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Mutt supports several of optional features which can be enabled or
disabled at compile-time by giving the <span class="emphasis"><em>configure</em></span> script
certain arguments. These are listed in the “<span class="quote">Optional features</span>” section of
Which features are enabled or disabled can later be determined from the
output of <code class="literal">mutt -v</code>. If a compile option starts with
“<span class="quote">+</span>” it is enabled and disabled if prefixed with “<span class="quote">-</span>”. For example, if
-mutt was compiled using GnuTLS for encrypted communication instead of
+Mutt was compiled using GnuTLS for encrypted communication instead of
OpenSSL, <code class="literal">mutt -v</code> would contain:
</p><pre class="screen">
--USE_SSL_OPENSSL +USE_SSL_GNUTLS</pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="url-syntax"></a>1.2. URL
syntax</h3></div></div></div><p>
+-USE_SSL_OPENSSL +USE_SSL_GNUTLS</pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="url-syntax"></a>1.2. URL
Syntax</h3></div></div></div><p>
Mutt optionally supports the IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols which require
to access servers using URLs. The canonical syntax for specifying URLs
-in mutt is (an item enclosed in <code class="literal">[]</code> means it is optional and
+in Mutt is (an item enclosed in <code class="literal">[]</code> means it is optional and
may be omitted):
</p><pre class="screen">
proto[s]://[username[:password]@]server[:port]/[path]
</pre><p>
-<code class="literal">proto</code> is the communication protocol:
+<span class="emphasis"><em>proto</em></span> is the communication protocol:
<code class="literal">imap</code> for IMAP, <code class="literal">pop</code> for POP3 and
-<code class="literal">smtp</code> for SMTP. If “<span class="quote">s</span>” for “<span class="quote">secure communication</span>”
-is appended, mutt will attempt to establish an encrypted communication
-using SSL or TLS. If no explicit port is given, mutt will use the
-system's default for the given protocol.
+<code class="literal">smtp</code> for SMTP. If “<span class="quote">s</span>” for “<span class="quote">secure
+communication</span>” is appended, Mutt will attempt to establish an
+encrypted communication using SSL or TLS.
</p><p>
-Since all protocols by mutt support authentication, the username may be
-given directly in the URL instead of using the <code class="literal">pop_user</code> or
-<code class="literal">imap_user</code> variables. It may contain the “<span class="quote">@</span>” symbol
-being used by many mail systems as part of the login name. A password can be
-given, too but is not recommended if the URL is specified in a configuration
-file on disk.
+Since all protocols supported by Mutt support/require authentication,
+login credentials may be specified in the URL. This has the advantage
+that multiple IMAP, POP3 or SMTP servers may be specified (which isn't
+possible using, for example,
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-user" title="3.109. imap_user">$imap_user</a>). The username
+may contain the “<span class="quote">@</span>” symbol being used by many mail systems
+as part of the login name. A password can be given, too but is not
+recommended if the URL is specified in a configuration file on disk.
</p><p>
-The optional path is only relevant for IMAP.
+If no port number is given, Mutt will use the system's default for the
+given protocol (usually consulting <code class="literal">/etc/services</code>).
</p><p>
-For IMAP for example, you can select an alternative port by specifying it with the
-server: <code class="literal">imap://imapserver:port/INBOX</code>. You can also specify different
-username for each folder: <code class="literal">imap://username@imapserver[:port]/INBOX</code>
-or <code class="literal">imap://username2@imapserver[:port]/path/to/folder</code>.
-Replacing <code class="literal">imap://</code> by <code class="literal">imaps://</code>
-would make mutt attempt to connect using SSL or TLS on a different port
-to encrypt the communication.
-</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="ssl"></a>2. SSL/TLS Support</h2></div></div></div><p>
-If mutt is compiled with IMAP, POP3 and/or SMTP support, it can also be
+The optional path is only relevant for IMAP.
+</p><div class="example"><a id="ex-url"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 6.1. URLs</b></p><div class="example-contents"><pre class="screen">
+pops://host/
+imaps://user@host/INBOX/Sent
+smtp://user@host:587/
+</pre></div></div><br class="example-break" /></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="ssl"></a>2. SSL/TLS Support</h2></div></div></div><p>
+If Mutt is compiled with IMAP, POP3 and/or SMTP support, it can also be
compiled with support for SSL or TLS using either OpenSSL or GnuTLS (
by running the <span class="emphasis"><em>configure</em></span> script with the
<span class="emphasis"><em>--enable-ssl=...</em></span> option for OpenSSL or
attempt to encrypt communication with remote servers if these protocols
are suffixed with “<span class="quote">s</span>” for “<span class="quote">secure communication</span>”.
