 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
171 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
172 </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>
173 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]regexp</code></em>
175 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
176 </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> [
177 <code class="option">-group</code>
178 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
180 <code class="option">-rx</code>
181 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
183 <code class="option">-addr</code>
184 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
185 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#addrgroup" title="3. Address groups">ungroup</a></code> [
186 <code class="option">-group</code>
187 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
189 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
191 <code class="option">-rx</code>
192 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
194 <code class="option">-addr</code>
195 <em class="replaceable"><code>expr</code></em>
196 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#hdr-order">hdr_order</a></code>
197 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
199 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
200 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#hdr-order">unhdr_order</a></code> {
201 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
203 <em class="replaceable"><code>header</code></em>
204 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#ignore" title="10. Message header display">ignore</a></code>
205 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
207 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
208 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#ignore" title="10. Message header display">unignore</a></code> {
209 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
211 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
212 ... }</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> [
213 <code class="option">-group</code>
214 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
216 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
218 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
219 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#lists" title="12. Mailing lists">unlists</a></code> [
220 <code class="option">-group</code>
221 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
223 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
225 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
226 ... }</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>
227 <em class="replaceable"><code>menu</code></em>
229 <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>
231 <em class="replaceable"><code>sequence</code></em>
233 <em class="replaceable"><code>description</code></em>
234 ]</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>
235 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
237 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
238 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring incoming mail">unmailboxes</a></code> {
239 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
241 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
242 ... }</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>
243 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
245 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
246 </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>
247 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
249 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
250 </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>
251 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
253 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
254 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="mimesupport.html#mime-lookup" title="7. MIME Lookup">unmime-lookup</a></code> {
255 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
257 <em class="replaceable"><code>mimetype</code></em>
258 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code>
259 <em class="replaceable"><code>object</code></em>
261 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
262 </p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code> {
263 <code class="option">header</code>
265 <code class="option">body</code>
267 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
269 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
270 </p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">mono</a></code>
271 <code class="option">index</code>
273 <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>
275 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
276 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mono">unmono</a></code>
277 <code class="option">index</code>
279 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
281 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
282 ... }</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>
283 <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em>
284 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User defined headers">unmy_hdr</a></code> {
285 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
287 <em class="replaceable"><code>field</code></em>
288 ... }</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>
289 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
291 <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em>
292 </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>
293 <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em>
294 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">reset</a></code>
295 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
297 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
298 ...]</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>
299 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
301 <em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>
302 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="reference.html#score" title="3.252. score">score</a></code>
303 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
305 <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>
306 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="reference.html#score" title="3.252. score">unscore</a></code> {
307 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
309 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
310 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#reply-hook">reply-hook</a></code>
311 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
313 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
314 </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>
315 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
317 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
318 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send2-hook">send2-hook</a></code>
319 <em class="replaceable"><code>[!]pattern</code></em>
321 <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
322 </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> {
323 [ <code class="option">no</code> | <code class="option">inv</code> ]
324 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
326 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable=value</code></em>
327 } [...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">unset</a></code>
328 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
330 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
331 ...]</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>
332 <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>
333 </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>
334 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
336 <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em>
337 </p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#spam" title="25. Spam detection">nospam</a></code> {
338 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
340 <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
341 }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></code> [
342 <code class="option">-group</code>
343 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
345 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
347 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
348 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">unsubscribe</a></code> [
349 <code class="option">-group</code>
350 <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
352 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
354 <em class="replaceable"><code>regexp</code></em>
355 ... }</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#set" title="26. Setting and Querying Variables">toggle</a></code>
356 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
358 <em class="replaceable"><code>variable</code></em>
359 ...]</p></div></li><li><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#unhook" title="29. Removing hooks">unhook</a></code> {
360 <em class="replaceable"><code>*</code></em>
362 <em class="replaceable"><code>hook-type</code></em>
363 }</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 />
364 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
365 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, when composing messages and no subject is given
366 at the subject prompt, composition will be aborted. If set to
367 <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, composing messages with no subject given at the subject
368 prompt will never be aborted.
369 </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 />
370 Default: yes</p></div><p>
371 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, composition will automatically abort after
372 editing the message body if no changes are made to the file (this
373 check only happens after the <span class="emphasis"><em>first</em></span> edit of the file). When set
374 to <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, composition will never be aborted.
375 </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 />
376 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.muttrc</code></span>”</p></div><p>
377 The default file in which to save aliases created by the
378 <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="gettingstarted.html#create-alias"><create-alias></a></code> function. Entries added to this file are
379 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
380 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> or the current character set otherwise.
382 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Mutt will not automatically source this file; you must
383 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
384 this option points to a dedicated alias file.
386 The default for this option is the currently used muttrc file, or
387 “<span class="quote">˜/.muttrc</span>” if no user muttrc was found.
388 </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 />
389 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %2f %t %-10a %r</code></span>”</p></div><p>
390 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
391 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are available:
393 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>alias name
394 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>flags - currently, a “<span class="quote">d</span>” for an alias marked for deletion
395 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>index number
396 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%r </span></dt><dd><p>address which alias expands to
397 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>character which indicates if the alias is tagged for inclusion
398 </p></dd></dl></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 />
399 Default: yes</p></div><p>
400 Controls whether 8-bit data is converted to 7-bit using either Quoted-
401 Printable or Base64 encoding when sending mail.
402 </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 />
403 Default: no</p></div><p>
404 Controls whether ANSI color codes in messages (and color tags in
405 rich text messages) are to be interpreted.
406 Messages containing these codes are rare, but if this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
407 their text will be colored accordingly. Note that this may override
408 your color choices, and even present a security problem, since a
409 message could include a line like
411 </p><pre class="screen">
412 [-- PGP output follows ...
415 and give it the same color as your attachment color (see also
416 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-timestamp" title="3.149. crypt_timestamp">$crypt_timestamp</a>).
417 </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 />
418 Default: no</p></div><p>
419 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, an arrow (“<span class="quote">-></span>”) will be used to indicate the current entry
420 in menus instead of highlighting the whole line. On slow network or modem
421 links this will make response faster because there is less that has to
422 be redrawn on the screen when moving to the next or previous entries
424 </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 />
425 Default: no</p></div><p>
426 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will use plain ASCII characters when displaying thread
427 and attachment trees, instead of the default <span class="emphasis"><em>ACS</em></span> characters.
428 </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 />
429 Default: no</p></div><p>
430 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt you for blind-carbon-copy (Bcc) recipients
431 before editing an outgoing message.
432 </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 />
433 Default: no</p></div><p>
434 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt you for carbon-copy (Cc) recipients before
435 editing the body of an outgoing message.
436 </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 />
437 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
438 This variable is a colon-separated list of character encoding
439 schemes for messages without character encoding indication.
440 Header field values and message body content without character encoding
441 indication would be assumed that they are written in one of this list.
442 By default, all the header fields and message body without any charset
443 indication are assumed to be in “<span class="quote">us-ascii</span>”.
445 For example, Japanese users might prefer this:
447 </p><pre class="screen">
448 set assumed_charset="iso-2022-jp:euc-jp:shift_jis:utf-8"
451 However, only the first content is valid for the message body.
452 </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 />
453 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
454 This variable is a colon-separated list of character encoding
455 schemes for text file attachments. Mutt uses this setting to guess
456 which encoding files being attached are encoded in to convert them to
457 a proper character set given in <a class="link" href="reference.html#send-charset" title="3.256. send_charset">$send_charset</a>.
459 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> will be used instead.
460 For example, the following configuration would work for Japanese
463 </p><pre class="screen">
464 set attach_charset="iso-2022-jp:euc-jp:shift_jis:utf-8"
467 Note: for Japanese users, “<span class="quote">iso-2022-*</span>” must be put at the head
468 of the value as shown above if included.
469 </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 />
470 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>
471 This variable describes the format of the “<span class="quote">attachment</span>” menu. The
472 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are understood:
474 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%C </span></dt><dd><p>charset
475 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>requires charset conversion (“<span class="quote">n</span>” or “<span class="quote">c</span>”)
476 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%D </span></dt><dd><p>deleted flag
477 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%d </span></dt><dd><p>description
478 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%e </span></dt><dd><p>MIME content-transfer-encoding
479 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>filename
480 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%I </span></dt><dd><p>disposition (“<span class="quote">I</span>” for inline, “<span class="quote">A</span>” for attachment)
481 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%m </span></dt><dd><p>major MIME type
482 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%M </span></dt><dd><p>MIME subtype
483 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>attachment number
484 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%Q </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">Q</span>”, if MIME part qualifies for attachment counting
485 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>size
486 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>tagged flag
487 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%T </span></dt><dd><p>graphic tree characters
488 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%u </span></dt><dd><p>unlink (=to delete) flag
489 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%X </span></dt><dd><p>number of qualifying MIME parts in this part and its children
490 (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)
491 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%>X </span></dt><dd><p>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
492 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%|X </span></dt><dd><p>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
493 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%*X </span></dt><dd><p>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
494 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
495 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
496 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-sep"></a>3.14. attach_sep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
497 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">\n</code></span>”</p></div><p>
498 The separator to add between attachments when operating (saving,
499 printing, piping, etc) on a list of tagged attachments.
500 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="attach-split"></a>3.15. attach_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
501 Default: yes</p></div><p>
502 If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, when operating (saving, printing, piping,
503 etc) on a list of tagged attachments, Mutt will concatenate the
504 attachments and will operate on them as a single attachment. The
505 <a class="link" href="reference.html#attach-sep" title="3.14. attach_sep">$attach_sep</a> separator is added after each attachment. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
506 Mutt will operate on the attachments one by one.
507 </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 />
508 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">On %d, %n wrote:</code></span>”</p></div><p>
509 This is the string that will precede a message which has been included
510 in a reply. For a full listing of defined <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences see
511 the section on <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>.
512 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="autoedit"></a>3.17. autoedit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
513 Default: no</p></div><p>
514 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> along with <a class="link" href="reference.html#edit-headers" title="3.50. edit_headers">$edit_headers</a>, Mutt will skip the initial
515 send-menu (prompting for subject and recipients) and allow you to
516 immediately begin editing the body of your
517 message. The send-menu may still be accessed once you have finished
518 editing the body of your message.
520 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#fast-reply" title="3.55. fast_reply">$fast_reply</a>.
521 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="auto-tag"></a>3.18. auto_tag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
522 Default: no</p></div><p>
523 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, functions in the <span class="emphasis"><em>index</em></span> menu which affect a message
524 will be applied to all tagged messages (if there are any). When
525 unset, you must first use the <code class="literal"><tag-prefix></code> function (bound to “<span class="quote">;</span>”
526 by default) to make the next function apply to all tagged messages.
527 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="beep"></a>3.19. beep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
528 Default: yes</p></div><p>
529 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will beep when an error occurs.
530 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="beep-new"></a>3.20. beep_new</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
531 Default: no</p></div><p>
532 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will beep whenever it prints a message
533 notifying you of new mail. This is independent of the setting of the
534 <a class="link" href="reference.html#beep" title="3.19. beep">$beep</a> variable.
535 </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 />
536 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
537 Controls whether you will be asked to confirm bouncing messages.
538 If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span> you don't get asked if you want to bounce a
539 message. Setting this variable to <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span> is not generally useful,
540 and thus not recommended, because you are unable to bounce messages.
541 </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 />
542 Default: yes</p></div><p>
543 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will include Delivered-To headers when
544 bouncing messages. Postfix users may wish to <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> this variable.
546 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, this option is unset by default in
548 </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 />
549 Default: no</p></div><p>
550 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will place the cursor at the beginning
551 of the current line in menus, even when the <a class="link" href="reference.html#arrow-cursor" title="3.7. arrow_cursor">$arrow_cursor</a> variable
552 is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, making it easier for blind persons using Braille displays to
553 follow these menus. The option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> by default because many
554 visual terminals don't permit making the cursor invisible.
555 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="check-mbox-size"></a>3.24. check_mbox_size</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
556 Default: no</p></div><p>
557 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use file size attribute instead of
558 access time when checking for new mail in mbox and mmdf folders.
560 This variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> by default and should only be enabled when
561 new mail detection for these folder types is unreliable or doesn't work.
563 Note that enabling this variable should happen before any “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring incoming mail">mailboxes</a></span>”
564 directives occur in configuration files regarding mbox or mmdf folders
565 because mutt needs to determine the initial new mail status of such a
566 mailbox by performing a fast mailbox scan when it is defined.
567 Afterwards the new mail status is tracked by file size changes.
568 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="charset"></a>3.25. charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
569 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
570 Character set your terminal uses to display and enter textual data.
571 It is also the fallback for <a class="link" href="reference.html#send-charset" title="3.256. send_charset">$send_charset</a>.
573 Upon startup Mutt tries to derive this value from environment variables
574 such as <code class="literal">$LC_CTYPE</code> or <code class="literal">$LANG</code>.
576 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> It should only be set in case Mutt isn't abled to determine the
577 character set used correctly.
578 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="check-new"></a>3.26. check_new</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
579 Default: yes</p></div><p>
580 <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
583 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will check for new mail delivered while the
584 mailbox is open. Especially with MH mailboxes, this operation can
585 take quite some time since it involves scanning the directory and
586 checking each file to see if it has already been looked at. If
587 this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no check for new mail is performed
588 while the mailbox is open.
589 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="collapse-unread"></a>3.27. collapse_unread</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
590 Default: yes</p></div><p>
591 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will not collapse a thread if it contains any
593 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="uncollapse-jump"></a>3.28. uncollapse_jump</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
594 Default: no</p></div><p>
595 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will jump to the next unread message, if any,
596 when the current thread is <span class="emphasis"><em>un</em></span>collapsed.
597 </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 />
598 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-- Mutt: Compose [Approx. msg size: %l Atts: %a]%>-</code></span>”</p></div><p>
599 Controls the format of the status line displayed in the “<span class="quote">compose</span>”
600 menu. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a>, but has its own
601 set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
603 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>total number of attachments
604 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%h </span></dt><dd><p>local hostname
605 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%l </span></dt><dd><p>approximate size (in bytes) of the current message
606 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%v </span></dt><dd><p>Mutt version string
607 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
608 See the text describing the <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a> option for more
609 information on how to set <a class="link" href="reference.html#compose-format" title="3.29. compose_format">$compose_format</a>.
610 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="config-charset"></a>3.30. config_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
611 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
612 When defined, Mutt will recode commands in rc files from this
613 encoding to the current character set as specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a>
614 and aliases written to <a class="link" href="reference.html#alias-file" title="3.3. alias_file">$alias_file</a> from the current character set.
616 Please note that if setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> it must be done before
617 setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#config-charset" title="3.30. config_charset">$config_charset</a>.
619 Recoding should be avoided as it may render unconvertable
620 characters as question marks which can lead to undesired
621 side effects (for example in regular expressions).
622 </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 />
623 Default: yes</p></div><p>
624 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt for confirmation when appending messages to
626 </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 />
627 Default: yes</p></div><p>
628 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will prompt for confirmation when saving messages to a
629 mailbox which does not yet exist before creating it.
630 </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 />
631 Default: 30</p></div><p>
632 Causes Mutt to timeout a network connection (for IMAP, POP or SMTP) after this
633 many seconds if the connection is not able to be established. A negative
634 value causes Mutt to wait indefinitely for the connection attempt to succeed.
