MUTT - THE MONGREL OF MAIL USER AGENTS
THE MUTT FAQ

(Note: This is originally from 2006 and has not been touched since 2011)

WHY USE MUTT?

There are a number of reasons why I like mutt more than other mail readers:

1. Comes with Autoconf support
2. Small and efficient (if you don't compile it with "-g")
3. Threading!
4. Does everything ELM does
5. Has PGP support (now officially outside the US)
6. Excellent MIME support
7. Scoring!
8. Still being improved, and the author is open to suggestions
9. All keys remappable
10. Can open WWW browser with any URL in mail (you get a menu!)
11. Color support (fully configurable)
12. Xterm mouse support
13. Efficient keyboard interface
14. I can edit the header of the message on followup or reply
15. Great mailing list support
16. Functions for people with multiple email addresses
17. Mutt is free!

Mutt has become very stable. It hasn't dumped core on me for years now. I can wholeheartedly recommend it for production use.

HOW DO I SETUP MY .MUTTRC?

Here, have a look at my .muttrc.

Several things to note:

• I don't like the current handling of the lists directive. That's why I don't really use it right now.
• If you don't set the editor in your .muttrc, mutt will use the $EDITOR environment variable.

WHERE CAN I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT MUTT?

Before you ask questions, please read the FAQ. Thank you.
There is a Mutt mailing list, it's called mutt-users@mutt.org. To subscribe, send mail to mutt-users-request@mutt.org.

WHAT OTHER WEB PAGES ARE THERE ABOUT MUTT?

1. http://www.mutt.org/ - the Mutt home page
2. http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mutt/ - Sven's Mutt pages
3. http://mutt.frmug.org/ - Ollivier Robert collects many of his Mutt patches there
4. http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~blong/programs/mutt - Brandon Long's collection of obscure patches
5. http://www.ifi.uio.no/~jani/mutt/muttemacs.html -- Jan Ingvoldstad explains how to use Emacs with Mutt.
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