</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="pop"></a>3. POP3 Support</h2></div></div></div><p>
-If Mutt was compiled with POP3 support (by running the <span class="emphasis"><em>configure</em></span>
+If Mutt is compiled with POP3 support (by running the <span class="emphasis"><em>configure</em></span>
script with the <span class="emphasis"><em>--enable-pop</em></span> flag), it has the ability to work
with mailboxes located on a remote POP3 server and fetch mail for local
browsing.
</p><p>
Remote POP3 servers can be accessed using URLs with the <code class="literal">pop</code> protocol
for unencrypted and <code class="literal">pops</code> for encrypted
-communication, see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL syntax">Section 1.2, “URL syntax”</a> for details.
+communication, see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL Syntax">Section 1.2, “URL Syntax”</a> for details.
</p><p>
Polling for new mail is more expensive over POP3 than locally. For this
reason the frequency at which Mutt will check for mail remotely can be
controlled by the
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#pop-checkinterval" title="3.216. pop_checkinterval">$pop_checkinterval</a>
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#pop-checkinterval" title="3.187. pop_checkinterval">$pop_checkinterval</a>
variable, which defaults to every 60 seconds.
+</p><p>
+POP is read-only which doesn't allow for some features like editing
+messages or changing flags. However, using
+<a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#header-caching" title="7.1. Header Caching">Section 7.1, “Header Caching”</a> and <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#body-caching" title="7.2. Body Caching">Section 7.2, “Body Caching”</a>
+Mutt simulates the new/old/read flags as well as flagged and replied.
+Mutt applies some logic on top of remote messages but cannot change
+them so that modifications of flags are lost when
+messages are downloaded from the POP server (either by Mutt or other
+tools).
</p><a id="fetch-mail"></a><p>
-Another way to access your POP3 mail is the <code class="literal"><fetch-mail$</code> function
-(default: G). It allows to connect to <a class="link" href="reference.html#pop-host" title="3.218. pop_host">$pop_host</a>, fetch all your new mail and place it in the
-local <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.277. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a>. After this
+Another way to access your POP3 mail is the <code class="literal"><fetch-mail></code> function
+(default: G). It allows to connect to <a class="link" href="reference.html#pop-host" title="3.189. pop_host">$pop_host</a>, fetch all your new mail and place it in the
+local <a class="link" href="reference.html#spoolfile" title="3.269. spoolfile">$spoolfile</a>. After this
point, Mutt runs exactly as if the mail had always been local.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
If you only need to fetch all messages to a
local mailbox you should consider using a specialized program, such as
-<code class="literal">fetchmail</code>, <code class="literal">getmail</code> or similar.
+<code class="literal">fetchmail(1)</code>, <code class="literal">getmail(1)</code> or similar.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="imap"></a>4. IMAP Support</h2></div></div></div><p>
If Mutt was compiled with IMAP support (by running the <span class="emphasis"><em>configure</em></span>
script with the <span class="emphasis"><em>--enable-imap</em></span> flag), it has the ability to work
with folders located on a remote IMAP server.
</p><p>
You can access the remote inbox by selecting the folder by its URL
-(see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL syntax">Section 1.2, “URL syntax”</a> for details) using the
+(see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL Syntax">Section 1.2, “URL Syntax”</a> for details) using the
<code class="literal">imap</code> or <code class="literal">imaps</code> protocol.
Alternatively, a pine-compatible notation is also supported, ie
<code class="literal">{[username@]imapserver[:port][/ssl]}path/to/folder</code>
When browsing folders on an IMAP server, you can toggle whether to look
at only the folders you are subscribed to, or all folders with the
<span class="emphasis"><em>toggle-subscribed</em></span> command. See also the
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-list-subscribed" title="3.89. imap_list_subscribed">$imap_list_subscribed</a> variable.
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-list-subscribed" title="3.102. imap_list_subscribed">$imap_list_subscribed</a> variable.
