Mutt is a powerfull mail reader, Mutt Manual, is the best place to find information. I recomend Jump Start: Mutt, name says it all.
Sysdoc mutt port is a copy of opt mutt port with built in SMTP and SASL. Alternative is to use external programs like msmtp.
$ prt-get depinst mutt cyrus-sasl
Verify if mutt have SMTP support;
$ mutt -v | grep USE_SMTP +USE_POP +USE_IMAP +USE_SMTP
Verify if mutt have SASL support;
$ mutt -v | grep USE_SASL +USE_SSL_OPENSSL -USE_SSL_GNUTLS +USE_SASL -USE_GSS +HAVE_GETADDRINFO
Mutt will recognize follow locations for configurations files;
Skeleton configuration will use the second user configuration (inside home mutt folder);
$ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.mutt $ sudo touch /etc/skel/.mutt/mail_alias
Get gpg.rc example from distribution file;
$ tar xf /srv/ports/distfiles/mutt-1.6.1.tar.gz mutt-1.6.1/contrib/gpg.rc $ sudo mv mutt-1.6.1/contrib/gpg.rc /etc/skel/.mutt/
If you like to use sample.muttrc distributed with source code;
$ tar -xf /srv/ports/distfiles/mutt-1.6.1.tar.gz mutt-1.6.1/contrib/sample.muttrc $ sudo mv mutt-1.6.1/contrib/sample.muttrc /etc/skel/.mutt/muttrc
$ rm -fr mutt-1.6.1/
Justin R. Miller Mutt Gnupg Howto "Everything You Need To Know To Start Using GnuPG with Mutt" is a great reference. Multiple email accounts are gracefully handle by folder hooks, this hooks are defined in muttrc. When we change folder the hook is called, setting up the email account sepecific settings.
Lets start configuring the two accounts, one for host system email and another for external email account. Change pgp_sign_as according to your specific sub key for signing. Change muttrc with your preferences;
$ vim ~/.mutt/muttrc
set config_charset="utf-8" # set locale="de_CH" set charset="utf-8" set send_charset="utf-8" set editor="vim" set visual=vim set auto_tag set sort=threads set sort_browser=reverse-date set sort_aux=reverse-last-date-received set duplicate_threads=yes set crypt_use_gpgme=yes ## automatically sign all outgoing messages set crypt_autosign=yes ## automatically encrypt outgoing messages set crypt_autoencrypt=yes ## automatically verify the sign of a message when opened set crypt_verify_sig=yes set pgp_sign_as=0x8BF422F79FC7C975BDF07828E88440BC35095A74 #set pgp_sign_as=0x8BF422F7 set pgp_timeout=1800 set pgp_autosign=yes #set pgp_replyencrypt=yes source ~/.mutt/gpg.rc source "~/.mutt/mail_alias" set alias_file=~/.mutt/mail_alias # Header set header_cache =~/.mutt/cache/headers set message_cachedir =~/.mutt/cache/bodies set certificate_file =~/.mutt/certificates set timeout=10 # mutt 'presses' (like) a key for you #(while you're idle) each x sec to trigger #the thing below set mail_check=5 # mutt checks for new mails on every keystroke # but not more often then once in 5 seconds set beep_new # beep on new messages in the mailboxes ## Local system account folder-hook '.mail' 'source ~/.mutt/system' ## Remote account folder-hook '.mailext' 'source ~/.mutt/external' ## Default account source ~/.mutt/system ## Shortcuts macro index,pager <f3> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/external<enter><change-folder>!<enter>' macro index,pager <f2> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/system<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
Check and point enviroment mail variable to new local maildir;
$ echo "MAIL=$HOME/.mail/" >> ~/.bashrc $ source ~/.bashrc $ env | grep MAIL
Content of .mutt/system;
color status green default set folder="~/.mail" set mbox_type=Maildir set spoolfile=/var/spool/mail/machine-admin set keep_flagged=yes set mbox="~/.mail" # ~/.mailext/read_inbox set postponed="+.Drafts" set record="+.Sent" set use_from=yes set sendmail=/usr/sbin/exim set ssl_starttls=no set ssl_force_tls=no unset pop_user unset pop_pass unset pop_delete unset pop_host unset smtp_url set realname='machine-admin' set from=machine-admin@localhost
Create folder;
$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/{cur,new,tmp}
Edit .mutt/external;
color status blue default unset sendmail set folder="~/.mailext" set mbox_type=Maildir set spoolfile="~/.mailext" set keep_flagged=yes # esc-f to mark messages in spool, and set mbox="~/.mailext" set postponed="+.Drafts" set record="+.Sent" set use_from=yes set ssl_starttls=yes set ssl_force_tls = yes set realname='User Name' set from=mail@external.org set pop_user="mail@external.org" set pop_pass="password" set pop_delete=yes set pop_host="pops://$pop_user:$pop_pass@pop.external.org:995" set smtp_url="smtps://$pop_user:$pop_pass@smtp.external.org/"
Create folder;
$ mkdir -p ~/.mailext/{cur,new,tmp}
When listing messages the status flag mean;
$ mutt /home/c1admin/.mail does not exist. Create it? ([yes]/no): yes
If you get the following error;
/var/spool/mail/c1admin: No such file or directory (errno = 2)
Press q or x and lets send email to c1admin, this way we test if alias is working and exim create mail dir for us;
$ mutt -s "test" c1admin@c13 < /dev/null
If you need to manually create a folder;
Just press shift-T and then read Patterns . After matching desired messages press ; then the order, for example, d will mark all taged for deletion.
Alias makes easy to manage email addresses. Add this to your muttrc;
source "~/.mutt/mail_alias" set alias_file=~/.mutt/mail_alias
While on index or page press "a" to add address to alias file.
Import a public key from email;
^K
^K is CTRL+K
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