635 </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 />
636 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">text/plain</code></span>”</p></div><p>
637 Sets the default Content-Type for the body of newly composed messages.
638 </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 />
639 Default: yes</p></div><p>
640 This variable controls whether or not copies of your outgoing messages
641 will be saved for later references. Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.239. record">$record</a>,
642 <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.251. save_name">$save_name</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.61. force_name">$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>”.
643 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-use-gpgme"></a>3.36. crypt_use_gpgme</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
644 Default: no</p></div><p>
645 This variable controls the use of the GPGME-enabled crypto backends.
646 If it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> and Mutt was built with gpgme support, the gpgme code for
647 S/MIME and PGP will be used instead of the classic code. Note that
648 you need to set this option in .muttrc; it won't have any effect when
650 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-use-pka"></a>3.37. crypt_use_pka</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
651 Default: no</p></div><p>
652 Controls whether mutt uses PKA
653 (see http://www.g10code.de/docs/pka-intro.de.pdf) during signature
654 verification (only supported by the GPGME backend).
655 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autopgp"></a>3.38. crypt_autopgp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
656 Default: yes</p></div><p>
657 This variable controls whether or not mutt may automatically enable
658 PGP encryption/signing for messages. See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt" title="3.144. crypt_autoencrypt">$crypt_autoencrypt</a>,
659 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.146. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>,
660 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autosign" title="3.143. crypt_autosign">$crypt_autosign</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.147. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.152. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a>.
661 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autosmime"></a>3.39. crypt_autosmime</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
662 Default: yes</p></div><p>
663 This variable controls whether or not mutt may automatically enable
664 S/MIME encryption/signing for messages. See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autoencrypt" title="3.144. crypt_autoencrypt">$crypt_autoencrypt</a>,
665 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.146. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>,
666 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-autosign" title="3.143. crypt_autosign">$crypt_autosign</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.147. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.152. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a>.
667 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="date-format"></a>3.40. date_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
668 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">!%a, %b %d, %Y at %I:%M:%S%p %Z</code></span>”</p></div><p>
669 This variable controls the format of the date printed by the “<span class="quote">%d</span>”
670 sequence in <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>. This is passed to the <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>
671 function to process the date, see the man page for the proper syntax.
673 Unless the first character in the string is a bang (“<span class="quote">!</span>”), the month
674 and week day names are expanded according to the locale specified in
675 the variable <a class="link" href="reference.html#locale" title="3.104. locale">$locale</a>. If the first character in the string is a
676 bang, the bang is discarded, and the month and week day names in the
677 rest of the string are expanded in the <span class="emphasis"><em>C</em></span> locale (that is in US
679 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="default-hook"></a>3.41. default_hook</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
680 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜f %s !˜P | (˜P ˜C %s)</code></span>”</p></div><p>
681 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>”,
682 “<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
683 be interpreted if they are specified with only a simple regexp,
684 instead of a matching pattern. The hooks are expanded when they are
685 declared, so a hook will be interpreted according to the value of this
686 variable at the time the hook is declared.
688 The default value matches
689 if the message is either from a user matching the regular expression
690 given, or if it is from you (if the from address matches
691 “<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
693 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="delete"></a>3.42. delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
694 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
695 Controls whether or not messages are really deleted when closing or
696 synchronizing a mailbox. If set to <span class="emphasis"><em>yes</em></span>, messages marked for
697 deleting will automatically be purged without prompting. If set to
698 <span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span>, messages marked for deletion will be kept in the mailbox.
699 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="delete-untag"></a>3.43. delete_untag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
700 Default: yes</p></div><p>
701 If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will untag messages when marking them
702 for deletion. This applies when you either explicitly delete a message,
703 or when you save it to another folder.
704 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="digest-collapse"></a>3.44. digest_collapse</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
705 Default: yes</p></div><p>
706 If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt's received-attachments menu will not show the subparts of
707 individual messages in a multipart/digest. To see these subparts, press “<span class="quote">v</span>” on that menu.
708 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="display-filter"></a>3.45. display_filter</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
709 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
710 When set, specifies a command used to filter messages. When a message
711 is viewed it is passed as standard input to <a class="link" href="reference.html#display-filter" title="3.45. display_filter">$display_filter</a>, and the
712 filtered message is read from the standard output.
713 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dotlock-program"></a>3.46. dotlock_program</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
714 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/usr/bin/mutt_dotlock</code></span>”</p></div><p>
715 Contains the path of the <code class="literal">mutt_dotlock(8)</code> binary to be used by
717 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dsn-notify"></a>3.47. dsn_notify</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
718 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
719 This variable sets the request for when notification is returned. The
720 string consists of a comma separated list (no spaces!) of one or more
721 of the following: <span class="emphasis"><em>never</em></span>, to never request notification,
722 <span class="emphasis"><em>failure</em></span>, to request notification on transmission failure,
723 <span class="emphasis"><em>delay</em></span>, to be notified of message delays, <span class="emphasis"><em>success</em></span>, to be
724 notified of successful transmission.
728 </p><pre class="screen">
729 set dsn_notify="failure,delay"
732 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> when using <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> for delivery, you should not enable
733 this unless you are either using Sendmail 8.8.x or greater or a MTA
734 providing a <code class="literal">sendmail(1)</code>-compatible interface supporting the <code class="literal">-N</code> option
735 for DSN. For SMTP delivery, DSN support is autodetected so that it
736 depends on the server whether DSN will be used or not.
737 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="dsn-return"></a>3.48. dsn_return</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
738 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
739 This variable controls how much of your message is returned in DSN
740 messages. It may be set to either <span class="emphasis"><em>hdrs</em></span> to return just the
741 message header, or <span class="emphasis"><em>full</em></span> to return the full message.
745 </p><pre class="screen">
749 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> when using <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> for delivery, you should not enable
750 this unless you are either using Sendmail 8.8.x or greater or a MTA
751 providing a <code class="literal">sendmail(1)</code>-compatible interface supporting the <code class="literal">-R</code> option
752 for DSN. For SMTP delivery, DSN support is autodetected so that it
753 depends on the server whether DSN will be used or not.
754 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="duplicate-threads"></a>3.49. duplicate_threads</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
755 Default: yes</p></div><p>
756 This variable controls whether mutt, when <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">$sort</a> is set to <span class="emphasis"><em>threads</em></span>, threads
757 messages with the same Message-Id together. If it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, it will indicate
758 that it thinks they are duplicates of each other with an equals sign
760 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="edit-headers"></a>3.50. edit_headers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
761 Default: no</p></div><p>
762 This option allows you to edit the header of your outgoing messages
763 along with the body of your message.
765 <span class="bold"><strong>Note</strong></span> that changes made to the References: and Date: headers are
766 ignored for interoperability reasons.
767 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="editor"></a>3.51. editor</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
768 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
769 This variable specifies which editor is used by mutt.
770 It defaults to the value of the <code class="literal">$VISUAL</code>, or <code class="literal">$EDITOR</code>, environment
771 variable, or to the string “<span class="quote">/usr/bin/editor</span>” if neither of those are set.
772 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="encode-from"></a>3.52. encode_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
773 Default: no</p></div><p>
774 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will quoted-printable encode messages when
775 they contain the string “<span class="quote">From </span>” (note the trailing space) in the beginning of a line.
776 This is useful to avoid the tampering certain mail delivery and transport
777 agents tend to do with messages (in order to prevent tools from
778 misinterpreting the line as a mbox message separator).
779 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="envelope-from-address"></a>3.53. envelope_from_address</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: e-mail address<br />
780 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
781 Manually sets the <span class="emphasis"><em>envelope</em></span> sender for outgoing messages.
782 This value is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-envelope-from" title="3.294. use_envelope_from">$use_envelope_from</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
783 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="escape"></a>3.54. escape</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
784 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜</code></span>”</p></div><p>
785 Escape character to use for functions in the builtin editor.
786 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fast-reply"></a>3.55. fast_reply</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
787 Default: no</p></div><p>
788 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the initial prompt for recipients and subject are skipped
789 when replying to messages, and the initial prompt for subject is
790 skipped when forwarding messages.
792 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this variable has no effect when the <a class="link" href="reference.html#autoedit" title="3.17. autoedit">$autoedit</a>
793 variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
794 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fcc-attach"></a>3.56. fcc_attach</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
795 Default: yes</p></div><p>
796 This variable controls whether or not attachments on outgoing messages
797 are saved along with the main body of your message.
798 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fcc-clear"></a>3.57. fcc_clear</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
799 Default: no</p></div><p>
800 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, FCCs will be stored unencrypted and
801 unsigned, even when the actual message is encrypted and/or
804 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="folder"></a>3.58. folder</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
805 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/Mail</code></span>”</p></div><p>
806 Specifies the default location of your mailboxes. A “<span class="quote">+</span>” or “<span class="quote">=</span>” at the
807 beginning of a pathname will be expanded to the value of this
808 variable. Note that if you change this variable (from the default)
809 value you need to make sure that the assignment occurs <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span>
810 you use “<span class="quote">+</span>” or “<span class="quote">=</span>” for any other variables since expansion takes place
811 when handling the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring incoming mail">mailboxes</a></span>” command.
812 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="folder-format"></a>3.59. folder_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
813 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%2C %t %N %F %2l %-8.8u %-8.8g %8s %d %f</code></span>”</p></div><p>
814 This variable allows you to customize the file browser display to your
815 personal taste. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>, but has
816 its own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
818 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%C </span></dt><dd><p>current file number
819 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%d </span></dt><dd><p>date/time folder was last modified
820 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>filename
821 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%F </span></dt><dd><p>file permissions
822 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%g </span></dt><dd><p>group name (or numeric gid, if missing)
823 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%l </span></dt><dd><p>number of hard links
824 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%N </span></dt><dd><p>N if folder has new mail, blank otherwise
825 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>size in bytes
826 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">*</span>” if the file is tagged, blank otherwise
827 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%u </span></dt><dd><p>owner name (or numeric uid, if missing)
828 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%>X </span></dt><dd><p>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
829 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%|X </span></dt><dd><p>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
830 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%*X </span></dt><dd><p>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
831 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
832 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
833 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="followup-to"></a>3.60. followup_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
834 Default: yes</p></div><p>
835 Controls whether or not the “<span class="quote">Mail-Followup-To:</span>” header field is
836 generated when sending mail. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will generate this
837 field when you are replying to a known mailing list, specified with
838 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.
840 This field has two purposes. First, preventing you from
841 receiving duplicate copies of replies to messages which you send
842 to mailing lists, and second, ensuring that you do get a reply
843 separately for any messages sent to known lists to which you are
846 The header will contain only the list's address
847 for subscribed lists, and both the list address and your own
848 email address for unsubscribed lists. Without this header, a
849 group reply to your message sent to a subscribed list will be
850 sent to both the list and your address, resulting in two copies
851 of the same email for you.
852 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="force-name"></a>3.61. force_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
853 Default: no</p></div><p>
854 This variable is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.251. save_name">$save_name</a>, except that Mutt will
855 store a copy of your outgoing message by the username of the address
856 you are sending to even if that mailbox does not exist.
858 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.239. record">$record</a> variable.
859 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-decode"></a>3.62. forward_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
860 Default: yes</p></div><p>
861 Controls the decoding of complex MIME messages into <code class="literal">text/plain</code> when
862 forwarding a message. The message header is also RFC2047 decoded.
863 This variable is only used, if <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.127. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
864 otherwise <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.128. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a> is used instead.
865 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-edit"></a>3.63. forward_edit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
866 Default: yes</p></div><p>
867 This quadoption controls whether or not the user is automatically
868 placed in the editor when forwarding messages. For those who always want
869 to forward with no modification, use a setting of “<span class="quote">no</span>”.
870 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-format"></a>3.64. forward_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
871 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">[%a: %s]</code></span>”</p></div><p>
872 This variable controls the default subject when forwarding a message.
873 It uses the same format sequences as the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> variable.
874 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-quote"></a>3.65. forward_quote</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
875 Default: no</p></div><p>
876 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, forwarded messages included in the main body of the
877 message (when <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.127. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>) will be quoted using
878 <a class="link" href="reference.html#indent-string" title="3.100. indent_string">$indent_string</a>.
879 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="from"></a>3.66. from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: e-mail address<br />
880 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
881 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this variable contains a default from address. It
882 can be overridden using “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User defined headers">my_hdr</a></span>” (including from a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#send-hook" title="19. Change settings based upon message recipients">send-hook</a></span>”) and
883 <a class="link" href="reference.html#reverse-name" title="3.245. reverse_name">$reverse_name</a>. This variable is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-from" title="3.295. use_from">$use_from</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
885 This setting defaults to the contents of the environment variable <code class="literal">$EMAIL</code>.
886 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="gecos-mask"></a>3.67. gecos_mask</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
887 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^[^,]*</code></span>”</p></div><p>
888 A regular expression used by mutt to parse the GECOS field of a password
889 entry when expanding the alias. The default value
890 will return the string up to the first “<span class="quote">,</span>” encountered.
891 If the GECOS field contains a string like “<span class="quote">lastname, firstname</span>” then you
892 should set it to “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">.*</code></span>”.
894 This can be useful if you see the following behavior: you address an e-mail
895 to user ID “<span class="quote">stevef</span>” whose full name is “<span class="quote">Steve Franklin</span>”. If mutt expands
896 “<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="3.67. gecos_mask">$gecos_mask</a> to
897 a regular expression that will match the whole name so mutt will expand
898 “<span class="quote">Franklin</span>” to “<span class="quote">Franklin, Steve</span>”.
899 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hdrs"></a>3.68. hdrs</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
900 Default: yes</p></div><p>
901 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the header fields normally added by the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User defined headers">my_hdr</a></span>”
902 command are not created. This variable <span class="emphasis"><em>must</em></span> be unset before
903 composing a new message or replying in order to take effect. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
904 the user defined header fields are added to every new message.
905 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header"></a>3.69. header</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
906 Default: no</p></div><p>
907 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this variable causes Mutt to include the header
908 of the message you are replying to into the edit buffer.
909 The <a class="link" href="reference.html#weed" title="3.301. weed">$weed</a> setting applies.
910 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="help"></a>3.70. help</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
911 Default: yes</p></div><p>
912 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, help lines describing the bindings for the major functions
913 provided by each menu are displayed on the first line of the screen.
915 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> The binding will not be displayed correctly if the
916 function is bound to a sequence rather than a single keystroke. Also,
917 the help line may not be updated if a binding is changed while Mutt is
918 running. Since this variable is primarily aimed at new users, neither
919 of these should present a major problem.
920 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hidden-host"></a>3.71. hidden_host</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
921 Default: no</p></div><p>
922 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will skip the host name part of <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.80. hostname">$hostname</a> variable
923 when adding the domain part to addresses. This variable does not
924 affect the generation of Message-IDs, and it will not lead to the
925 cut-off of first-level domains.
926 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-limited"></a>3.72. hide_limited</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
927 Default: no</p></div><p>
928 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of messages that are hidden
929 by limiting, in the thread tree.
930 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-missing"></a>3.73. hide_missing</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
931 Default: yes</p></div><p>
932 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of missing messages in the
934 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-thread-subject"></a>3.74. hide_thread_subject</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
935 Default: yes</p></div><p>
936 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the subject of messages in the thread
937 tree that have the same subject as their parent or closest previously
939 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-top-limited"></a>3.75. hide_top_limited</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
940 Default: no</p></div><p>
941 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of messages that are hidden
942 by limiting, at the top of threads in the thread tree. Note that when
943 <a class="link" href="reference.html#hide-limited" title="3.72. hide_limited">$hide_limited</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this option will have no effect.
