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20 .TH mutt 1 "January 2009" Unix "User Manuals"
22 mutt \- The Mutt Mail User Agent
27 [\-e \fIcmd\fP] [\-F \fIfile\fP] [\-m \fItype\fP] [\-f \fIfile\fP]
38 [\-a \fIfile\fP [...] \-\-]
39 \fIaddr|mailto_url\fP [...]
48 [\-a \fIfile\fP [...] \-\-]
49 \fIaddr|mailto_url\fP [...]
53 [\-n] [\-e \fIcmd\fP] [\-F \fIfile\fP] \-p
56 [\-n] [\-e \fIcmd\fP] [\-F \fIfile\fP] \-A \fIalias\fP
59 [\-n] [\-e \fIcmd\fP] [\-F \fIfile\fP] \-Q \fIquery\fP
68 Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading and sending electronic
69 mail under unix operating systems, including support for color terminals, MIME,
70 OpenPGP, and a threaded sorting mode.
74 This manual page gives a brief overview of mutt's command line
75 options. You should find a copy of the full manual in @docdir@, in
76 text, HTML, and/or PDF format.
80 An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.
81 .IP "-a \fIfile\fP [...]"
82 Attach a file to your message using MIME.
83 When attaching single or multiple files, separating filenames and recipient addresses with
84 "\-\-" is mandatory, e.g. \fBmutt \-a image.jpg \-\- addr1\fP or
85 \fBmutt \-a img.jpg *.png \-\- addr1 addr2\fP.
86 The \-a option must be placed at the end of command line options.
87 .IP "-b \fIaddress\fP"
88 Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient
89 .IP "-c \fIaddress\fP"
90 Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient
92 If mutt was complied with +DEBUG log debugging output to ~/.muttdebug0.
93 \fILevel\fP can range from 1-5 and effects verbosity. A value of 2 is
96 Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.
97 .IP "-e \fIcommand\fP"
98 Specify a configuration command to be run after processing of initialization
100 .IP "-f \fImailbox\fP"
101 Specify which mailbox to load.
102 .IP "-F \fImuttrc\fP"
103 Specify an initialization file to read instead of ~/.muttrc
107 Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to send a
109 .IP "-i \fIinclude\fP"
110 Specify a file to include into the body of a message.
112 specify a default mailbox type for newly created folders.
114 Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.
116 Resume a postponed message.
118 Query a configuration variables value. The query is executed after
119 all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands given on
120 the command line have been executed.
122 Open a mailbox in \fIread-only\fP mode.
123 .IP "-s \fIsubject\fP"
124 Specify the subject of the message.
126 Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.
128 Display license and copyright information.
130 Emulate the mailx compose mode.
132 Start Mutt with a listing of all mailboxes specified by the \fImailboxes\fP
135 When used with \-f, causes Mutt not to start if there are no messages in the
138 Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the \fImailboxes\fP
139 command which contains new mail.
141 Treat remaining arguments as \fIaddr\fP even if they start with a dash.
142 See also "\-a" above.
146 Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.
148 The user's e-mail address.
150 Full path of the user's home directory.
152 Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
154 Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset. Commonly used when the spool
159 Path to search for mailcap files.
161 If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompting first.
163 Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can be found.
165 Directory in which temporary files are created.
167 Default Reply-To address.
169 Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
172 .IP "~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc"
173 User configuration file.
174 .IP "@sysconfdir@/Muttrc"
175 System-wide configuration file.
176 .IP "/tmp/muttXXXXXX"
177 Temporary files created by Mutt.
179 User definition for handling non-text MIME types.
180 .IP "@sysconfdir@/mailcap"
181 System definition for handling non-text MIME types.
183 User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
184 .IP "@sysconfdir@/mime.types"
185 System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
186 .IP "@bindir@/mutt_dotlock"
187 The privileged dotlocking program.
188 .IP "@docdir@/manual.txt"
192 None. Mutts have fleas, not bugs.
195 Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external editor does not work
196 under SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in /usr/5lib. It \fIdoes\fP work
197 with the S-Lang library, however.
199 Resizing the screen while using an external pager causes Mutt to go haywire
202 Suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.
204 The help line for the index menu is not updated if you change the bindings
205 for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.
207 For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please visit the
208 mutt project's bug tracking system under http://bugs.mutt.org/.
210 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
211 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
212 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
213 GNU General Public License for more details.
220 .BR mutt_dotlock (1),
226 Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
231 Michael Elkins, and others. Use <mutt-dev@mutt.org> to contact