Mutt e-mail client

Configuration

• Mutt : 1.5.23

How To

Exclude his own address when using reply to all :

• Add unset metoo inside configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo "unset metoo" >> ~/.muttrc

Activate IDLE :

• Add set imap_idle=yes inside configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo "set imap_idle=yes" >> ~/.muttrc

Read receipts :

• Add the filed
  Disposition-Notification-To: <myemailaddress@domain>
  inside the mail header, (press E to edit mail with headers).

Solve the impossible to save the SSL certificate error :

• Add set ssl_starttls="yes" and set certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates" inside the configuration file ~/.muttrc :

user@host:~$ echo -e "set imap_idle=yes\nset certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates"" >> ~/.muttrc

Random signature :

Each day

• Set signture in .muttrc file

set signature="~/.signature"

• Set a cron file : /etc/cron.d/random_signature

Put every signatures in a .signatures file and each hour, the .signature file will be populated by a random signature

00 * * * * user sort -R /home/user/.signatures | head -n 1 | fold -w 72 -s > /home/user/.signature

Each mail

• Set signture in .muttrc file

set signature="sort -R /home/toi/.signatures | head -n 1 | fold -w 72 -s|"

Some commands :

Mail Access
y	Print mailboxes
c	Change folder : allow to move to another folder
b	Bounce-message : re-send mail to another recipient (with the original header)
Ctrl+t	Change message type : ex : text/html, text/plain

Organize mails :

• Create a folder :
  • c (change folder)
  • ? (list)
  • Shift+c (create-mailbox)

• Delete a folder :
  • c (change folder)
  • ? (list)
  • d (delete-mailbox)

• Move a mail to another directory :
  • s (move)
  • Shift+c (copy)

• Move mails to another directory :
  • t (flag mails)
  • ; (to point out to mutt that we will work with flagged mails)
  • s (move)

Search

• Print only mails from toto@domaine.local :
  • l (Limit mails)
  • ~f toto@domaine.local (from toto@domaine.local)

• Print only mails from a range of dates :
  • l (Limit mails)
  • ~d 01/01/2018-31/12/2018 (from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018)

• Print only mails from a range of dates and from two differents users :
  • l (Limit mails)
  • (~f toto|~f titi) ~d 01/01/2018-31/12/2018 (from users toto or titi and between 2018/01/01 to 2018-12-31)

• Print all mails :
  • l (Limit mails)
  • all

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