944 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hide-top-missing"></a>3.76. hide_top_missing</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
945 Default: yes</p></div><p>
946 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not show the presence of missing messages at the
947 top of threads in the thread tree. Note that when <a class="link" href="reference.html#hide-missing" title="3.73. hide_missing">$hide_missing</a> is
948 <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, this option will have no effect.
949 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="history"></a>3.77. history</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
950 Default: 10</p></div><p>
951 This variable controls the size (in number of strings remembered) of
952 the string history buffer per category. The buffer is cleared each time the
954 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="history-file"></a>3.78. history_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
955 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.mutthistory</code></span>”</p></div><p>
956 The file in which Mutt will save its history.
957 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="honor-followup-to"></a>3.79. honor_followup_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
958 Default: yes</p></div><p>
959 This variable controls whether or not a Mail-Followup-To header is
960 honored when group-replying to a message.
961 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="hostname"></a>3.80. hostname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
962 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
963 Specifies the fully-qualified hostname of the system mutt is running on
964 containing the host's name and the DNS domain it belongs to. It is used
965 as the domain part (after “<span class="quote">@</span>”) for local email addresses as well as
968 Its value is determined at startup as follows: If the node's name
969 as returned by the <code class="literal">uname(3)</code> function contains the hostname and the
970 domain, these are used to construct <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.80. hostname">$hostname</a>. If there is no
971 domain part returned, Mutt will look for a “<span class="quote">domain</span>” or “<span class="quote">search</span>”
972 line in <code class="literal">/etc/resolv.conf</code> to determine the domain. Optionally, Mutt
973 can be compiled with a fixed domain name in which case a detected
976 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#use-domain" title="3.293. use_domain">$use_domain</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#hidden-host" title="3.71. hidden_host">$hidden_host</a>.
978 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, the default for this variable is obtained
979 from /etc/mailname when Mutt starts.
980 </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>3.81. ignore_linear_white_space</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
981 Default: no</p></div><p>
982 This option replaces linear-white-space between encoded-word
983 and text to a single space to prevent the display of MIME-encoded
984 “<span class="quote">Subject:</span>” field from being divided into multiple lines.
985 </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>3.82. ignore_list_reply_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
986 Default: no</p></div><p>
987 Affects the behaviour of the <code class="literal"><reply></code> function when replying to
988 messages from mailing lists (as defined by the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></span>” or
989 “<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
990 set to the same value as the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” field, Mutt assumes that the
991 “<span class="quote">Reply-To:</span>” field was set by the mailing list to automate responses
992 to the list, and will ignore this field. To direct a response to the
993 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>
994 function; <code class="literal"><group-reply></code> will reply to both the sender and the
996 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-authenticators"></a>3.83. imap_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
997 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
998 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
999 attempt to use to log in to an IMAP server, in the order mutt should
1000 try them. Authentication methods are either “<span class="quote">login</span>” or the right
1001 side of an IMAP “<span class="quote">AUTH=xxx</span>” capability string, eg “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>”
1002 or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”. This option is case-insensitive. If it's
1003 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> (the default) mutt will try all available methods,
1004 in order from most-secure to least-secure.
1008 </p><pre class="screen">
1009 set imap_authenticators="gssapi:cram-md5:login"
1012 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Mutt will only fall back to other authentication methods if
1013 the previous methods are unavailable. If a method is available but
1014 authentication fails, mutt will not connect to the IMAP server.
1015 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-check-subscribed"></a>3.84. imap_check_subscribed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1016 Default: no</p></div><p>
1017 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will fetch the set of subscribed folders from
1018 your server on connection, and add them to the set of mailboxes
1019 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>”
1021 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-delim-chars"></a>3.85. imap_delim_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1022 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/.</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1023 This contains the list of characters which you would like to treat
1024 as folder separators for displaying IMAP paths. In particular it
1025 helps in using the “<span class="quote">=</span>” shortcut for your <span class="emphasis"><em>folder</em></span> variable.
1026 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-headers"></a>3.86. imap_headers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1027 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1028 Mutt requests these header fields in addition to the default headers
1029 (“<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>”,
1030 “<span class="quote">References:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Content-Type:</span>”, “<span class="quote">Content-Description:</span>”, “<span class="quote">In-Reply-To:</span>”,
1031 “<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
1032 servers before displaying the index menu. You may want to add more
1033 headers for spam detection.
1035 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> This is a space separated list, items should be uppercase
1036 and not contain the colon, e.g. “<span class="quote">X-BOGOSITY X-SPAM-STATUS</span>” for the
1037 “<span class="quote">X-Bogosity:</span>” and “<span class="quote">X-Spam-Status:</span>” header fields.
1038 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-idle"></a>3.87. imap_idle</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1039 Default: no</p></div><p>
1040 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will attempt to use the IMAP IDLE extension
1041 to check for new mail in the current mailbox. Some servers
1042 (dovecot was the inspiration for this option) react badly
1043 to mutt's implementation. If your connection seems to freeze
1044 up periodically, try unsetting this.
1045 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-keepalive"></a>3.88. imap_keepalive</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1046 Default: 900</p></div><p>
1047 This variable specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that mutt
1048 will wait before polling open IMAP connections, to prevent the server
1049 from closing them before mutt has finished with them. The default is
1050 well within the RFC-specified minimum amount of time (30 minutes) before
1051 a server is allowed to do this, but in practice the RFC does get
1052 violated every now and then. Reduce this number if you find yourself
1053 getting disconnected from your IMAP server due to inactivity.
1054 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-list-subscribed"></a>3.89. imap_list_subscribed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1055 Default: no</p></div><p>
1056 This variable configures whether IMAP folder browsing will look for
1057 only subscribed folders or all folders. This can be toggled in the
1058 IMAP browser with the <code class="literal"><toggle-subscribed></code> function.
1059 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-login"></a>3.90. imap_login</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1060 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1061 Your login name on the IMAP server.
1063 This variable defaults to the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-user" title="3.96. imap_user">$imap_user</a>.
1064 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-pass"></a>3.91. imap_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1065 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1066 Specifies the password for your IMAP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
1067 prompt you for your password when you invoke the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#fetch-mail"><fetch-mail></a></code> function
1068 or try to open an IMAP folder.
1070 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
1071 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc even
1072 if you are the only one who can read the file.
1073 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-passive"></a>3.92. imap_passive</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1074 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1075 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will not open new IMAP connections to check for new
1076 mail. Mutt will only check for new mail over existing IMAP
1077 connections. This is useful if you don't want to be prompted to
1078 user/password pairs on mutt invocation, or if opening the connection
1080 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-peek"></a>3.93. imap_peek</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1081 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1082 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will avoid implicitly marking your mail as read whenever
1083 you fetch a message from the server. This is generally a good thing,
1084 but can make closing an IMAP folder somewhat slower. This option
1085 exists to appease speed freaks.
1086 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-pipeline-depth"></a>3.94. imap_pipeline_depth</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1087 Default: 15</p></div><p>
1088 Controls the number of IMAP commands that may be queued up before they
1089 are sent to the server. A deeper pipeline reduces the amount of time
1090 mutt must wait for the server, and can make IMAP servers feel much
1091 more responsive. But not all servers correctly handle pipelined commands,
1092 so if you have problems you might want to try setting this variable to 0.
1094 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Changes to this variable have no effect on open connections.
1095 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-servernoise"></a>3.95. imap_servernoise</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1096 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1097 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will display warning messages from the IMAP
1098 server as error messages. Since these messages are often
1099 harmless, or generated due to configuration problems on the
1100 server which are out of the users' hands, you may wish to suppress
1102 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-user"></a>3.96. imap_user</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1103 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1104 The name of the user whose mail you intend to access on the IMAP
1107 This variable defaults to your user name on the local machine.
1108 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="implicit-autoview"></a>3.97. implicit_autoview</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1109 Default: no</p></div><p>
1110 If set to “<span class="quote">yes</span>”, mutt will look for a mailcap entry with the
1111 “<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
1112 an internal viewer defined for. If such an entry is found, mutt will
1113 use the viewer defined in that entry to convert the body part to text
1115 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="include"></a>3.98. include</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1116 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1117 Controls whether or not a copy of the message(s) you are replying to
1118 is included in your reply.
1119 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="include-onlyfirst"></a>3.99. include_onlyfirst</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1120 Default: no</p></div><p>
1121 Controls whether or not Mutt includes only the first attachment
1122 of the message you are replying.
1123 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="indent-string"></a>3.100. indent_string</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1124 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">> </code></span>”</p></div><p>
1125 Specifies the string to prepend to each line of text quoted in a
1126 message to which you are replying. You are strongly encouraged not to
1127 change this value, as it tends to agitate the more fanatical netizens.
1129 This option is a format string, please see the description of
1130 <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> for supported <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences.
1132 Because for <code class="literal">format=lowed</code> style messages the quoting mechanism
1133 is strictly defined, this setting is ignored if <a class="link" href="reference.html#text-flowed" title="3.282. text_flowed">$text_flowed</a> is
1134 <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
1135 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="index-format"></a>3.101. index_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1136 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1137 This variable allows you to customize the message index display to
1138 your personal taste.
1140 “<span class="quote">Format strings</span>” are similar to the strings used in the C
1141 function <code class="literal">printf(3)</code> to format output (see the man page for more details).
1142 The following sequences are defined in Mutt:
1144 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>address of the author
1145 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%A </span></dt><dd><p>reply-to address (if present; otherwise: address of author)
1146 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%b </span></dt><dd><p>filename of the original message folder (think mailbox)
1147 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%B </span></dt><dd><p>the list to which the letter was sent, or else the folder name (%b).
1148 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>number of characters (bytes) in the message
1149 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%C </span></dt><dd><p>current message number
1150 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%d </span></dt><dd><p>date and time of the message in the format specified by
1151 <a class="link" href="reference.html#date-format" title="3.40. date_format">$date_format</a> converted to sender's time zone
1152 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%D </span></dt><dd><p>date and time of the message in the format specified by
1153 <a class="link" href="reference.html#date-format" title="3.40. date_format">$date_format</a> converted to the local time zone
1154 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%e </span></dt><dd><p>current message number in thread
1155 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%E </span></dt><dd><p>number of messages in current thread
1156 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>sender (address + real name), either From: or Return-Path:
1157 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%F </span></dt><dd><p>author name, or recipient name if the message is from you
1158 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%H </span></dt><dd><p>spam attribute(s) of this message
1159 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%i </span></dt><dd><p>message-id of the current message
1160 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%l </span></dt><dd><p>number of lines in the message (does not work with maildir,
1161 mh, and possibly IMAP folders)
1162 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%L </span></dt><dd><p>If an address in the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” or “<span class="quote">Cc:</span>” header field matches an address
1163 defined by the users “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#subscribe">subscribe</a></span>” command, this displays
1164 "To <list-name>", otherwise the same as %F.
1165 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%m </span></dt><dd><p>total number of message in the mailbox
1166 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%M </span></dt><dd><p>number of hidden messages if the thread is collapsed.
1167 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%N </span></dt><dd><p>message score
1168 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>author's real name (or address if missing)
1169 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%O </span></dt><dd><p>original save folder where mutt would formerly have
1170 stashed the message: list name or recipient name
1171 if not sent to a list
1172 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%P </span></dt><dd><p>progress indicator for the builtin pager (how much of the file has been displayed)
1173 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>subject of the message
1174 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%S </span></dt><dd><p>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>”/*)
1175 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">To:</span>” field (recipients)
1176 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%T </span></dt><dd><p>the appropriate character from the <a class="link" href="reference.html#to-chars" title="3.289. to_chars">$to_chars</a> string
1177 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%u </span></dt><dd><p>user (login) name of the author
1178 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%v </span></dt><dd><p>first name of the author, or the recipient if the message is from you
1179 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%X </span></dt><dd><p>number of attachments
1180 (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)
1181 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%y </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>” field, if present
1182 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%Y </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>” field, if present, and <span class="emphasis"><em>(1)</em></span> not at part of a thread tree,
1183 <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
1184 preceding message's “<span class="quote">X-Label:</span>”.
1185 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%Z </span></dt><dd><p>message status flags
1186 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%{fmt} </span></dt><dd><p>the date and time of the message is converted to sender's
1187 time zone, and “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function
1188 <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales
1189 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%[fmt] </span></dt><dd><p>the date and time of the message is converted to the local
1190 time zone, and “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function
1191 <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales
1192 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%(fmt) </span></dt><dd><p>the local date and time when the message was received.
1193 “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library function <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>;
1194 a leading bang disables locales
1195 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%<fmt> </span></dt><dd><p>the current local time. “<span class="quote">fmt</span>” is expanded by the library
1196 function <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code>; a leading bang disables locales.
1197 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%>X </span></dt><dd><p>right justify the rest of the string and pad with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
1198 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%|X </span></dt><dd><p>pad to the end of the line with character “<span class="quote">X</span>”
1199 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%*X </span></dt><dd><p>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
1200 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
1201 “<span class="quote">Soft-fill</span>” deserves some explanation: Normal right-justification
1202 will print everything to the left of the “<span class="quote">%></span>”, displaying padding and
1203 whatever lies to the right only if there's room. By contrast,
1204 soft-fill gives priority to the right-hand side, guaranteeing space
1205 to display it and showing padding only if there's still room. If
1206 necessary, soft-fill will eat text leftwards to make room for
1209 Note that these expandos are supported in
1210 “<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.
1211 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ispell"></a>3.102. ispell</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1212 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">ispell</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1213 How to invoke ispell (GNU's spell-checking software).
1214 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="keep-flagged"></a>3.103. keep_flagged</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1215 Default: no</p></div><p>
1216 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, read messages marked as flagged will not be moved
1217 from your spool mailbox to your <a class="link" href="reference.html#mbox" title="3.116. mbox">$mbox</a> mailbox, or as a result of
1218 a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mbox-hook" title="13. Using Multiple spool mailboxes">mbox-hook</a></span>” command.
1219 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="locale"></a>3.104. locale</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1220 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">C</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1221 The locale used by <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code> to format dates. Legal values are
1222 the strings your system accepts for the locale environment variable <code class="literal">$LC_TIME</code>.
1223 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mail-check"></a>3.105. mail_check</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1224 Default: 5</p></div><p>
1225 This variable configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look for
1226 new mail. Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#timeout" title="3.287. timeout">$timeout</a> variable.
1227 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mailcap-path"></a>3.106. mailcap_path</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1228 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1229 This variable specifies which files to consult when attempting to
1230 display MIME bodies not directly supported by Mutt.
1231 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mailcap-sanitize"></a>3.107. mailcap_sanitize</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1232 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1233 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will restrict possible characters in mailcap % expandos
1234 to a well-defined set of safe characters. This is the safe setting,
1235 but we are not sure it doesn't break some more advanced MIME stuff.
1237 <span class="bold"><strong>DON'T CHANGE THIS SETTING UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY SURE WHAT YOU ARE
1238 DOING!</strong></span>
1239 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="maildir-mtime"></a>3.108. maildir_mtime</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1240 Default: no</p></div><p>
1241 If set, the sort-by-date option in the browser will sort maildirs
1242 smartly, not using the mtime of the maildir itself but that of the
1243 newest message in the new subdirectory, making the sorting by
1244 reverse date much more useful. People with maildirs over NFS may
1245 wish to leave this option unset.
1246 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-cache"></a>3.109. header_cache</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1247 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1248 This variable points to the header cache database.