</p><p>
Polling for new mail on an IMAP server can cause noticeable delays. So, you'll
want to carefully tune the
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#mail-check" title="3.105. mail_check">$mail_check</a>
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#mail-check" title="3.118. mail_check">$mail_check</a>
and
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#timeout" title="3.288. timeout">$timeout</a>
-variables. Personally I use
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#timeout" title="3.291. timeout">$timeout</a>
+variables. Reasonable values are:
</p><pre class="screen">
set mail_check=90
set timeout=15
</pre><p>
-with relatively good results over my slow modem line.
+with relatively good results even over slow modem lines.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
Note that if you are using mbox as the mail store on UW servers prior to
v12.250, the server has been reported to disconnect a client if another client
selects the same folder.
-</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-browser"></a>4.1. The Folder Browser</h3></div></div></div><p>
-As of version 1.2, mutt supports browsing mailboxes on an IMAP
+</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-browser"></a>4.1. The
IMAP Folder Browser</h3></div></div></div><p>
+As of version 1.2, Mutt supports browsing mailboxes on an IMAP
server. This is mostly the same as the local file browser, with the
following differences:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
-In lieu of file permissions, mutt displays the string "IMAP",
-possibly followed by the symbol "+", indicating
+In lieu of file permissions, Mutt displays the string “<span class="quote">IMAP</span>”,
+possibly followed by the symbol “<span class="quote">+</span>”, indicating
that the entry contains both messages and subfolders. On
Cyrus-like servers folders will often contain both messages and
subfolders.
(bound to <code class="literal">space</code> by default).
</p></li><li><p>
You can create, delete and rename mailboxes with the
-<code class="literal">create-mailbox</code>, <code class="literal">delete-mailbox</code>, and
-<code class="literal">rename-mailbox</code> commands (default bindings: <code class="literal">C</code>,
+<code class="literal"><create-mailbox></code>, <code class="literal"><delete-mailbox></code>, and
+<code class="literal"><rename-mailbox></code> commands (default bindings: <code class="literal">C</code>,
<code class="literal">d</code> and <code class="literal">r</code>, respectively). You may also
-<code class="literal">subscribe</code> and <code class="literal">unsubscribe</code> to mailboxes (normally
+<code class="literal"><subscribe></code> and <code class="literal"><unsubscribe></code> to mailboxes (normally
these are bound to <code class="literal">s</code> and <code class="literal">u</code>, respectively).
</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="imap-authentication"></a>4.2. Authentication</h3></div></div></div><p>
Mutt supports four authentication methods with IMAP servers: SASL,
yet to be integrated into the main tree). There is also support for
the pseudo-protocol ANONYMOUS, which allows you to log in to a public
IMAP server without having an account. To use ANONYMOUS, simply make
-your username blank or "anonymous".
+your username blank or “<span class="quote">anonymous</span>”.
</p><p>
SASL is a special super-authenticator, which selects among several protocols
(including GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, ANONYMOUS, and DIGEST-MD5) the most secure
(including DIGEST-MD5 and possibly GSSAPI), your entire session will be
encrypted and invisible to those teeming network snoops. It is the best
option if you have it. To use it, you must have the Cyrus SASL library
-installed on your system and compile mutt with the <span class="emphasis"><em>--with-sasl</em></span> flag.
+installed on your system and compile Mutt with the <span class="emphasis"><em>--with-sasl</em></span> flag.
</p><p>
Mutt will try whichever methods are compiled in and available on the server,
in the following order: SASL, ANONYMOUS, GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, LOGIN.
</p><p>
There are a few variables which control authentication:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-user" title="3.96. imap_user">$imap_user</a> - controls
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-user" title="3.109. imap_user">$imap_user</a> - controls
the username under which you request authentication on the IMAP server,
for all authenticators. This is overridden by an explicit username in
the mailbox path (ie by using a mailbox name of the form
<code class="literal">{user@host}</code>).
</p></li><li><p>
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-pass" title="3.91. imap_pass">$imap_pass</a> - a
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-pass" title="3.104. imap_pass">$imap_pass</a> - a
password which you may preset, used by all authentication methods where
a password is needed.
</p></li><li><p>
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-authenticators" title="3.83. imap_authenticators">$imap_authenticators</a> - a colon-delimited list of IMAP
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#imap-authenticators" title="3.96. imap_authenticators">$imap_authenticators</a> - a colon-delimited list of IMAP
authentication methods to try, in the order you wish to try them. If
-specified, this overrides mutt's default (attempt everything, in the order
+specified, this overrides Mutt's default (attempt everything, in the order
listed above).
