mutt(1)



NAME

   mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS

   mutt [-GnRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-g server] [-m type] [-f file]

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

   mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c  addr]  [-a  file
   [...] --] addr|mailto_url [...]  < message

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

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

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

   mutt -v[v]

   mutt -D

DESCRIPTION

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

   Note:  This  manual  page gives a brief overview of mutt's command line
   options.  You  should   find   a   copy   of   the   full   manual   in
   /usr/share/doc/mutt, in text, HTML, and/or PDF format.

OPTIONS

   -A alias
          An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.

   -a file [...]
          Attach a file to your message using MIME.  When attaching single
          or multiple files, separating filenames and recipient  addresses
          with  "--" is mandatory, e.g. mutt -a image.jpg -- addr1 or mutt
          -a img.jpg *.png -- addr1 addr2.  The -a option must  be  placed
          at the end of command line options.

   -b address
          Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient

   -c address
          Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient

   -d level
          If  mutt  was  compiled  with  +DEBUG  log  debugging  output to
          ~/.muttdebug0.  Level can range from 1-5 and effects  verbosity.
          A value of 2 is recommended.

   -D     Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.

   -E     Causes  the draft file specified by -H or include file specified
          by -i to be edited during message composition.

   -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

   -g server
          Start  Mutt with a listing of subscribed newsgroups at specified
          news server.

   -G     Start Mutt with a listing of subscribed newsgroups.

   -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 for newly created folders.

   -n     Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.

   -p     Resume a postponed message.

   -Q query
          Query  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.

   -vv    Display license and copyright information.

   -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.

   --     Treat remaining arguments as addr even  if  they  start  with  a
          dash.  See also "-a" above.

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  if  MAIL  is unset.
          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.
          When used with the original PGP program, mutt  and  pgpring  (1)
          rely on this being set.

   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.mutt.org/.

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), 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

AUTHOR

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




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