1249 If pointing to a directory Mutt will contain a header cache
1250 database file per folder, if pointing to a file that file will
1251 be a single global header cache. By default it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> so no header
1252 caching will be used.
1254 Header caching can greatly improve speed when opening POP, IMAP
1255 MH or Maildir folders, see “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#caching" title="7. Local caching">caching</a></span>” for details.
1256 </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>3.110. maildir_header_cache_verify</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1257 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1258 Check for Maildir unaware programs other than mutt having modified maildir
1259 files when the header cache is in use. This incurs one <code class="literal">stat(2)</code> per
1260 message every time the folder is opened (which can be very slow for NFS
1262 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-cache-pagesize"></a>3.111. header_cache_pagesize</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1263 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">16384</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1264 When mutt is compiled with either gdbm or bdb4 as the header cache backend,
1265 this option changes the database page size. Too large or too small
1266 values can waste space, memory, or CPU time. The default should be more
1267 or less optimal for most use cases.
1268 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="maildir-trash"></a>3.112. maildir_trash</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1269 Default: no</p></div><p>
1270 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, messages marked as deleted will be saved with the maildir
1271 trashed flag instead of unlinked. <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this only applies
1272 to maildir-style mailboxes. Setting it will have no effect on other
1274 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mark-old"></a>3.113. mark_old</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1275 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1276 Controls whether or not mutt marks <span class="emphasis"><em>new</em></span> <span class="bold"><strong>unread</strong></span>
1277 messages as <span class="emphasis"><em>old</em></span> if you exit a mailbox without reading them.
1278 With this option <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the next time you start mutt, the messages
1279 will show up with an “<span class="quote">O</span>” next to them in the index menu,
1280 indicating that they are old.
1281 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="markers"></a>3.114. markers</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1282 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1283 Controls the display of wrapped lines in the internal pager. If set, a
1284 “<span class="quote">+</span>” marker is displayed at the beginning of wrapped lines.
1286 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smart-wrap" title="3.264. smart_wrap">$smart_wrap</a> variable.
1287 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mask"></a>3.115. mask</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
1288 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">!^\.[^.]</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1289 A regular expression used in the file browser, optionally preceded by
1290 the <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> operator “<span class="quote">!</span>”. Only files whose names match this mask
1291 will be shown. The match is always case-sensitive.
1292 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mbox"></a>3.116. mbox</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1293 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/mbox</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1294 This specifies the folder into which read mail in your <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.276. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a>
1295 folder will be appended.
1297 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#move" title="3.132. move">$move</a> variable.
1298 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mbox-type"></a>3.117. mbox_type</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: folder magic<br />
1299 Default: mbox</p></div><p>
1300 The default mailbox type used when creating new folders. May be any of
1301 “<span class="quote">mbox</span>”, “<span class="quote">MMDF</span>”, “<span class="quote">MH</span>” and “<span class="quote">Maildir</span>”.
1302 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="metoo"></a>3.118. metoo</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1303 Default: no</p></div><p>
1304 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>”
1305 command) from the list of recipients when replying to a message.
1306 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-context"></a>3.119. menu_context</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1307 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1308 This variable controls the number of lines of context that are given
1309 when scrolling through menus. (Similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager-context" title="3.139. pager_context">$pager_context</a>.)
1310 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-move-off"></a>3.120. menu_move_off</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1311 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1312 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the bottom entry of menus will never scroll up past
1313 the bottom of the screen, unless there are less entries than lines.
1314 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the bottom entry may move off the bottom.
1315 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="menu-scroll"></a>3.121. menu_scroll</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1316 Default: no</p></div><p>
1317 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, menus will be scrolled up or down one line when you
1318 attempt to move across a screen boundary. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, the screen
1319 is cleared and the next or previous page of the menu is displayed
1320 (useful for slow links to avoid many redraws).
1321 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="meta-key"></a>3.122. meta_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1322 Default: no</p></div><p>
1323 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, forces Mutt to interpret keystrokes with the high bit (bit 8)
1324 set as if the user had pressed the Esc key and whatever key remains
1325 after having the high bit removed. For example, if the key pressed
1326 has an ASCII value of <code class="literal">0xf8</code>, then this is treated as if the user had
1327 pressed Esc then “<span class="quote">x</span>”. This is because the result of removing the
1328 high bit from <code class="literal">0xf8</code> is <code class="literal">0x78</code>, which is the ASCII character
1329 “<span class="quote">x</span>”.
1330 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-purge"></a>3.123. mh_purge</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1331 Default: no</p></div><p>
1332 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will mimic mh's behaviour and rename deleted messages
1333 to <span class="emphasis"><em>,<old file name></em></span> in mh folders instead of really deleting
1334 them. This leaves the message on disk but makes programs reading the folder
1335 ignore it. If the variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message files will simply be
1338 This option is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#maildir-trash" title="3.112. maildir_trash">$maildir_trash</a> for Maildir folders.
1339 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-flagged"></a>3.124. mh_seq_flagged</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1340 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">flagged</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1341 The name of the MH sequence used for flagged messages.
1342 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-replied"></a>3.125. mh_seq_replied</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1343 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">replied</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1344 The name of the MH sequence used to tag replied messages.
1345 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mh-seq-unseen"></a>3.126. mh_seq_unseen</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1346 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">unseen</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1347 The name of the MH sequence used for unseen messages.
1348 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward"></a>3.127. mime_forward</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1349 Default: no</p></div><p>
1350 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message you are forwarding will be attached as a
1351 separate <code class="literal">message/rfc822</code> MIME part instead of included in the main body of the
1352 message. This is useful for forwarding MIME messages so the receiver
1353 can properly view the message as it was delivered to you. If you like
1354 to switch between MIME and not MIME from mail to mail, set this
1355 variable to “<span class="quote">ask-no</span>” or “<span class="quote">ask-yes</span>”.
1357 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#forward-decode" title="3.62. forward_decode">$forward_decode</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.128. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a>.
1358 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward-decode"></a>3.128. mime_forward_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1359 Default: no</p></div><p>
1360 Controls the decoding of complex MIME messages into <code class="literal">text/plain</code> when
1361 forwarding a message while <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.127. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>. Otherwise
1362 <a class="link" href="reference.html#forward-decode" title="3.62. forward_decode">$forward_decode</a> is used instead.
1363 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mime-forward-rest"></a>3.129. mime_forward_rest</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1364 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1365 When forwarding multiple attachments of a MIME message from the attachment
1366 menu, attachments which cannot be decoded in a reasonable manner will
1367 be attached to the newly composed message if this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
1368 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mix-entry-format"></a>3.130. mix_entry_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1369 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %c %-16s %a</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1370 This variable describes the format of a remailer line on the mixmaster
1371 chain selection screen. The following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences are
1374 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>The running number on the menu.
1375 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>Remailer capabilities.
1376 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>The remailer's short name.
1377 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>The remailer's e-mail address.
1378 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="mixmaster"></a>3.131. mixmaster</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1379 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">mixmaster</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1380 This variable contains the path to the Mixmaster binary on your
1381 system. It is used with various sets of parameters to gather the
1382 list of known remailers, and to finally send a message through the
1385 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, this option is set by default to
1386 “<span class="quote">mixmaster-filter</span>” in /etc/Muttrc.
1387 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="move"></a>3.132. move</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1388 Default: no</p></div><p>
1389 Controls whether or not Mutt will move read messages
1390 from your spool mailbox to your <a class="link" href="reference.html#mbox" title="3.116. mbox">$mbox</a> mailbox, or as a result of
1391 a “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#mbox-hook" title="13. Using Multiple spool mailboxes">mbox-hook</a></span>” command.
1392 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-cachedir"></a>3.133. message_cachedir</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1393 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1394 Set this to a directory and mutt will cache copies of messages from
1395 your IMAP and POP servers here. You are free to remove entries at any
1398 When setting this variable to a directory, mutt needs to fetch every
1399 remote message only once and can perform regular expression searches
1400 as fast as for local folders.
1402 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cache-clean" title="3.134. message_cache_clean">$message_cache_clean</a> variable.
1403 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-cache-clean"></a>3.134. message_cache_clean</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1404 Default: no</p></div><p>
1405 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will clean out obsolete entries from the message cache when
1406 the mailbox is synchronized. You probably only want to set it
1407 every once in a while, since it can be a little slow
1408 (especially for large folders).
1409 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="message-format"></a>3.135. message_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1410 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1411 This is the string displayed in the “<span class="quote">attachment</span>” menu for
1412 attachments of type <code class="literal">message/rfc822</code>. For a full listing of defined
1413 <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences see the section on <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>.
1414 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="narrow-tree"></a>3.136. narrow_tree</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1415 Default: no</p></div><p>
1416 This variable, when <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, makes the thread tree narrower, allowing
1417 deeper threads to fit on the screen.
1418 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="net-inc"></a>3.137. net_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1419 Default: 10</p></div><p>
1420 Operations that expect to transfer a large amount of data over the
1421 network will update their progress every <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.137. net_inc">$net_inc</a> kilobytes.
1422 If set to 0, no progress messages will be displayed.
1424 See also <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.235. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.305. write_inc">$write_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.137. net_inc">$net_inc</a>.
1425 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager"></a>3.138. pager</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1426 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">builtin</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1427 This variable specifies which pager you would like to use to view
1428 messages. The value “<span class="quote">builtin</span>” means to use the builtin pager, otherwise this
1429 variable should specify the pathname of the external pager you would
1432 Using an external pager may have some disadvantages: Additional
1433 keystrokes are necessary because you can't call mutt functions
1434 directly from the pager, and screen resizes cause lines longer than
1435 the screen width to be badly formatted in the help menu.
1436 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-context"></a>3.139. pager_context</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1437 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1438 This variable controls the number of lines of context that are given
1439 when displaying the next or previous page in the internal pager. By
1440 default, Mutt will display the line after the last one on the screen
1441 at the top of the next page (0 lines of context).
1442 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-format"></a>3.140. pager_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1443 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-%Z- %C/%m: %-20.20n %s%* -- (%P)</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1444 This variable controls the format of the one-line message “<span class="quote">status</span>”
1445 displayed before each message in either the internal or an external
1446 pager. The valid sequences are listed in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>
1448 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-index-lines"></a>3.141. pager_index_lines</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1449 Default: 0</p></div><p>
1450 Determines the number of lines of a mini-index which is shown when in
1451 the pager. The current message, unless near the top or bottom of the
1452 folder, will be roughly one third of the way down this mini-index,
1453 giving the reader the context of a few messages before and after the
1454 message. This is useful, for example, to determine how many messages
1455 remain to be read in the current thread. One of the lines is reserved
1456 for the status bar from the index, so a setting of 6
1457 will only show 5 lines of the actual index. A value of 0 results in
1458 no index being shown. If the number of messages in the current folder
1459 is less than <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager-index-lines" title="3.141. pager_index_lines">$pager_index_lines</a>, then the index will only use as
1460 many lines as it needs.
1461 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pager-stop"></a>3.142. pager_stop</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1462 Default: no</p></div><p>
1463 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the internal-pager will <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> move to the next message
1464 when you are at the end of a message and invoke the <code class="literal"><next-page></code>
1466 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autosign"></a>3.143. crypt_autosign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1467 Default: no</p></div><p>
1468 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to
1469 cryptographically sign outgoing messages. This can be overridden
1470 by use of the pgp menu, when signing is not required or
1471 encryption is requested as well. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.152. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
1472 then OpenSSL is used instead to create S/MIME messages and settings can
1473 be overridden by use of the smime menu instead of the pgp menu.
1475 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-autoencrypt"></a>3.144. crypt_autoencrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1476 Default: no</p></div><p>
1477 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to PGP
1478 encrypt outgoing messages. This is probably only useful in
1479 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
1480 by use of the pgp menu, when encryption is not required or
1481 signing is requested as well. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-is-default" title="3.152. smime_is_default">$smime_is_default</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>,
1482 then OpenSSL is used instead to create S/MIME messages and
1483 settings can be overridden by use of the smime menu instead.
1485 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-ignore-subkeys"></a>3.145. pgp_ignore_subkeys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1486 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1487 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to ignore OpenPGP subkeys. Instead,
1488 the principal key will inherit the subkeys' capabilities. <span class="emphasis"><em>Unset</em></span> this
1489 if you want to play interesting key selection games.
1491 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replyencrypt"></a>3.146. crypt_replyencrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1492 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1493 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL encrypt replies to messages which are
1496 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replysign"></a>3.147. crypt_replysign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1497 Default: no</p></div><p>
1498 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL sign replies to messages which are
1501 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> this does not work on messages that are encrypted
1502 <span class="emphasis"><em>and</em></span> signed!
1504 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-replysignencrypted"></a>3.148. crypt_replysignencrypted</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1505 Default: no</p></div><p>
1506 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, automatically PGP or OpenSSL sign replies to messages
1507 which are encrypted. This makes sense in combination with
1508 <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replyencrypt" title="3.146. crypt_replyencrypt">$crypt_replyencrypt</a>, because it allows you to sign all
1509 messages which are automatically encrypted. This works around
1510 the problem noted in <a class="link" href="reference.html#crypt-replysign" title="3.147. crypt_replysign">$crypt_replysign</a>, that mutt is not able
1511 to find out whether an encrypted message is also signed.
1513 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-timestamp"></a>3.149. crypt_timestamp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1514 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1515 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will include a time stamp in the lines surrounding
1516 PGP or S/MIME output, so spoofing such lines is more difficult.
1517 If you are using colors to mark these lines, and rely on these,
1518 you may <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> this setting.
1520 </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>3.150. pgp_use_gpg_agent</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1521 Default: no</p></div><p>
1522 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use a possibly-running <code class="literal">gpg-agent(1)</code> process.
1524 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="crypt-verify-sig"></a>3.151. crypt_verify_sig</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1525 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1526 If <span class="emphasis"><em>“<span class="quote">yes</span>”</em></span>, always attempt to verify PGP or S/MIME signatures.
1527 If <span class="emphasis"><em>“<span class="quote">ask-*</span>”</em></span>, ask whether or not to verify the signature.
1528 If \Fi“<span class="quote">no</span>”, never attempt to verify cryptographic signatures.
1530 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-is-default"></a>3.152. smime_is_default</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1531 Default: no</p></div><p>
1532 The default behaviour of mutt is to use PGP on all auto-sign/encryption
1533 operations. To override and to use OpenSSL instead this must be <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
1534 However, this has no effect while replying, since mutt will automatically
1535 select the same application that was used to sign/encrypt the original
1536 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>.)
1538 </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>3.153. smime_ask_cert_label</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1539 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1540 This flag controls whether you want to be asked to enter a label
1541 for a certificate about to be added to the database or not. It is
1542 <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> by default.
1544 </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>3.154. smime_decrypt_use_default_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1545 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1546 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (default) this tells mutt to use the default key for decryption. Otherwise,
1547 if managing multiple certificate-key-pairs, mutt will try to use the mailbox-address
1548 to determine the key to use. It will ask you to supply a key, if it can't find one.
1550 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-entry-format"></a>3.155. pgp_entry_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1551 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4n %t%f %4l/0x%k %-4a %2c %u</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1552 This variable allows you to customize the PGP key selection menu to
1553 your personal taste. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>, but
1554 has its own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
1556 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>number
1557 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%k </span></dt><dd><p>key id
1558 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%u </span></dt><dd><p>user id
1559 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>algorithm
1560 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%l </span></dt><dd><p>key length
1561 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>flags
1562 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>capabilities
1563 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>trust/validity of the key-uid association
1564 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%[<s>] </span></dt><dd><p>date of the key where <s> is an <code class="literal">strftime(3)</code> expression
1565 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
1567 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-good-sign"></a>3.156. pgp_good_sign</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
1568 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1569 If you assign a text to this variable, then a PGP signature is only
1570 considered verified if the output from <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-verify-command" title="3.173. pgp_verify_command">$pgp_verify_command</a> contains
1571 the text. Use this variable if the exit code from the command is 0
1572 even for bad signatures.
