Mutt - Terminal Email Client

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.

tutorial video: Link
offical website: Link

install requirements

mutt

create folder

mkdir ~/.mutt

add email accounts

create the text files for each account you want to use
replace gotbletu with your username
edit PASSWORD

GMAIL

Make sure to enable "IMAP" and "Allow less secure apps" so mutt can work with gmail

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/fwdandpop

Enable IMAP

https://myaccount.google.com/security#activity

Allow less secure apps: ON

Some non-Google apps and devices use less secure sign-in technology, which could leave your account vulnerable. You can turn off access for these apps (which we recommend) or choose to use them despite the risks.

vim ~/.mutt/account.com.gmail.gotbletu


set imap_user = "gotbletu@gmail.com"                       
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"                                    
set smtp_url = "smtp://gotbletu@smtp.gmail.com:587/"       
set smtp_pass = "PASSWORD"                                    
set from = "gotbletu@gmail.com"                            
set realname = "Lord Mizukage"                                  
set folder = "imaps://imap.gmail.com:993"                     
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"                                      
set postponed = "+[Gmail]/Drafts"                             
set header_cache = ~/.mutt/com.gmail.gotbletu/cache/headers            
set message_cachedir = ~/.mutt/com.gmail.gotbletu/cache/bodies         
set certificate_file = ~/.mutt/com.gmail.gotbletu/certificates  
set ssl_starttls = yes
set ssl_force_tls = yes

YAHOO

vim ~/.mutt/account.com.yahoo.gotbletu


set imap_user = "gotbletu@yahoo.com"
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"
set smtp_url = "smtps://gotbletu@smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465"                                                               
set smtp_pass = "PASSWORD"                                    
set from = "gotbletu@yahoo.com"                            
set realname = "Lord Raikage"                                  
set folder = "imaps://imap.mail.yahoo.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Yahoo]/Drafts"                             
set header_cache = ~/.mutt/com.yahoo.gotbletu/cache/headers            
set message_cachedir = ~/.mutt/com.yahoo.gotbletu/cache/bodies         
set certificate_file = ~/.mutt/com.yahoo.gotbletu/certificates

LIVE/msn/hotmail/outlook

vim ~/.mutt/account.com.live.gotbletu


set imap_user = "gotbletu@live.com"
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"
set smtp_url = "smtp://gotbletu@live.com@smtp.live.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = "PASSWORD"
set from = "gotbletu@live.com"
set realname = "Lord Kazekage"
set folder = "imaps://imap-mail.outlook.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Live]/Drafts"
set header_cache = ~/.mutt/com.live.gotbletu/cache/headers            
set message_cachedir = ~/.mutt/com.live.gotbletu/cache/bodies         
set certificate_file = ~/.mutt/com.live.gotbletu/certificates  
set ssl_force_tls = yes

Hotmail example

vim ~/.mutt/account.com.hotmail.gotbletu


set imap_user = "gotbletu@hotmail.com"
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"
set smtp_url = "smtp://gotbletu@hotmail.com@smtp.live.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = "PASSWORD"
set from = "gotbletu@hotmail.com"
set realname = "Lord Hokage"
set folder = "imaps://imap-mail.outlook.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Hotmail]/Drafts"
set header_cache = ~/.mutt/com.hotmail.gotbletu/cache/headers            
set message_cachedir = ~/.mutt/com.hotmail.gotbletu/cache/bodies         
set certificate_file = ~/.mutt/com.hotmail.gotbletu/certificates  
set ssl_force_tls = yes

Openmailbox https://www.openmailbox.org/

vim ~/.mutt/account.org.openmailbox.gotbletu


# imaps
set spoolfile = "imaps://imap.openmailbox.org:993/INBOX"
set folder = "imaps://imap.openmailbox.org:993"
set imap_user = "gotbletu@openmailbox.org"
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"
set imap_authenticators = "login"
set imap_passive = "no"
set imap_check_subscribed = "yes"
set imap_list_subscribed = "yes"
set mail_check = 60

#smtps
set smtp_url = "smtps://user@openmailbox.org@openmailbox.org:465"
set smtp_pass = "XXX"
set from = "user@openmailbox.org"

# charset
set charset	= "utf-8"
set assumed_charset = "utf-8"
set send_charset = "utf-8:iso-8859-15:us-ascii"

# force SSL
set ssl_starttls = "yes"
set ssl_force_tls = "yes"

configuration

set your folder hooks, macros hotkey, default account and text editor

vim ~/.muttrc



# Folder hooks
folder-hook 'account.com.gmail.gotbletu' 'source ~/.mutt/account.com.gmail.gotbletu'
folder-hook 'account.com.yahoo.gotbletu' 'source ~/.mutt/account.com.yahoo.gotbletu'
folder-hook 'account.com.live.gotbletu' 'source ~/.mutt/account.com.live.gotbletu'
folder-hook 'account.com.hotmail.gotbletu' 'source ~/.mutt/account.com.hotmail.gotbletu'

# Default account
source ~/.mutt/account.com.gmail.gotbletu

# Macros for switching accounts

macro index <F12> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.com.gmail.gotbletu<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
macro index <F11> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.com.yahoo.gotbletu<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
macro index <F10> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.com.live.gotbletu<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
macro index <F9> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.com.hotmail.gotbletu<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'

# Set default text editor
set editor = "$EDITOR"

#-------- Basic Config {{{
#------------------------------------------------------
set ssl_starttls = yes
set ssl_force_tls = yes
set imap_check_subscribed
# set hostname = gmail.com
set mail_check = 120
set timeout = 300
set imap_keepalive = 300
# set record = "+[GMail]/Sent Mail"
set move = no
set include
set sort = 'threads'
set sort_aux = 'reverse-last-date-received'
set auto_tag = yes
ignore "Authentication-Results:"
ignore "DomainKey-Signature:"
ignore "DKIM-Signature:"
hdr_order Date From To Cc
alternative_order text/plain text/html *
auto_view text/html
bind editor <Tab> complete-query
bind editor ^T complete
bind editor <space> noop 
# }}}
#-------- Color Theme {{{
#------------------------------------------------------

color hdrdefault cyan default
color attachment yellow default

color header brightyellow default "From: "
color header brightyellow default "Subject: "
color header brightyellow default "Date: "

color quoted green default
color quoted1 cyan default
color quoted2 green default
color quoted3 cyan default

color error     red             default         # error messages
color message   white           default         # message  informational messages
color indicator white           red             # indicator for the "current message"
color status    white           blue            # status lines in the folder index sed for the mini-help line
color tree      red             default         # the "tree" display of threads within the folder index
color search    white           blue            # search matches found with search within the internal pager
color markers   red             default         # The markers indicate a wrapped line hen showing messages with looong lines

color index     yellow default  '~O'
color index     yellow default  '~N'
color index     brightred       default '~F'    # Flagged Messages are important!
color index     blue default    '~D'            # Deleted Mails - use dark color as these are already "dealt with"
# }}}

hotkeys to remember

Ctrl+g = cancle a prompt
F1-F12 = switch email account
y = change to different mailboxes
$ = sync-mailbox

references

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