</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="smtp"></a>5. SMTP Support</h2></div></div></div><p>
Besides supporting traditional mail delivery through a
-sendmail-compatible program, mutt supports delivery through SMTP if it
+sendmail-compatible program, Mutt supports delivery through SMTP if it
was configured and built with <code class="literal">--enable-smtp</code>.
</p><p>
If the configuration variable
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.270. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a> is set, mutt
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-url" title="3.262. smtp_url">$smtp_url</a> is set, Mutt
will contact the given SMTP server to deliver messages; if it is unset,
-mutt will use the program specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.258. sendmail">$sendmail</a>.
+Mutt will use the program specified by <a class="link" href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.230. sendmail">$sendmail</a>.
</p><p>
-For details on the URL syntax, please see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL syntax">Section 1.2, “URL syntax”</a>.
+For details on the URL syntax, please see <a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#url-syntax" title="1.2. URL Syntax">Section 1.2, “URL Syntax”</a>.
</p><p>
The built-in SMTP support supports encryption (the <code class="literal">smtps</code> protocol
using SSL or TLS) as well as SMTP authentication using SASL. The authentication mechanisms
-for SASL are specified in <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-authenticators" title="3.268. smtp_authenticators">$smtp_authenticators</a>
-defaulting to an empty list which makes mutt try all available methods
+for SASL are specified in <a class="link" href="reference.html#smtp-authenticators" title="3.260. smtp_authenticators">$smtp_authenticators</a>
+defaulting to an empty list which makes Mutt try all available methods
from most-secure to least-secure.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="account-hook"></a>6. Managing multiple accounts</h2></div></div></div><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="account-hook"></a>6. Managing Multiple Accounts</h2></div></div></div><p>
+Usage:
+</p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">account-hook</code>
+<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>
+
+<em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>
+ </p></div><p>
If you happen to have accounts on multiple IMAP, POP and/or SMTP servers,
you may find managing all the authentication settings inconvenient and
-error-prone. The account-hook command may help. This hook works like
-folder-hook but is invoked whenever you access a remote mailbox
+error-prone. The <a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts"><span class="command"><strong>account-hook</strong></span></a> command may help. This hook works like
+<a class="link" href="configuration.html#folder-hook" title="7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox"><span class="command"><strong>folder-hook</strong></span></a> but is invoked whenever Mutt needs to access a remote mailbox
(including inside the folder browser), not just when you open the
-mailbox which includes (for example) polling for new mail, storing Fcc
+mailbox. This includes (for example) polling for new mail, storing Fcc
messages and saving messages to a folder. As a consequence,
-account-hook should only be used to set connection-related settings such
+<a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts"><span class="command"><strong>account-hook</strong></span></a> should only be used to set connection-related settings such
as passwords or tunnel commands but not settings such as sender
address or name (because in general it should be considered unpredictable
-which account-hook was last used).
+which <a class="link" href="optionalfeatures.html#account-hook" title="6. Managing Multiple Accounts"><span class="command"><strong>account-hook</strong></span></a> was last used).
</p><p>
Some examples:
</p><pre class="screen">
account-hook imap://host1/ 'set imap_user=me1 imap_pass=foo'
account-hook imap://host2/ 'set tunnel="ssh host2 /usr/libexec/imapd"'
account-hook smtp://user@host3/ 'set tunnel="ssh host3 /usr/libexec/smtpd"'
-</pre></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="caching"></a>7. Local caching</h2></div></div></div><p>
+</pre><p>
+To manage multiple accounts with, for example, different values of
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a> or sender addresses,
+<a class="link" href="configuration.html#folder-hook" title="7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox"><span class="command"><strong>folder-hook</strong></span></a>
+has to be be used together with
+the <a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail"><span class="command"><strong>mailboxes</strong></span></a> command.