1574 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-check-exit"></a>3.157. pgp_check_exit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1575 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1576 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will check the exit code of the PGP subprocess when
1577 signing or encrypting. A non-zero exit code means that the
1580 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-long-ids"></a>3.158. pgp_long_ids</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1581 Default: no</p></div><p>
1582 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.
1584 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-retainable-sigs"></a>3.159. pgp_retainable_sigs</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1585 Default: no</p></div><p>
1586 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, signed and encrypted messages will consist of nested
1587 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> and <code class="literal">multipart/encrypted</code> body parts.
1589 This is useful for applications like encrypted and signed mailing
1590 lists, where the outer layer (<code class="literal">multipart/encrypted</code>) can be easily
1591 removed, while the inner <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> part is retained.
1593 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-autoinline"></a>3.160. pgp_autoinline</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1594 Default: no</p></div><p>
1595 This option controls whether Mutt generates old-style inline
1596 (traditional) PGP encrypted or signed messages under certain
1597 circumstances. This can be overridden by use of the pgp menu,
1598 when inline is not required.
1600 Note that Mutt might automatically use PGP/MIME for messages
1601 which consist of more than a single MIME part. Mutt can be
1602 configured to ask before sending PGP/MIME messages when inline
1603 (traditional) would not work.
1605 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto" title="3.167. pgp_mime_auto">$pgp_mime_auto</a> variable.
1607 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1608 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1610 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-replyinline"></a>3.161. pgp_replyinline</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1611 Default: no</p></div><p>
1612 Setting this variable will cause Mutt to always attempt to
1613 create an inline (traditional) message when replying to a
1614 message which is PGP encrypted/signed inline. This can be
1615 overridden by use of the pgp menu, when inline is not
1616 required. This option does not automatically detect if the
1617 (replied-to) message is inline; instead it relies on Mutt
1618 internals for previously checked/flagged messages.
1620 Note that Mutt might automatically use PGP/MIME for messages
1621 which consist of more than a single MIME part. Mutt can be
1622 configured to ask before sending PGP/MIME messages when inline
1623 (traditional) would not work.
1625 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-mime-auto" title="3.167. pgp_mime_auto">$pgp_mime_auto</a> variable.
1627 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1628 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1630 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-show-unusable"></a>3.162. pgp_show_unusable</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1631 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1632 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will display non-usable keys on the PGP key selection
1633 menu. This includes keys which have been revoked, have expired, or
1634 have been marked as “<span class="quote">disabled</span>” by the user.
1636 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sign-as"></a>3.163. pgp_sign_as</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1637 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1638 If you have more than one key pair, this option allows you to specify
1639 which of your private keys to use. It is recommended that you use the
1640 keyid form to specify your key (e.g. <code class="literal">0x00112233</code>).
1642 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-strict-enc"></a>3.164. pgp_strict_enc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1643 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1644 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will automatically encode PGP/MIME signed messages as
1645 quoted-printable. Please note that unsetting this variable may
1646 lead to problems with non-verifyable PGP signatures, so only change
1647 this if you know what you are doing.
1649 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-timeout"></a>3.165. pgp_timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1650 Default: 300</p></div><p>
1651 The number of seconds after which a cached passphrase will expire if
1654 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sort-keys"></a>3.166. pgp_sort_keys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
1655 Default: address</p></div><p>
1656 Specifies how the entries in the pgp menu are sorted. The
1657 following are legal values:
1659 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">address </span></dt><dd><p>sort alphabetically by user id
1660 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">keyid </span></dt><dd><p>sort alphabetically by key id
1661 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">date </span></dt><dd><p>sort by key creation date
1662 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">trust </span></dt><dd><p>sort by the trust of the key
1663 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
1664 If you prefer reverse order of the above values, prefix it with
1665 “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>”.
1667 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-mime-auto"></a>3.167. pgp_mime_auto</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1668 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
1669 This option controls whether Mutt will prompt you for
1670 automatically sending a (signed/encrypted) message using
1671 PGP/MIME when inline (traditional) fails (for any reason).
1673 Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1674 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1676 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-auto-decode"></a>3.168. pgp_auto_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1677 Default: no</p></div><p>
1678 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will automatically attempt to decrypt traditional PGP
1679 messages whenever the user performs an operation which ordinarily would
1680 result in the contents of the message being operated on. For example,
1681 if the user displays a pgp-traditional message which has not been manually
1682 checked with the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="gettingstarted.html#check-traditional-pgp"><check-traditional-pgp></a></code> function, mutt will automatically
1683 check the message for traditional pgp.
1684 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-mime-signature-filename"></a>3.169. pgp_mime_signature_filename</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1685 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">signature.asc</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1686 This option sets the filename used for signature parts in PGP/MIME
1688 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-mime-signature-description"></a>3.170. pgp_mime_signature_description</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1689 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">Digital signature</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1690 This option sets the Content-Description used for signature parts in
1691 PGP/MIME signed messages.
1692 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-decode-command"></a>3.171. pgp_decode_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1693 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1694 This format strings specifies a command which is used to decode
1695 application/pgp attachments.
1697 The PGP command formats have their own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
1699 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%p </span></dt><dd><p>Expands to PGPPASSFD=0 when a pass phrase is needed, to an empty
1700 string otherwise. Note: This may be used with a %? construct.
1701 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>Expands to the name of a file containing a message.
1702 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>Expands to the name of a file containing the signature part
1703 of a <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> attachment when verifying it.
1704 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>The value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-sign-as" title="3.163. pgp_sign_as">$pgp_sign_as</a>.
1705 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%r </span></dt><dd><p>One or more key IDs.
1706 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
1707 For examples on how to configure these formats for the various versions
1708 of PGP which are floating around, see the pgp and gpg sample configuration files in
1709 the <code class="literal">samples/</code> subdirectory which has been installed on your system
1710 alongside the documentation.
1712 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-getkeys-command"></a>3.172. pgp_getkeys_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1713 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1714 This command is invoked whenever mutt will need public key information.
1715 Of the sequences supported by <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a>, %r is the only
1716 <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequence used with this format.
1718 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-verify-command"></a>3.173. pgp_verify_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1719 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1720 This command is used to verify PGP signatures.
1722 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1723 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1725 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-decrypt-command"></a>3.174. pgp_decrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1726 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1727 This command is used to decrypt a PGP encrypted message.
1729 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1730 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1732 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-clearsign-command"></a>3.175. pgp_clearsign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1733 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1734 This format is used to create an old-style “<span class="quote">clearsigned</span>” PGP
1735 message. Note that the use of this format is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span>
1736 <span class="bold"><strong>deprecated</strong></span>.
1738 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1739 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1741 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-sign-command"></a>3.176. pgp_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1742 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1743 This command is used to create the detached PGP signature for a
1744 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> PGP/MIME body part.
1746 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1747 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1749 </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>3.177. pgp_encrypt_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1750 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1751 This command is used to both sign and encrypt a body part.
1753 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1754 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1756 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-encrypt-only-command"></a>3.178. pgp_encrypt_only_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1757 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1758 This command is used to encrypt a body part without signing it.
1760 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1761 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1763 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-import-command"></a>3.179. pgp_import_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1764 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1765 This command is used to import a key from a message into
1766 the user's public key ring.
1768 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1769 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1771 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-export-command"></a>3.180. pgp_export_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1772 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1773 This command is used to export a public key from the user's
1776 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1777 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1779 </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 />
1780 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1781 This command is used to verify key information from the key selection
1784 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1785 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1787 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pgp-list-secring-command"></a>3.182. pgp_list_secring_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1788 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1789 This command is used to list the secret key ring's contents. The
1790 output format must be analogous to the one used by:
1792 </p><pre class="screen">
1793 gpg --list-keys --with-colons.
1796 This format is also generated by the <code class="literal">pgpring</code> utility which comes
1799 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1800 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1802 </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>3.183. pgp_list_pubring_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1803 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1804 This command is used to list the public key ring's contents. The
1805 output format must be analogous to the one used by
1807 </p><pre class="screen">
1808 gpg --list-keys --with-colons.
1811 This format is also generated by the <code class="literal">pgpring</code> utility which comes
1814 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pgp-decode-command" title="3.171. pgp_decode_command">$pgp_decode_command</a> command for
1815 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1817 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="forward-decrypt"></a>3.184. forward_decrypt</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1818 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1819 Controls the handling of encrypted messages when forwarding a message.
1820 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the outer layer of encryption is stripped off. This
1821 variable is only used if <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward" title="3.127. mime_forward">$mime_forward</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> and
1822 <a class="link" href="reference.html#mime-forward-decode" title="3.128. mime_forward_decode">$mime_forward_decode</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
1824 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-timeout"></a>3.185. smime_timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
1825 Default: 300</p></div><p>
1826 The number of seconds after which a cached passphrase will expire if
1829 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-encrypt-with"></a>3.186. smime_encrypt_with</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1830 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1831 This sets the algorithm that should be used for encryption.
1832 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>”.
1833 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, “<span class="quote">3des</span>” (TripleDES) is used.
1835 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-keys"></a>3.187. smime_keys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1836 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1837 Since for S/MIME there is no pubring/secring as with PGP, mutt has to handle
1838 storage and retrieval of keys/certs by itself. This is very basic right now,
1839 and stores keys and certificates in two different directories, both
1840 named as the hash-value retrieved from OpenSSL. There is an index file
1841 which contains mailbox-address keyid pair, and which can be manually
1842 edited. This option points to the location of the private keys.
1844 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-ca-location"></a>3.188. smime_ca_location</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1845 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1846 This variable contains the name of either a directory, or a file which
1847 contains trusted certificates for use with OpenSSL.
1850 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, this defaults to the first existing file in
1851 the following list: ˜/.smime/ca-certificates.crt ˜/.smime/ca-bundle.crt
1852 /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.
1853 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-certificates"></a>3.189. smime_certificates</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1854 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1855 Since for S/MIME there is no pubring/secring as with PGP, mutt has to handle
1856 storage and retrieval of keys by itself. This is very basic right
1857 now, and keys and certificates are stored in two different
1858 directories, both named as the hash-value retrieved from
1859 OpenSSL. There is an index file which contains mailbox-address
1860 keyid pairs, and which can be manually edited. This option points to
1861 the location of the certificates.
1863 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-decrypt-command"></a>3.190. smime_decrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1864 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1865 This format string specifies a command which is used to decrypt
1866 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-mime</code> attachments.
1868 The OpenSSL command formats have their own set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences
1871 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>Expands to the name of a file containing a message.
1872 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>Expands to the name of a file containing the signature part
1873 of a <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code> attachment when verifying it.
1874 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%k </span></dt><dd><p>The key-pair specified with <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-default-key" title="3.201. smime_default_key">$smime_default_key</a>
1875 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>One or more certificate IDs.
1876 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>The algorithm used for encryption.
1877 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%C </span></dt><dd><p>CA location: Depending on whether <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.188. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a>
1878 points to a directory or file, this expands to
1879 “<span class="quote">-CApath <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.188. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a></span>” or “<span class="quote">-CAfile <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-ca-location" title="3.188. smime_ca_location">$smime_ca_location</a></span>”.
1880 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
1881 For examples on how to configure these formats, see the <code class="literal">smime.rc</code> in
1882 the <code class="literal">samples/</code> subdirectory which has been installed on your system
1883 alongside the documentation.
1885 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-verify-command"></a>3.191. smime_verify_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1886 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1887 This command is used to verify S/MIME signatures of type <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code>.
1889 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1890 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1892 </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>3.192. smime_verify_opaque_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1893 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1894 This command is used to verify S/MIME signatures of type
1895 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-mime</code>.
1897 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1898 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1900 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-sign-command"></a>3.193. smime_sign_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1901 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1902 This command is used to created S/MIME signatures of type
1903 <code class="literal">multipart/signed</code>, which can be read by all mail clients.
1905 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1906 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1908 </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>3.194. smime_sign_opaque_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1909 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1910 This command is used to created S/MIME signatures of type
1911 <code class="literal">application/x-pkcs7-signature</code>, which can only be handled by mail
1912 clients supporting the S/MIME extension.
1914 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1915 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1917 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-encrypt-command"></a>3.195. smime_encrypt_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1918 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1919 This command is used to create encrypted S/MIME messages.
1921 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1922 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1924 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-pk7out-command"></a>3.196. smime_pk7out_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1925 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1926 This command is used to extract PKCS7 structures of S/MIME signatures,
1927 in order to extract the public X509 certificate(s).
1929 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1930 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1932 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-get-cert-command"></a>3.197. smime_get_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1933 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1934 This command is used to extract X509 certificates from a PKCS7 structure.
1936 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1937 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1939 </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>3.198. smime_get_signer_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1940 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1941 This command is used to extract only the signers X509 certificate from a S/MIME
1942 signature, so that the certificate's owner may get compared to the
1943 email's “<span class="quote">From:</span>” field.
1945 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1946 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1948 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-import-cert-command"></a>3.199. smime_import_cert_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1949 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1950 This command is used to import a certificate via smime_keys.
1952 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1953 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1955 </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>3.200. smime_get_cert_email_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1956 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1957 This command is used to extract the mail address(es) used for storing
1958 X509 certificates, and for verification purposes (to check whether the
1959 certificate was issued for the sender's mailbox).
1961 This is a format string, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smime-decrypt-command" title="3.190. smime_decrypt_command">$smime_decrypt_command</a> command for
1962 possible <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences.
1964 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smime-default-key"></a>3.201. smime_default_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
1965 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1966 This is the default key-pair to use for signing. This must be set to the
1967 keyid (the hash-value that OpenSSL generates) to work properly
1969 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-client-cert"></a>3.202. ssl_client_cert</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1970 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
1971 The file containing a client certificate and its associated private
1973 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-force-tls"></a>3.203. ssl_force_tls</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
1974 Default: no</p></div><p>
1975 If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will require that all connections
1976 to remote servers be encrypted. Furthermore it will attempt to
1977 negotiate TLS even if the server does not advertise the capability,
1978 since it would otherwise have to abort the connection anyway. This
1979 option supersedes <a class="link" href="reference.html#ssl-starttls" title="3.204. ssl_starttls">$ssl_starttls</a>.
1980 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-starttls"></a>3.204. ssl_starttls</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
1981 Default: yes</p></div><p>
1982 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> (the default), mutt will attempt to use <code class="literal">STARTTLS</code> on servers
1983 advertising the capability. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will not attempt to
1984 use <code class="literal">STARTTLS</code> regardless of the server's capabilities.
1985 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="certificate-file"></a>3.205. certificate_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
1986 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.mutt_certificates</code></span>”</p></div><p>
1987 This variable specifies the file where the certificates you trust
1988 are saved. When an unknown certificate is encountered, you are asked
1989 if you accept it or not. If you accept it, the certificate can also
1990 be saved in this file and further connections are automatically
1993 You can also manually add CA certificates in this file. Any server
1994 certificate that is signed with one of these CA certificates is
1995 also automatically accepted.
