#!/linuxSucks/Install Mutt a TUI email client

May 31, 2020

Mutt is a text-based email client for Linux/Unix systems. Mutt is a low resources and highly configurable. Itself is just a program combined with a text editor.

Mutt has hundreds of configurations directives and commands. It allows for changing all the keybindings and making macros for complex actions.

Learn all about mutt

Example of mutt custom smtp

## ## About Me
set from = "real-email"
set realname = "real-name"

## ## Credentials
# smtp
set smtp_url = "smtps://customesmtp:465"
set smtp_pass = "user-password"
# imap
set imap_user = "imap-user"
set imap_pass = "user-password"

set ssl_starttls = yes
set ssl_force_tls = yes

## ## Mailboxes
set folder = "imaps://customeimap:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set imap_list_subscribed = yes
set imap_check_subscribed = yes

macro index,pager gi "<change-folder>=Inbox<enter>" "go to inbox" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager Mi ";<save-message>=Inbox<enter>" "move mail to inbox" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gs "<change-folder>=INBOX.Sent<enter>" "go to sent" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gd "<change-folder>=INBOX.Drafts<enter>" "go to drafts" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gt "<change-folder>=INBOX.Trash<enter>" "go to trash" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager Mt ";<save-message>=INBOX.Trash<enter>" "move mail to trash" # mw-autogenerated

Some custom smtp, need to add the username to login and send the email, you need to chance this line to

set smtp_url = "smtps//user@customesmtp:465"

set smtp_url = "smtps://user@domain.xxx@customesmtp:465"

Example of mutt yahoo smtp

## ## About Me
set from = "user-email"
set realname = "user-name"

## ## Credentials
# smtp
set smtp_url = "smtps://useremail@smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465"
set smtp_pass = "user-password"
# imap
set imap_user = "useremail@yahoo.com"
set imap_pass = "user-password"

set ssl_starttls = yes
set ssl_force_tls = yes

## ## Mailboxes
set folder = "imaps://imap.mail.yahoo.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set imap_list_subscribed = yes
set imap_check_subscribed = yes

macro index,pager gi "<change-folder>=Inbox<enter>" "go to inbox" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager Mi ";<save-message>=Inbox<enter>" "move mail to inbox" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gs "<change-folder>=INBOX.Sent<enter>" "go to sent" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gd "<change-folder>=INBOX.Drafts<enter>" "go to drafts" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager gt "<change-folder>=INBOX.Trash<enter>" "go to trash" # mw-autogenerated
macro index,pager Mt ";<save-message>=INBOX.Trash<enter>" "move mail to trash" # mw-autogenerated

If you like to setup mutt check out the script

git clone https://github.com/codedarkness/mutt

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