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## Name

mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

## Synopsis

mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]

mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-a file] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr] addr [...]

mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p

mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query

mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias

mutt -v[v]

## Description

Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading electronic mail under unix operating systems, including support color terminals, MIME, and a threaded sorting mode.

## Options

-A alias
  An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.
-a file
  Attach a file to your message using MIME.
-b address
  Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient
-c address
  Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient
-e command
  Specify a configuration command to be run after processing of initialization files.
-f mailbox
  Specify which mailbox to load.
-F muttrc
  Specify an initialization file to read instead of ~/.muttrc
-h
  Display help.
-H draft
  Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to send a message.
-i include
  Specify a file to include into the body of a message.
-m type
  specify a default mailbox type
-n
  Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.
-p
  Resume a postponed message.
-Q query
  Qeury a configuration variables value. The query is executed after all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands given on the command line have been executed.
-R
  Open a mailbox in read-only mode.
-s subject
  Specify the subject of the message.
-v
  Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.
-x
  Emulate the mailx compose mode.
-y
  Start Mutt with a listing of all mailboxes specified by the mailboxes command.
-z
  When used with -f, causes Mutt not to start if there are no messages in the mailbox.
-Z
  Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes command which contains new mail.

## Environment

EDITOR
  Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.
EMAIL
  The user's e-mail address.
HOME
  Full path of the user's home directory.
MAIL
  Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
MAILDIR
  Full path of the user's spool mailbox. Commonly used when the spool mailbox is a maildir (5) folder.
MAILCAPS
  Path to search for mailcap files.
MM_NOASK
  If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompting first.
PGPPATH
  Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can be found.
TMPDIR
  Directory in which temporary files are created.
REPLYTO
  Default Reply-To address.
VISUAL
  Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.

## Files

~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
  User configuration file.
/etc/Muttrc
  System-wide configuration file.
/tmp/muttXXXXXX
  Temporary files created by Mutt.
~/.mailcap
  User definition for handling non-text MIME types.
/etc/mailcap
  System definition for handling non-text MIME types.
~/.mime.types
  User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
/etc/mime.types
  System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.
/usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
  The privileged dotlocking program.
/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz
  The Mutt manual.

## Bugs

None. Mutts have fleas, not bugs.

## Fleas

Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external editor does not work under SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in /usr/5lib. It does work with the S-Lang library, however.

Resizing the screen while using an external pager causes Mutt to go haywire on some systems.

suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.

The help line for the index menu is not updated if you change the bindings for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.

For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please visit the mutt project's bug tracking system under http://bugs.guug.de/. To report a bug, please use the flea(1) program.

## No Warranties

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

## See Also

curses(3) , flea(1) , mailcap(5) , maildir(5) , mbox(5) , mutt_dotlock(1) , muttrc(5) , ncurses(3) , sendmail(1) , smail(1)

Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/

The Mutt manual

The GNU General Public License.

## Author

Michael Elkins, and others. Use <mutt-dev@mutt.org> to contact the developers.

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- Name
- Synopsis
- Description
- Options
- Environment
- Files
- Bugs
- Fleas
- No Warranties
- See Also
- Author