1999 </p><pre class="screen">
2000 set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates
2002 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-use-sslv3"></a>3.206. ssl_use_sslv3</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2003 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2004 This variable specifies whether to attempt to use SSLv3 in the
2005 SSL authentication process.
2006 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ssl-use-tlsv1"></a>3.207. ssl_use_tlsv1</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2007 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2008 This variable specifies whether to attempt to use TLSv1 in the
2009 SSL authentication process.
2010 </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>3.208. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2011 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2012 This variable specifies the minimum acceptable prime size (in bits)
2013 for use in any Diffie-Hellman key exchange. A value of 0 will use
2014 the default from the GNUTLS library.
2015 </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>3.209. ssl_ca_certificates_file</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2016 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2017 This variable specifies a file containing trusted CA certificates.
2018 Any server certificate that is signed with one of these CA
2019 certificates is also automatically accepted.
2023 </p><pre class="screen">
2024 set ssl_ca_certificates_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
2027 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, this variable defaults to the example
2028 mentioned. This file is managed by the “<span class="quote">ca-certificates</span>” package.
2029 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-split"></a>3.210. pipe_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2030 Default: no</p></div><p>
2031 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code> function following
2032 <code class="literal"><tag-prefix></code>. If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, when piping a list of
2033 tagged messages Mutt will concatenate the messages and will pipe them
2034 all concatenated. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will pipe the messages one by one.
2035 In both cases the messages are piped in the current sorted order,
2036 and the <a class="link" href="reference.html#pipe-sep" title="3.212. pipe_sep">$pipe_sep</a> separator is added after each message.
2037 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-decode"></a>3.211. pipe_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2038 Default: no</p></div><p>
2039 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code> command. When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2040 Mutt will pipe the messages without any preprocessing. When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt
2041 will weed headers and will attempt to decode the messages
2043 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pipe-sep"></a>3.212. pipe_sep</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2044 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">\n</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2045 The separator to add between messages when piping a list of tagged
2046 messages to an external Unix command.
2047 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-authenticators"></a>3.213. pop_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2048 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2049 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
2050 attempt to use to log in to an POP server, in the order mutt should
2051 try them. Authentication methods are either “<span class="quote">user</span>”, “<span class="quote">apop</span>” or any
2052 SASL mechanism, eg “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>” or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”.
2053 This option is case-insensitive. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>
2054 (the default) mutt will try all available methods, in order from
2055 most-secure to least-secure.
2059 </p><pre class="screen">
2060 set pop_authenticators="digest-md5:apop:user"
2062 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-auth-try-all"></a>3.214. pop_auth_try_all</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2063 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2064 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will try all available authentication methods.
2065 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will only fall back to other authentication
2066 methods if the previous methods are unavailable. If a method is
2067 available but authentication fails, Mutt will not connect to the POP server.
2068 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-checkinterval"></a>3.215. pop_checkinterval</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2069 Default: 60</p></div><p>
2070 This variable configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look for
2071 new mail in the currently selected mailbox if it is a POP mailbox.
2072 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-delete"></a>3.216. pop_delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2073 Default: ask-no</p></div><p>
2074 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will delete successfully downloaded messages from the POP
2075 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
2076 download messages but also leave them on the POP server.
2077 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-host"></a>3.217. pop_host</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2078 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2079 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
2080 can also specify an alternative port, username and password, ie:
2082 </p><pre class="screen">
2083 [pop[s]://][username[:password]@]popserver[:port]
2086 where “<span class="quote">[...]</span>” denotes an optional part.
2087 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-last"></a>3.218. pop_last</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2088 Default: no</p></div><p>
2089 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
2090 for retrieving only unread messages from the POP server when using
2091 the <code class="literal"><a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#fetch-mail"><fetch-mail></a></code> function.
2092 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-reconnect"></a>3.219. pop_reconnect</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2093 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2094 Controls whether or not Mutt will try to reconnect to the POP server if
2095 the connection is lost.
2096 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-user"></a>3.220. pop_user</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2097 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2098 Your login name on the POP server.
2100 This variable defaults to your user name on the local machine.
2101 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="pop-pass"></a>3.221. pop_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2102 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2103 Specifies the password for your POP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
2104 prompt you for your password when you open a POP mailbox.
2106 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
2107 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc
2108 even if you are the only one who can read the file.
2109 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="post-indent-string"></a>3.222. post_indent_string</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2110 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2111 Similar to the <a class="link" href="reference.html#attribution" title="3.16. attribution">$attribution</a> variable, Mutt will append this
2112 string after the inclusion of a message which is being replied to.
2113 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="postpone"></a>3.223. postpone</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2114 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2115 Controls whether or not messages are saved in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#postponed" title="3.224. postponed">$postponed</a>
2116 mailbox when you elect not to send immediately.
2118 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#recall" title="3.238. recall">$recall</a> variable.
2119 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="postponed"></a>3.224. postponed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2120 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/postponed</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2121 Mutt allows you to indefinitely “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="reference.html#postpone" title="3.223. postpone">postpone</a> sending a message</span>” which
2122 you are editing. When you choose to postpone a message, Mutt saves it
2123 in the mailbox specified by this variable.
2125 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#postpone" title="3.223. postpone">$postpone</a> variable.
2126 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="preconnect"></a>3.225. preconnect</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2127 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2128 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a shell command to be executed if mutt fails to establish
2129 a connection to the server. This is useful for setting up secure
2130 connections, e.g. with <code class="literal">ssh(1)</code>. If the command returns a nonzero
2131 status, mutt gives up opening the server. Example:
2133 </p><pre class="screen">
2134 set preconnect="ssh -f -q -L 1234:mailhost.net:143 mailhost.net \
2135 sleep 20 < /dev/null > /dev/null"
2138 Mailbox “<span class="quote">foo</span>” on “<span class="quote">mailhost.net</span>” can now be reached
2139 as “<span class="quote">{localhost:1234}foo</span>”.
2141 Note: For this example to work, you must be able to log in to the
2142 remote machine without having to enter a password.
2144 When set, Mutt uses the tunnel for all remote connections.
2145 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
2146 tunnel commands per connection.
2147 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print"></a>3.226. print</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2148 Default: ask-no</p></div><p>
2149 Controls whether or not Mutt really prints messages.
2150 This is set to “<span class="quote">ask-no</span>” by default, because some people
2151 accidentally hit “<span class="quote">p</span>” often.
2152 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-command"></a>3.227. print_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2153 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">lpr</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2154 This specifies the command pipe that should be used to print messages.
2155 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-decode"></a>3.228. print_decode</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2156 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2157 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><print-message></code> command. If this
2158 option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the message is decoded before it is passed to the
2159 external command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.227. print_command">$print_command</a>. If this option
2160 is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no processing will be applied to the message when
2161 printing it. The latter setting may be useful if you are using
2162 some advanced printer filter which is able to properly format
2163 e-mail messages for printing.
2164 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="print-split"></a>3.229. print_split</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2165 Default: no</p></div><p>
2166 Used in connection with the <code class="literal"><print-message></code> command. If this option
2167 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.227. print_command">$print_command</a> is executed once for
2168 each message which is to be printed. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2169 the command specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#print-command" title="3.227. print_command">$print_command</a> is executed only once, and
2170 all the messages are concatenated, with a form feed as the message
2173 Those who use the <code class="literal">enscript</code>(1) program's mail-printing mode will
2174 most likely want to <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> this option.
2175 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="prompt-after"></a>3.230. prompt_after</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2176 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2177 If you use an <span class="emphasis"><em>external</em></span> <a class="link" href="reference.html#pager" title="3.138. pager">$pager</a>, setting this variable will
2178 cause Mutt to prompt you for a command when the pager exits rather
2179 than returning to the index menu. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will return to the
2180 index menu when the external pager exits.
2181 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-command"></a>3.231. query_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2182 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2183 This specifies the command that mutt will use to make external address
2184 queries. The string should contain a “<span class="quote">%s</span>”, which will be substituted
2185 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
2187 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-format"></a>3.232. query_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2188 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4c %t %-25.25a %-25.25n %?e?(%e)?</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2189 This variable describes the format of the “<span class="quote">query</span>” menu. The
2190 following <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-style sequences are understood:
2192 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%a </span></dt><dd><p>destination address
2193 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%c </span></dt><dd><p>current entry number
2194 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%e </span></dt><dd><p>extra information *
2195 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>destination name
2196 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>“<span class="quote">*</span>” if current entry is tagged, a space otherwise
2197 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%>X </span></dt><dd><p>right justify the rest of the string and pad with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2198 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%|X </span></dt><dd><p>pad to the end of the line with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2199 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%*X </span></dt><dd><p>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
2200 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
2201 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
2203 * = can be optionally printed if nonzero, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a> documentation.
2204 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="quit"></a>3.233. quit</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2205 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2206 This variable controls whether “<span class="quote">quit</span>” and “<span class="quote">exit</span>” actually quit
2207 from mutt. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, they do quit, if it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, they
2208 have no effect, and if it is set to <span class="emphasis"><em>ask-yes</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>ask-no</em></span>, you are
2209 prompted for confirmation when you try to quit.
2210 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="quote-regexp"></a>3.234. quote_regexp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2211 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2212 A regular expression used in the internal pager to determine quoted
2213 sections of text in the body of a message. Quoted text may be filtered
2214 out using the <code class="literal"><toggle-quoted></code> command, or colored according to the
2215 “<span class="quote">color quoted</span>” family of directives.
2217 Higher levels of quoting may be colored differently (“<span class="quote">color quoted1</span>”,
2218 “<span class="quote">color quoted2</span>”, etc.). The quoting level is determined by removing
2219 the last character from the matched text and recursively reapplying
2220 the regular expression until it fails to produce a match.
2222 Match detection may be overridden by the <a class="link" href="reference.html#smileys" title="3.265. smileys">$smileys</a> regular expression.
2223 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="read-inc"></a>3.235. read_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2224 Default: 10</p></div><p>
2225 If set to a value greater than 0, Mutt will display which message it
2226 is currently on when reading a mailbox or when performing search actions
2227 such as search and limit. The message is printed after
2228 this many messages have been read or searched (e.g., if set to 25, Mutt will
2229 print a message when it is at message 25, and then again when it gets
2230 to message 50). This variable is meant to indicate progress when
2231 reading or searching large mailboxes which may take some time.
2232 When set to 0, only a single message will appear before the reading
2235 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.305. write_inc">$write_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.137. net_inc">$net_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.286. time_inc">$time_inc</a> variables and the
2236 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 7. Performance tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2237 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="read-only"></a>3.236. read_only</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2238 Default: no</p></div><p>
2239 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, all folders are opened in read-only mode.
2240 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="realname"></a>3.237. realname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2241 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2242 This variable specifies what “<span class="quote">real</span>” or “<span class="quote">personal</span>” name should be used
2243 when sending messages.
2245 By default, this is the GECOS field from <code class="literal">/etc/passwd</code>. Note that this
2246 variable will <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> be used when the user has set a real name
2247 in the <a class="link" href="reference.html#from" title="3.66. from">$from</a> variable.
2248 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="recall"></a>3.238. recall</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2249 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2250 Controls whether or not Mutt recalls postponed messages
2251 when composing a new message.
2253 <span class="emphasis"><em>Setting</em></span> this variable to is not generally useful, and thus not
2256 Also see <a class="link" href="reference.html#postponed" title="3.224. postponed">$postponed</a> variable.
2257 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="record"></a>3.239. record</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2258 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/sent</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2259 This specifies the file into which your outgoing messages should be
2260 appended. (This is meant as the primary method for saving a copy of
2261 your messages, but another way to do this is using the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#my-hdr" title="15. User defined headers">my_hdr</a></span>”
2262 command to create a “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” field with your email address in it.)
2264 The value of <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.239. record">$record</a></em></span> is overridden by the <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.61. force_name">$force_name</a> and
2265 <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.251. save_name">$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.
2266 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-regexp"></a>3.240. reply_regexp</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2267 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">^(re([\[0-9\]+])*|aw):[ \t]*</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2268 A regular expression used to recognize reply messages when threading
2269 and replying. The default value corresponds to the English "Re:" and
2271 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-self"></a>3.241. reply_self</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2272 Default: no</p></div><p>
2273 If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span> and you are replying to a message sent by you, Mutt will
2274 assume that you want to reply to the recipients of that message rather
2277 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative addresses">alternates</a></span>” command.
2278 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reply-to"></a>3.242. reply_to</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: quadoption<br />
2279 Default: ask-yes</p></div><p>
2280 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, when replying to a message, Mutt will use the address listed
2281 in the Reply-to: header as the recipient of the reply. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2282 it will use the address in the From: header field instead. This
2283 option is useful for reading a mailing list that sets the Reply-To:
2284 header field to the list address and you want to send a private
2285 message to the author of a message.
2286 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="resolve"></a>3.243. resolve</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2287 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2288 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the cursor will be automatically advanced to the next
2289 (possibly undeleted) message whenever a command that modifies the
2290 current message is executed.
2291 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-alias"></a>3.244. reverse_alias</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2292 Default: no</p></div><p>
2293 This variable controls whether or not Mutt will display the “<span class="quote">personal</span>”
2294 name from your aliases in the index menu if it finds an alias that
2295 matches the message's sender. For example, if you have the following
2298 </p><pre class="screen">
2299 alias juser abd30425@somewhere.net (Joe User)
2302 and then you receive mail which contains the following header:
2304 </p><pre class="screen">
2305 From: abd30425@somewhere.net
2308 It would be displayed in the index menu as “<span class="quote">Joe User</span>” instead of
2309 “<span class="quote">abd30425@somewhere.net.</span>” This is useful when the person's e-mail
2310 address is not human friendly.
2311 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-name"></a>3.245. reverse_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2312 Default: no</p></div><p>
2313 It may sometimes arrive that you receive mail to a certain machine,
2314 move the messages to another machine, and reply to some the messages
2315 from there. If this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the default <span class="emphasis"><em>From:</em></span> line of
2316 the reply messages is built using the address where you received the
2317 messages you are replying to <span class="bold"><strong>if</strong></span> that address matches your
2318 “<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
2319 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
2320 your address on the current machine.
2322 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="configuration.html#alternates" title="11. Alternative addresses">alternates</a></span>” command.
2323 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="reverse-realname"></a>3.246. reverse_realname</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2324 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2325 This variable fine-tunes the behaviour of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#reverse-name" title="3.245. reverse_name">$reverse_name</a> feature.
2326 When it is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will use the address from incoming messages as-is,
2327 possibly including eventual real names. When it is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will
2328 override any such real names with the setting of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#realname" title="3.237. realname">$realname</a> variable.
2329 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="rfc2047-parameters"></a>3.247. rfc2047_parameters</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2330 Default: no</p></div><p>
2331 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will decode RFC2047-encoded MIME
2332 parameters. You want to set this variable when mutt suggests you
2333 to save attachments to files named like:
2335 </p><pre class="screen">
2336 =?iso-8859-1?Q?file=5F=E4=5F991116=2Ezip?=
2339 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> interactively, the change won't be
2340 active until you change folders.
2342 Note that this use of RFC2047's encoding is explicitly
2343 prohibited by the standard, but nevertheless encountered in the
2346 Also note that setting this parameter will <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> have the effect
2347 that mutt <span class="emphasis"><em>generates</em></span> this kind of encoding. Instead, mutt will
2348 unconditionally use the encoding specified in RFC2231.
