mutt(1)                                                            User Manuals                                                            mutt(1)

NAME

       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS

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

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

       mutt [-nx] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr] [-a file [...] --] addr [...]  < 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 sup-
       port 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/packages/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 complied 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 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 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.

       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/packages/mutt/manual.txt
              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  MER-
       CHANTABILITY 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.

Unix                                                               January 2009                                                            mutt(1)