mutt(1) User Manuals mutt(1)NAMEmutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
SYNOPSISmutt [-hnpRvxyzZ] [-a file] [-b address] [-c address] [-e command] [-f
mailbox] [-F muttrc] [-H draftfile] [-i include] [-m type] [-s subject]
DESCRIPTION
Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading elec‐
tronic mail under unix operating systems, including support color ter‐
minals, MIME, and a threaded sorting mode.
OPTIONS-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.
-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 mes‐
sages in the mailbox.
-Z Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes
command which contains new mail.
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR Editor to invoke when composing a message.
HOME Full path of the user's home directory.
MAIL Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
MAILCAPS
Path to search for mailcap files.
MM_NOASK
If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompt‐
ing 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 Editor to invoke when the ~v command is given in the builtin
editor.
FILES
~/.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 handing 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/local/bin/mutt_dotlock
The privileged dotlocking program.
BUGS
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 bind‐
ings for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.
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 ALSOmuttrc(5), curses(3), mutt_dotlock(1), ncurses(3), sendmail(1),
smail(1), mailcap(5)
Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
The GNU General Public License.
AUTHOR
Michael Elkins, and others. Use <mutt-dev@mutt.org> to contact the
developers.
Unix February 2000 mutt(1)