2349 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-address"></a>3.248. save_address</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2350 Default: no</p></div><p>
2351 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will take the sender's full address when choosing a
2352 default folder for saving a mail. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#save-name" title="3.251. save_name">$save_name</a> or <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.61. force_name">$force_name</a>
2353 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span> too, the selection of the Fcc folder will be changed as well.
2354 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-empty"></a>3.249. save_empty</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2355 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2356 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mailboxes which contain no saved messages will be removed
2357 when closed (the exception is <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.276. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a> which is never removed).
2358 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mailboxes are never removed.
2360 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> This only applies to mbox and MMDF folders, Mutt does not
2361 delete MH and Maildir directories.
2362 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-history"></a>3.250. save_history</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2363 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2364 This variable controls the size of the history (per category) saved in the
2365 <a class="link" href="reference.html#history-file" title="3.78. history_file">$history_file</a> file.
2366 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="save-name"></a>3.251. save_name</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2367 Default: no</p></div><p>
2368 This variable controls how copies of outgoing messages are saved.
2369 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a check is made to see if a mailbox specified by the
2370 recipient address exists (this is done by searching for a mailbox in
2371 the <a class="link" href="reference.html#folder" title="3.58. folder">$folder</a> directory with the <span class="emphasis"><em>username</em></span> part of the
2372 recipient address). If the mailbox exists, the outgoing message will
2373 be saved to that mailbox, otherwise the message is saved to the
2374 <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.239. record">$record</a> mailbox.
2376 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#force-name" title="3.61. force_name">$force_name</a> variable.
2377 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score"></a>3.252. score</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2378 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2379 When this variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, scoring is turned off. This can
2380 be useful to selectively disable scoring for certain folders when the
2381 <a class="link" href="reference.html#score-threshold-delete" title="3.253. score_threshold_delete">$score_threshold_delete</a> variable and related are used.
2382 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-delete"></a>3.253. score_threshold_delete</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2383 Default: -1</p></div><p>
2384 Messages which have been assigned a score equal to or lower than the value
2385 of this variable are automatically marked for deletion by mutt. Since
2386 mutt scores are always greater than or equal to zero, the default setting
2387 of this variable will never mark a message for deletion.
2388 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-flag"></a>3.254. score_threshold_flag</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2389 Default: 9999</p></div><p>
2390 Messages which have been assigned a score greater than or equal to this
2391 variable's value are automatically marked "flagged".
2392 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="score-threshold-read"></a>3.255. score_threshold_read</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2393 Default: -1</p></div><p>
2394 Messages which have been assigned a score equal to or lower than the value
2395 of this variable are automatically marked as read by mutt. Since
2396 mutt scores are always greater than or equal to zero, the default setting
2397 of this variable will never mark a message read.
2398 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="send-charset"></a>3.256. send_charset</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2399 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">us-ascii:iso-8859-1:utf-8</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2400 A colon-delimited list of character sets for outgoing messages. Mutt will use the
2401 first character set into which the text can be converted exactly.
2402 If your <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> is not “<span class="quote">iso-8859-1</span>” and recipients may not
2403 understand “<span class="quote">UTF-8</span>”, it is advisable to include in the list an
2404 appropriate widely used standard character set (such as
2405 “<span class="quote">iso-8859-2</span>”, “<span class="quote">koi8-r</span>” or “<span class="quote">iso-2022-jp</span>”) either instead of or after
2406 “<span class="quote">iso-8859-1</span>”.
2408 In case the text cannot be converted into one of these exactly,
2409 mutt uses <a class="link" href="reference.html#charset" title="3.25. charset">$charset</a> as a fallback.
2410 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sendmail"></a>3.257. sendmail</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2411 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2412 Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt.
2413 Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional
2414 arguments as recipient addresses.
2415 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sendmail-wait"></a>3.258. sendmail_wait</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2416 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2417 Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> process
2418 to finish before giving up and putting delivery in the background.
2420 Mutt interprets the value of this variable as follows:
2422 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">>0 </span></dt><dd><p>number of seconds to wait for sendmail to finish before continuing
2423 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">0 </span></dt><dd><p>wait forever for sendmail to finish
2424 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><0 </span></dt><dd><p>always put sendmail in the background without waiting
2425 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
2426 Note that if you specify a value other than 0, the output of the child
2427 process will be put in a temporary file. If there is some error, you
2428 will be informed as to where to find the output.
2429 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="shell"></a>3.259. shell</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2430 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2431 Command to use when spawning a subshell. By default, the user's login
2432 shell from <code class="literal">/etc/passwd</code> is used.
2433 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sig-dashes"></a>3.260. sig_dashes</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2434 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2435 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, a line containing “<span class="quote">-- </span>” (note the trailing space) will be inserted before your
2436 <a class="link" href="reference.html#signature" title="3.262. signature">$signature</a>. It is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span> recommended that you not <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>
2437 this variable unless your signature contains just your name. The
2438 reason for this is because many software packages use “<span class="quote">-- \n</span>” to
2439 detect your signature. For example, Mutt has the ability to highlight
2440 the signature in a different color in the builtin pager.
2441 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sig-on-top"></a>3.261. sig_on_top</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2442 Default: no</p></div><p>
2443 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the signature will be included before any quoted or forwarded
2444 text. It is <span class="bold"><strong>strongly</strong></span> recommended that you do not set this variable
2445 unless you really know what you are doing, and are prepared to take
2446 some heat from netiquette guardians.
2447 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="signature"></a>3.262. signature</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2448 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜/.signature</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2449 Specifies the filename of your signature, which is appended to all
2450 outgoing messages. If the filename ends with a pipe (“<span class="quote">|</span>”), it is
2451 assumed that filename is a shell command and input should be read from
2452 its standard output.
2453 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="simple-search"></a>3.263. simple_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2454 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜f %s | ˜s %s</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2455 Specifies how Mutt should expand a simple search into a real search
2456 pattern. A simple search is one that does not contain any of the “<span class="quote">˜</span>” pattern
2457 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.
2459 For example, if you simply type “<span class="quote">joe</span>” at a search or limit prompt, Mutt
2460 will automatically expand it to the value specified by this variable by
2461 replacing “<span class="quote">%s</span>” with the supplied string.
2462 For the default value, “<span class="quote">joe</span>” would be expanded to: “<span class="quote">˜f joe | ˜s joe</span>”.
2463 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smart-wrap"></a>3.264. smart_wrap</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2464 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2465 Controls the display of lines longer than the screen width in the
2466 internal pager. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, long lines are wrapped at a word boundary. If
2467 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, lines are simply wrapped at the screen edge. Also see the
2468 <a class="link" href="reference.html#markers" title="3.114. markers">$markers</a> variable.
2469 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smileys"></a>3.265. smileys</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: regular expression<br />
2470 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">(>From )|(:[-^]?[][)(><}{|/DP])</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2471 The <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> uses this variable to catch some common false
2472 positives of <a class="link" href="reference.html#quote-regexp" title="3.234. quote_regexp">$quote_regexp</a>, most notably smileys and not consider
2473 a line quoted text if it also matches <a class="link" href="reference.html#smileys" title="3.265. smileys">$smileys</a>. This mostly
2474 happens at the beginning of a line.
2475 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sleep-time"></a>3.266. sleep_time</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2476 Default: 1</p></div><p>
2477 Specifies time, in seconds, to pause while displaying certain informational
2478 messages, while moving from folder to folder and after expunging
2479 messages from the current folder. The default is to pause one second, so
2480 a value of zero for this option suppresses the pause.
2481 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-authenticators"></a>3.267. smtp_authenticators</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2482 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2483 This is a colon-delimited list of authentication methods mutt may
2484 attempt to use to log in to an SMTP server, in the order mutt should
2485 try them. Authentication methods are any SASL mechanism, eg
2486 “<span class="quote">digest-md5</span>”, “<span class="quote">gssapi</span>” or “<span class="quote">cram-md5</span>”.
2487 This option is case-insensitive. If it is “<span class="quote">unset</span>”
2488 (the default) mutt will try all available methods, in order from
2489 most-secure to least-secure.
2493 </p><pre class="screen">
2494 set smtp_authenticators="digest-md5:cram-md5"
2496 </pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-pass"></a>3.268. smtp_pass</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2497 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2498 Specifies the password for your SMTP account. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will
2499 prompt you for your password when you first send mail via SMTP.
2500 See <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.269. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a> to configure mutt to send mail via SMTP.
2502 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning</strong></span>: you should only use this option when you are on a
2503 fairly secure machine, because the superuser can read your muttrc even
2504 if you are the only one who can read the file.
2505 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="smtp-url"></a>3.269. smtp_url</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2506 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2507 Defines the SMTP smarthost where sent messages should relayed for
2508 delivery. This should take the form of an SMTP URL, eg:
2510 </p><pre class="screen">
2511 smtp[s]://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/
2514 \.\.\. where “<span class="quote">[...]</span>” denotes an optional part.
2515 Setting this variable overrides the value of the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a>
2517 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort"></a>3.270. sort</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2518 Default: date</p></div><p>
2519 Specifies how to sort messages in the “<span class="quote">index</span>” menu. Valid values
2522 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>date or date-sent
2523 </p></li><li><p>date-received
2524 </p></li><li><p>from
2525 </p></li><li><p>mailbox-order (unsorted)
2526 </p></li><li><p>score
2527 </p></li><li><p>size
2528 </p></li><li><p>spam
2529 </p></li><li><p>subject
2530 </p></li><li><p>threads
2532 </p></li></ul></div><p>
2533 You may optionally use the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix to specify reverse sorting
2534 order (example: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort=reverse-date-sent</code></span>”).
2536 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, this option is set by default to
2537 “<span class="quote">threads</span>” in /etc/Muttrc.
2538 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-alias"></a>3.271. sort_alias</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2539 Default: alias</p></div><p>
2540 Specifies how the entries in the “<span class="quote">alias</span>” menu are sorted. The
2541 following are legal values:
2543 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>address (sort alphabetically by email address)
2544 </p></li><li><p>alias (sort alphabetically by alias name)
2545 </p></li><li><p>unsorted (leave in order specified in .muttrc)
2546 </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>3.272. sort_aux</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2547 Default: date</p></div><p>
2548 When sorting by threads, this variable controls how threads are sorted
2549 in relation to other threads, and how the branches of the thread trees
2550 are sorted. This can be set to any value that <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">$sort</a> can, except
2551 “<span class="quote">threads</span>” (in that case, mutt will just use “<span class="quote">date-sent</span>”). You can also
2552 specify the “<span class="quote">last-</span>” prefix in addition to the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix, but “<span class="quote">last-</span>”
2553 must come after “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>”. The “<span class="quote">last-</span>” prefix causes messages to be
2554 sorted against its siblings by which has the last descendant, using
2555 the rest of <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.272. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a> as an ordering. For instance,
2557 </p><pre class="screen">
2558 set sort_aux=last-date-received
2561 would mean that if a new message is received in a
2562 thread, that thread becomes the last one displayed (or the first, if
2563 you have “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort=reverse-threads</code></span>”.)
2565 Note: For reversed <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">$sort</a>
2566 order <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.272. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a> is reversed again (which is not the right thing to do,
2567 but kept to not break any existing configuration setting).
2568 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-browser"></a>3.273. sort_browser</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
2569 Default: alpha</p></div><p>
2570 Specifies how to sort entries in the file browser. By default, the
2571 entries are sorted alphabetically. Valid values:
2573 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>alpha (alphabetically)
2574 </p></li><li><p>date
2575 </p></li><li><p>size
2576 </p></li><li><p>unsorted
2577 </p></li></ul></div><p>
2578 You may optionally use the “<span class="quote">reverse-</span>” prefix to specify reverse sorting
2579 order (example: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">set sort_browser=reverse-date</code></span>”).
2580 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="sort-re"></a>3.274. sort_re</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2581 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2582 This variable is only useful when sorting by threads with
2583 <a class="link" href="reference.html#strict-threads" title="3.280. strict_threads">$strict_threads</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>. In that case, it changes the heuristic
2584 mutt uses to thread messages by subject. With <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.274. sort_re">$sort_re</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will
2585 only attach a message as the child of another message by subject if
2586 the subject of the child message starts with a substring matching the
2587 setting of <a class="link" href="reference.html#reply-regexp" title="3.240. reply_regexp">$reply_regexp</a>. With <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.274. sort_re">$sort_re</a> <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will attach
2588 the message whether or not this is the case, as long as the
2589 non-<a class="link" href="reference.html#reply-regexp" title="3.240. reply_regexp">$reply_regexp</a> parts of both messages are identical.
2590 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="spam-separator"></a>3.275. spam_separator</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2591 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">,</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2592 This variable controls what happens when multiple spam headers
2593 are matched: if <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, each successive header will overwrite any
2594 previous matches value for the spam label. If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, each successive
2595 match will append to the previous, using this variable's value as a
2597 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="spoolfile"></a>3.276. spoolfile</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2598 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2599 If your spool mailbox is in a non-default place where Mutt cannot find
2600 it, you can specify its location with this variable. Mutt will
2601 automatically set this variable to the value of the environment
2602 variable <code class="literal">$MAIL</code> if it is not set.
2603 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-chars"></a>3.277. status_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2604 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">-*%A</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2605 Controls the characters used by the “<span class="quote">%r</span>” indicator in
2606 <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a>. The first character is used when the mailbox is
2607 unchanged. The second is used when the mailbox has been changed, and
2608 it needs to be resynchronized. The third is used if the mailbox is in
2609 read-only mode, or if the mailbox will not be written when exiting
2610 that mailbox (You can toggle whether to write changes to a mailbox
2611 with the <code class="literal"><toggle-write></code> operation, bound by default to “<span class="quote">%</span>”). The fourth
2612 is used to indicate that the current folder has been opened in attach-
2613 message mode (Certain operations like composing a new mail, replying,
2614 forwarding, etc. are not permitted in this mode).
2615 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-format"></a>3.278. status_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2616 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>
2617 Controls the format of the status line displayed in the “<span class="quote">index</span>”
2618 menu. This string is similar to <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a>, but has its own
2619 set of <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequences:
2621 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">%b </span></dt><dd><p>number of mailboxes with new mail *
2622 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%d </span></dt><dd><p>number of deleted messages *
2623 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%f </span></dt><dd><p>the full pathname of the current mailbox
2624 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%F </span></dt><dd><p>number of flagged messages *
2625 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%h </span></dt><dd><p>local hostname
2626 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%l </span></dt><dd><p>size (in bytes) of the current mailbox *
2627 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%L </span></dt><dd><p>size (in bytes) of the messages shown
2628 (i.e., which match the current limit) *
2629 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%m </span></dt><dd><p>the number of messages in the mailbox *
2630 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%M </span></dt><dd><p>the number of messages shown (i.e., which match the current limit) *
2631 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%n </span></dt><dd><p>number of new messages in the mailbox *
2632 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%o </span></dt><dd><p>number of old unread messages *
2633 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%p </span></dt><dd><p>number of postponed messages *
2634 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%P </span></dt><dd><p>percentage of the way through the index
2635 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%r </span></dt><dd><p>modified/read-only/won't-write/attach-message indicator,
2636 according to <a class="link" href="reference.html#status-chars" title="3.277. status_chars">$status_chars</a>
2637 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%s </span></dt><dd><p>current sorting mode (<a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">$sort</a>)
2638 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%S </span></dt><dd><p>current aux sorting method (<a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-aux" title="3.272. sort_aux">$sort_aux</a>)
2639 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%t </span></dt><dd><p>number of tagged messages *
2640 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%u </span></dt><dd><p>number of unread messages *
2641 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%v </span></dt><dd><p>Mutt version string
2642 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%V </span></dt><dd><p>currently active limit pattern, if any *
2643 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%>X </span></dt><dd><p>right justify the rest of the string and pad with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2644 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%|X </span></dt><dd><p>pad to the end of the line with “<span class="quote">X</span>”
2645 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">%*X </span></dt><dd><p>soft-fill with character “<span class="quote">X</span>” as pad
2646 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
2647 For an explanation of “<span class="quote">soft-fill</span>”, see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#index-format" title="3.101. index_format">$index_format</a> documentation.