+</p><div class="example"><a id="ex-multiaccount"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 6.2. Managing multiple accounts</b></p><div class="example-contents"><pre class="screen">
+mailboxes imap://user@host1/INBOX
+folder-hook imap://user@host1/ 'set folder=imap://host1/ ; set record=+INBOX/Sent'
+
+mailboxes imap://user@host2/INBOX
+folder-hook imap://user@host2/ 'set folder=imap://host2/ ; set record=+INBOX/Sent'
+</pre></div></div><br class="example-break" /><p>
+In example
+<a class="xref" href="optionalfeatures.html#ex-multiaccount" title="Example 6.2. Managing multiple accounts">Example 6.2, “Managing multiple accounts”</a> the folders are defined using
+<a class="link" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail"><span class="command"><strong>mailboxes</strong></span></a> so Mutt polls them for new
+mail. Each <a class="link" href="configuration.html#folder-hook" title="7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox"><span class="command"><strong>folder-hook</strong></span></a> triggers when
+one mailbox below each IMAP account is opened and sets
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#folder" title="3.66. folder">$folder</a> to the account's root
+folder. Next, it sets <a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a> to
+the <span class="emphasis"><em>INBOX/Sent</em></span> folder below the newly
+set <a class="link" href="reference.html#folder" title="3.66. folder">$folder</a>. Please notice that the
+value the “<span class="quote">+</span>”
+<a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#shortcuts" title="7. Mailbox Shortcuts">mailbox shortcut</a> refers to depends on
+the <span class="emphasis"><em>current</em></span> value
+of <a class="link" href="reference.html#folder" title="3.66. folder">$folder</a> and therefore has to be set
+separatedly per account. Setting other values
+like <a class="link" href="reference.html#from" title="3.75. from">$from</a>
+or <a class="link" href="reference.html#signature" title="3.235. signature">$signature</a> is analogous to setting
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#record" title="3.211. record">$record</a>.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="caching"></a>7. Local Caching</h2></div></div></div><p>
Mutt contains two types of local caching: <span class="emphasis"><em>(1)</em></span>
the so-called “<span class="quote">header caching</span>” and <span class="emphasis"><em>(2)</em></span> the
so-called “<span class="quote">body caching</span>” which are both described in this section.
</p><p>
Header caching is optional as it depends on external libraries, body
-caching is always enabled if mutt is compiled with POP and/or IMAP
+caching is always enabled if Mutt is compiled with POP and/or IMAP
support as these use it (body caching requires no external library).
-</p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-caching"></a>7.1. Header
caching</h3></div></div></div><p>
+</p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="header-caching"></a>7.1. Header
Caching</h3></div></div></div><p>
Mutt provides optional support for caching message headers for the
following types of folders: IMAP, POP, Maildir and MH. Header caching
greatly improves speed because for remote folders, headers
by default because external database libraries are required: one
of tokyocabinet, qdbm, gdbm or bdb must be present.
</p><p>
-If enabled, <a class="link" href="reference.html#header-cache" title="3.108. header_cache">$header_cache</a> can be
+If enabled, <a class="link" href="reference.html#header-cache" title="3.79. header_cache">$header_cache</a> can be
used to either point to a file or a directory. If set to point to
a file, one database file for all folders will be used (which may
result in lower performance), but one file per folder if it points
to a directory.
-</p><p>
-For the one-file-per-folder case, database files for remote folders
-will be named according to their URL while database files for local
-folders will be named by the MD5 checksums of their path. These database
-files may be safely removed if a system is short on space. You
-can compute the name of the header cache file for a particular local folder
-through a command like the following:
-</p><pre class="screen">
-$ printf '%s' '/path/to/folder' | md5sum
-</pre><p>
-The <code class="literal">md5sum</code> command may also be
-named <code class="literal">md5</code>, depending on your operating system.
-</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="body-caching"></a>7.2. Body caching</h3></div></div></div><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="body-caching"></a>7.2. Body Caching</h3></div></div></div><p>
Both cache methods can be combined using the same directory for storage
(and for IMAP/POP even provide meaningful file names) which simplifies
manual maintenance tasks.
</p><p>
-In addition to caching message headers only, mutt can also cache
+In addition to caching message headers only, Mutt can also cache
whole message bodies. This results in faster display of messages
for POP and IMAP folders because messages usually have to be
downloaded only once.
</p><p>
-For configuration, the variable <a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cachedir" title="3.133. message_cachedir">$message_cachedir</a> must point to a
-directory. There, mutt will create a hierarchy of subdirectories
+For configuration, the variable <a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cachedir" title="3.132. message_cachedir">$message_cachedir</a> must point to a
+directory. There, Mutt will create a hierarchy of subdirectories
named like: <code class="literal">proto:user@hostname</code> where
<code class="literal">proto</code> is either “<span class="quote">pop</span>” or “<span class="quote">imap.</span>” Within
-there for each folder, mutt stores messages in single files (just
-like Maildir) so that with manual symlink creation these cache
-directories can be examined with mutt as read-only Maildir folders.