2649 * = can be optionally printed if nonzero
2651 Some of the above sequences can be used to optionally print a string
2652 if their value is nonzero. For example, you may only want to see the
2653 number of flagged messages if such messages exist, since zero is not
2654 particularly meaningful. To optionally print a string based upon one
2655 of the above sequences, the following construct is used:
2657 <code class="literal">%?<sequence_char>?<optional_string>?</code>
2659 where <span class="emphasis"><em>sequence_char</em></span> is a character from the table above, and
2660 <span class="emphasis"><em>optional_string</em></span> is the string you would like printed if
2661 <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
2662 other sequences as well as normal text, but you may <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> nest
2665 Here is an example illustrating how to optionally print the number of
2666 new messages in a mailbox:
2668 <code class="literal">%?n?%n new messages.?</code>
2670 You can also switch between two strings using the following construct:
2672 <code class="literal">%?<sequence_char>?<if_string>&<else_string>?</code>
2674 If the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>sequence_char</em></span> is non-zero, <span class="emphasis"><em>if_string</em></span> will
2675 be expanded, otherwise <span class="emphasis"><em>else_string</em></span> will be expanded.
2677 You can force the result of any <code class="literal">printf(3)</code>-like sequence to be lowercase
2678 by prefixing the sequence character with an underscore (“<span class="quote">_</span>”) sign.
2679 For example, if you want to display the local hostname in lowercase,
2680 you would use: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%_h</code></span>”.
2682 If you prefix the sequence character with a colon (“<span class="quote">:</span>”) character, mutt
2683 will replace any dots in the expansion by underscores. This might be helpful
2684 with IMAP folders that don't like dots in folder names.
2685 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="status-on-top"></a>3.279. status_on_top</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2686 Default: no</p></div><p>
2687 Setting this variable causes the “<span class="quote">status bar</span>” to be displayed on
2688 the first line of the screen rather than near the bottom. If <a class="link" href="reference.html#help" title="3.70. help">$help</a>
2689 is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, too it'll be placed at the bottom.
2690 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="strict-threads"></a>3.280. strict_threads</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2691 Default: no</p></div><p>
2692 If <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, threading will only make use of the “<span class="quote">In-Reply-To</span>” and
2693 “<span class="quote">References:</span>” fields when you <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort" title="3.270. sort">$sort</a> by message threads. By
2694 default, messages with the same subject are grouped together in
2695 “<span class="quote">pseudo threads.</span>”. This may not always be desirable, such as in a
2696 personal mailbox where you might have several unrelated messages with
2697 the subjects like “<span class="quote">hi</span>” which will get grouped together. See also
2698 <a class="link" href="reference.html#sort-re" title="3.274. sort_re">$sort_re</a> for a less drastic way of controlling this
2700 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="suspend"></a>3.281. suspend</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2701 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2702 When <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt won't stop when the user presses the terminal's
2703 <span class="emphasis"><em>susp</em></span> key, usually “<span class="quote">^Z</span>”. This is useful if you run mutt
2704 inside an xterm using a command like “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">xterm -e mutt</code></span>”.
2705 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="text-flowed"></a>3.282. text_flowed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2706 Default: no</p></div><p>
2707 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will generate “<span class="quote">format=flowed</span>” bodies with a content type
2708 of “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">text/plain; format=flowed</code></span>”.
2709 This format is easier to handle for some mailing software, and generally
2710 just looks like ordinary text. To actually make use of this format's
2711 features, you'll need support in your editor.
2713 Note that <a class="link" href="reference.html#indent-string" title="3.100. indent_string">$indent_string</a> is ignored when this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>.
2714 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="thread-received"></a>3.283. thread_received</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2715 Default: no</p></div><p>
2716 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt uses the date received rather than the date sent
2717 to thread messages by subject.
2718 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="thorough-search"></a>3.284. thorough_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2719 Default: no</p></div><p>
2720 Affects the <code class="literal">˜b</code> and <code class="literal">˜h</code> search operations described in
2721 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
2722 messages to be searched are decoded before searching. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>,
2723 messages are searched as they appear in the folder.
2725 Users searching attachments or for non-ASCII characters should <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>
2726 this value because decoding also includes MIME parsing/decoding and possible
2727 character set conversions. Otherwise mutt will attempt to match against the
2728 raw message received (for example quoted-printable encoded or with encoded
2729 headers) which may lead to incorrect search results.
2730 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tilde"></a>3.285. tilde</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2731 Default: no</p></div><p>
2732 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, the internal-pager will pad blank lines to the bottom of the
2733 screen with a tilde (“<span class="quote">˜</span>”).
2734 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="time-inc"></a>3.286. time_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2735 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2736 Along with <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.235. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.305. write_inc">$write_inc</a>, and <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.137. net_inc">$net_inc</a>, this
2737 variable controls the frequency with which progress updates are
2738 displayed. It suppresses updates less than <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.286. time_inc">$time_inc</a> milliseconds
2739 apart. This can improve throughput on systems with slow terminals,
2740 or when running mutt on a remote system.
2742 Also see the “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 7. Performance tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2743 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="timeout"></a>3.287. timeout</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2744 Default: 600</p></div><p>
2745 When Mutt is waiting for user input either idleing in menus or
2746 in an interactive prompt, Mutt would block until input is
2747 present. Depending on the context, this would prevent certain
2748 operations from working, like checking for new mail or keeping
2749 an IMAP connection alive.
2751 This variable controls how many seconds Mutt will at most wait
2752 until it aborts waiting for input, performs these operations and
2753 continues to wait for input.
2755 A value of zero or less will cause Mutt to never time out.
2756 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tmpdir"></a>3.288. tmpdir</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2757 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2758 This variable allows you to specify where Mutt will place its
2759 temporary files needed for displaying and composing messages. If
2760 this variable is not set, the environment variable <code class="literal">$TMPDIR</code> is
2761 used. If <code class="literal">$TMPDIR</code> is not set then “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/tmp</code></span>” is used.
2762 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="to-chars"></a>3.289. to_chars</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2763 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal"> +TCFL</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2764 Controls the character used to indicate mail addressed to you. The
2765 first character is the one used when the mail is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> addressed to your
2766 address. The second is used when you are the only
2767 recipient of the message. The third is when your address
2768 appears in the “<span class="quote">To:</span>” header field, but you are not the only recipient of
2769 the message. The fourth character is used when your
2770 address is specified in the “<span class="quote">Cc:</span>” header field, but you are not the only
2771 recipient. The fifth character is used to indicate mail that was sent
2772 by <span class="emphasis"><em>you</em></span>. The sixth character is used to indicate when a mail
2773 was sent to a mailing-list you subscribe to.
2774 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="trash"></a>3.290. trash</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2775 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2776 If set, this variable specifies the path of the trash folder where the
2777 mails marked for deletion will be moved, instead of being irremediably
2780 NOTE: When you delete a message in the trash folder, it is really
2781 deleted, so that you have a way to clean the trash.
2782 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="tunnel"></a>3.291. tunnel</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2783 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2784 Setting this variable will cause mutt to open a pipe to a command
2785 instead of a raw socket. You may be able to use this to set up
2786 preauthenticated connections to your IMAP/POP3/SMTP server. Example:
2788 </p><pre class="screen">
2789 set tunnel="ssh -q mailhost.net /usr/local/libexec/imapd"
2792 Note: For this example to work you must be able to log in to the remote
2793 machine without having to enter a password.
2794 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-8bitmime"></a>3.292. use_8bitmime</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2795 Default: no</p></div><p>
2796 <span class="bold"><strong>Warning:</strong></span> do not set this variable unless you are using a version
2797 of sendmail which supports the <code class="literal">-B8BITMIME</code> flag (such as sendmail
2798 8.8.x) or you may not be able to send mail.
2800 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will invoke <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> with the <code class="literal">-B8BITMIME</code>
2801 flag when sending 8-bit messages to enable ESMTP negotiation.
2802 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-domain"></a>3.293. use_domain</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2803 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2804 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will qualify all local addresses (ones without the
2805 “<span class="quote">@host</span>” portion) with the value of <a class="link" href="reference.html#hostname" title="3.80. hostname">$hostname</a>. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no
2806 addresses will be qualified.
2807 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-envelope-from"></a>3.294. use_envelope_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2808 Default: no</p></div><p>
2809 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will set the <span class="emphasis"><em>envelope</em></span> sender of the message.
2810 If <a class="link" href="reference.html#envelope-from-address" title="3.53. envelope_from_address">$envelope_from_address</a> is <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, it will be used as the sender
2811 address. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, mutt will attempt to derive the sender from the
2812 “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header.
2814 Note that this information is passed to sendmail command using the
2815 <code class="literal">-f</code> command line switch. Therefore setting this option is not useful
2816 if the <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> variable already contains <code class="literal">-f</code> or if the
2817 executable pointed to by <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.257. sendmail">$sendmail</a> doesn't support the <code class="literal">-f</code> switch.
2818 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-from"></a>3.295. use_from</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2819 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2820 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will generate the “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header field when
2821 sending messages. If <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, no “<span class="quote">From:</span>” header field will be
2822 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>”
2824 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-idn"></a>3.296. use_idn</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2825 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2826 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will show you international domain names decoded.
2827 Note: You can use IDNs for addresses even if this is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>.
2828 This variable only affects decoding.
2829 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="use-ipv6"></a>3.297. use_ipv6</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2830 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2831 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, Mutt will look for IPv6 addresses of hosts it tries to
2832 contact. If this option is <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, Mutt will restrict itself to IPv4 addresses.
2833 Normally, the default should work.
2834 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="user-agent"></a>3.298. user_agent</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2835 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2836 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will add a “<span class="quote">User-Agent:</span>” header to outgoing
2837 messages, indicating which version of mutt was used for composing
2839 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="visual"></a>3.299. visual</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
2840 Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
2841 Specifies the visual editor to invoke when the “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">˜v</code></span>” command is
2842 given in the builtin editor.
2843 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wait-key"></a>3.300. wait_key</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2844 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2845 Controls whether Mutt will ask you to press a key after an external command
2846 has been invoked by these functions: <code class="literal"><shell-escape></code>,
2847 <code class="literal"><pipe-message></code>, <code class="literal"><pipe-entry></code>, <code class="literal"><print-message></code>,
2848 and <code class="literal"><print-entry></code> commands.
2850 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
2851 that the corresponding mailcap entry has a <span class="emphasis"><em>needsterminal</em></span> flag,
2852 and the external program is interactive.
2854 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
2855 for a key only if the external command returned a non-zero status.
2856 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="weed"></a>3.301. weed</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2857 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2858 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, mutt will weed headers when displaying, forwarding,
2859 printing, or replying to messages.
2860 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrap"></a>3.302. wrap</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2861 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2862 When set to a positive value, mutt will wrap text at <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.302. wrap">$wrap</a> characters.
2863 When set to a negative value, mutt will wrap text so that there are <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.302. wrap">$wrap</a>
2864 characters of empty space on the right side of the terminal.
2865 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrap-search"></a>3.303. wrap_search</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2866 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2867 Controls whether searches wrap around the end.
2869 When <span class="emphasis"><em>set</em></span>, searches will wrap around the first (or last) item. When
2870 <span class="emphasis"><em>unset</em></span>, incremental searches will not wrap.
2871 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="wrapmargin"></a>3.304. wrapmargin</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2872 Default: 0</p></div><p>
2873 (DEPRECATED) Equivalent to setting <a class="link" href="reference.html#wrap" title="3.302. wrap">$wrap</a> with a negative value.
2874 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="write-inc"></a>3.305. write_inc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: number<br />
2875 Default: 10</p></div><p>
2876 When writing a mailbox, a message will be printed every
2877 <a class="link" href="reference.html#write-inc" title="3.305. write_inc">$write_inc</a> messages to indicate progress. If set to 0, only a
2878 single message will be displayed before writing a mailbox.
2880 Also see the <a class="link" href="reference.html#read-inc" title="3.235. read_inc">$read_inc</a>, <a class="link" href="reference.html#net-inc" title="3.137. net_inc">$net_inc</a> and <a class="link" href="reference.html#time-inc" title="3.286. time_inc">$time_inc</a> variables and the
2881 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="tuning.html" title="Chapter 7. Performance tuning">tuning</a></span>” section of the manual for performance considerations.
2882 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="write-bcc"></a>3.306. write_bcc</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2883 Default: yes</p></div><p>
2884 Controls whether mutt writes out the “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” header when preparing
2885 messages to be sent. Exim users may wish to unset this. If mutt
2886 is set to deliver directly via SMTP (see <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.269. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a>), this
2887 option does nothing: mutt will never write out the “<span class="quote">Bcc:</span>” header
2890 <span class="bold"><strong>Note:</strong></span> On Debian systems, exim4 and postfix strip BCC headers by
2891 default. The above warning applies to exim3 users, see /etc/Muttrc.
2892 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="xterm-icon"></a>3.307. xterm_icon</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2893 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">M%?n?AIL&ail?</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2894 Controls the format of the icon title, as long as xterm_set_titles
2895 is enabled. This string is identical in formatting to the one used by
2896 “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a></span>”.
2897 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="xterm-set-titles"></a>3.308. xterm_set_titles</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: boolean<br />
2898 Default: no</p></div><p>
2899 Controls whether mutt sets the xterm title bar and icon name
2900 (as long as you are in an appropriate terminal).
2901 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="xterm-title"></a>3.309. xterm_title</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
2902 Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">Mutt with %?m?%m messages&no messages?%?n? [%n NEW]?</code></span>”</p></div><p>
2903 Controls the format of the title bar of the xterm provided that
2904 xterm_set_titles has been set. This string is identical in formatting
2905 to the one used by “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.278. status_format">$status_format</a></span>”.
2906 </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>
2907 The following is the list of available functions listed by the mapping
2908 in which they are available. The default key setting is given, and an
2909 explanation of what the function does. The key bindings of these
2910 functions can be changed with the <a class="link" href="configuration.html#bind" title="5. Changing the default key bindings">bind</a>
2912 </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>
2913 The <span class="emphasis"><em>generic</em></span> menu is not a real menu, but specifies common functions
2914 (such as movement) available in all menus except for <span class="emphasis"><em>pager</em></span> and
2915 <span class="emphasis"><em>editor</em></span>. Changing settings for this menu will affect the default
2916 bindings for all menus (except as noted).
2917 </p><div class="table"><a id="generic_table"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 8.2. 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 8.3. 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"><purge-message></code></td><td> </td><td>really delete the current entry, bypassing the trash folder</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 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 8.4. 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"><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"><purge-message></code></td><td> </td><td>really delete the current entry, bypassing the trash folder</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 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 8.5. 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 8.6. 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 8.7. 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 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 8.8. 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 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 8.9. 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 8.10. 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 8.11. 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 8.12. 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 8.13. 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 8.14. 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 7. Performance tuning </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 9. Miscellany</td></tr></table></div></body></html>