-</p><p>
+there for each folder, Mutt stores messages in single files.
All files can be removed as needed if the consumed disk space
-becomes an issue as mutt will silently fetch missing items again.
+becomes an issue as Mutt will silently fetch missing items again.
</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="maint-cache"></a>7.3. Maintenance</h3></div></div></div><p>
Mutt does not (yet) support maintenance features for header cache
database files so that files have to be removed in case they grow too
big. It depends on the database library used for header caching whether
disk space freed by removing messages is re-used.
</p><p>
-For body caches, mutt can keep the local cache in sync with the
+For body caches, Mutt can keep the local cache in sync with the
remote mailbox if the
-<a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cache-clean" title="3.134. message_cache_clean">$message_cache_clean</a>
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#message-cache-clean" title="3.131. message_cache_clean">$message_cache_clean</a>
variable is set. Cleaning means to remove messages from the cache which
are no longer present in the mailbox which only happens when other mail
-clients or instances of mutt using a different body cache location
+clients or instances of Mutt using a different body cache location
delete messages (Mutt itself removes deleted messages from the cache
when syncing a mailbox). As cleaning can take a noticeable amount of time,
it should not be set in general but only occasionally.
-</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="exact-address"></a>8. Exact
address generation</h2></div></div></div><p>
+</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="exact-address"></a>8. Exact
Address Generation</h2></div></div></div><p>
Mutt supports the “<span class="quote">Name <user@host></span>” address syntax for reading and
writing messages, the older “<span class="quote">user@host (Name)</span>” syntax is only supported when
reading messages. The <span class="emphasis"><em>--enable-exact-address</em></span>
switch can be given to configure to build it with write-support
for the latter syntax. <code class="literal">EXACT_ADDRESS</code> in the output of
<code class="literal">mutt -v</code> indicates whether it's supported.
-</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mimesupport.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tuning.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 5. Mutt's MIME Support </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 7. Performance tuning</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="sending-mixmaster"></a>9. Sending Anonymous Messages via Mixmaster</h2></div></div></div><p>
+You may also have compiled Mutt to co-operate with Mixmaster, an
+anonymous remailer. Mixmaster permits you to send your messages
+anonymously using a chain of remailers. Mixmaster support in Mutt is for
+mixmaster version 2.04 (beta 45 appears to be the latest) and 2.03.
+It does not support earlier versions or the later so-called version 3 betas,
+of which the latest appears to be called 2.9b23.
+</p><p>
+To use it, you'll have to obey certain restrictions. Most
+important, you cannot use the <code class="literal">Cc</code> and <code class="literal">Bcc</code> headers. To tell
+Mutt to use mixmaster, you have to select a remailer chain, using
+the mix function on the compose menu.
+</p><p>
+The chain selection screen is divided into two parts. In the
+(larger) upper part, you get a list of remailers you may use. In
+the lower part, you see the currently selected chain of remailers.
+</p><p>
+You can navigate in the chain using the <code class="literal"><chain-prev></code> and
+<code class="literal"><chain-next></code> functions, which are by default bound to the left
+and right arrows and to the <code class="literal">h</code> and <code class="literal">l</code> keys (think vi
+keyboard bindings). To insert a remailer at the current chain
+position, use the <code class="literal"><insert></code> function. To append a remailer behind
+the current chain position, use <code class="literal"><select-entry></code> or <code class="literal"><append></code>.
+You can also delete entries from the chain, using the corresponding
+function. Finally, to abandon your changes, leave the menu, or
+<code class="literal"><accept></code> them pressing (by default) the <code class="literal">Return</code> key.
+</p><p>
+Note that different remailers do have different capabilities,
+indicated in the %c entry of the remailer menu lines (see
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#mix-entry-format" title="3.143. mix_entry_format">$mix_entry_format</a>). Most important is
+the “<span class="quote">middleman</span>” capability, indicated by a capital “<span class="quote">M</span>”: This
+means that the remailer in question cannot be used as the final
+element of a chain, but will only forward messages to other
+mixmaster remailers. For details on the other capabilities, please
+have a look at the mixmaster documentation.
+</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mimesupport.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="security.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 5. Mutt's MIME Support </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 7. Security Considerations</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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