Table 2.1. sidebar_format

Format Notes Description

%B Name of the mailbox

%S * † Size of mailbox (total number of messages)

%F * † Number of Flagged messages in the mailbox

%N * † Number of New messages in the mailbox

If there's new mail, display + %S- Total number of emails

Table 2.1. sidebar_format

Format	Notes	Description
%B		Name of the mailbox
%S	* †	Size of mailbox (total number of messages)
%F	* †	Number of Flagged messages in the mailbox
%N	* †	Number of New messages in the mailbox
%n	*	If there's new mail, display “N”, otherwise nothing
%!		“!”: one flagged message; “!!”: two flagged messages; @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ “X”
%*X		Soft-fill with character “X” as pad

* = Can be optionally printed if nonzero

† = To use this expandos, you must first:

set mail_check_stats

‡ = Only applicable to the current folder

Here are some examples. They show the number of (F)lagged, - (N)ew and (S)ize.

Table 2.2. sidebar_format

Format Example

+ (N)ew and (S)ize.

Table 2.2. sidebar_format

Format Example

%B%?F? [%F]?%* %?N?%N/?%S

mailbox [F]            N/S

diff -ruN neomutt-clean/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/index.html neomutt/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/index.html --- neomutt-clean/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/index.html 2017-08-29 11:52:42.209497000 +0000 +++ neomutt/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/index.html 2017-08-29 11:40:19.403735000 +0000 @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ span.highlight { background: #404040; color: #ffffff; } span.reverse { background: #ffffff; color: #000000; } -

The Mutt E-Mail Client
		Next

The Mutt E-Mail Client

Michael Elkins

<me@cs.hmc.edu>

version 20170714 (1.8.3)

Abstract

The Mutt E-Mail Client
		Next

The Mutt E-Mail Client

Michael Elkins

<me@cs.hmc.edu>

version 20170714 (1.8.3)

Abstract

“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.”— me, circa 1995

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1. NeoMutt Home Page
2. Mailing Lists
3. NeoMutt Online Resources
4. Contributing to Mutt
5. Typographical Conventions
6. Copyright

2. Getting Started

1. Core Concepts

2. Screens and Menus

2.1. Index
2.2. Pager
2.3. File Browser
2.4. Sidebar
2.5. Help
2.6. Compose Menu
2.7. Alias Menu
2.8. Attachment Menu

3. Moving Around in Menus

4. Editing Input Fields

4.1. Introduction
4.2. History

5. Reading Mail

5.1. The Message Index
5.2. The Pager
5.3. Threaded Mode
5.4. Miscellaneous Functions

6. Sending Mail

6.1. Introduction
6.2. Editing the Message Header
6.3. Sending Cryptographically Signed/Encrypted Messages
6.4. Sending Format=Flowed Messages

7. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail

8. Postponing Mail

3. Configuration

1. Location of Initialization Files

1.1. Location of system config files
1.2. Location of user config files

2. Syntax of Initialization Files

3. Address Groups

4. Defining/Using Aliases

5. Changing the Default Key Bindings

5.1. Warnings about Duplicated Bindings

6. Defining Aliases for Character Sets

7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox

8. Keyboard Macros

9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes

10. Message Header Display

10.1. Header Display
10.2. Selecting Headers
10.3. Ordering Displayed Headers

11. Alternative Addresses

12. Mailing Lists

13. Using Multiple Spool Mailboxes

14. Monitoring Incoming Mail

15. User-Defined Headers

16. Specify Default Save Mailbox

17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing

18. Specify Default Save Filename and Default Fcc: Mailbox at Once

19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients

20. Change Settings Before Formatting a Message

21. Choosing the Cryptographic Key of the Recipient

22. Adding Key Sequences to the Keyboard Buffer

23. Executing Functions

24. Message Scoring

25. Spam Detection

26. Setting and Querying Variables

26.1. Variable Types
26.2. Commands
26.3. User-Defined Variables
26.4. Type Conversions

27. Reading Initialization Commands From Another File

28. Removing Hooks

29. Format Strings

29.1. Basic usage
29.2. Conditionals
29.3. Filters
29.4. Padding
29.5. Conditional Dates

30. Control allowed header fields in a mailto: URL

4. Advanced Usage

1. Character Set Handling

2. Regular Expressions

3. Patterns: Searching, Limiting and Tagging

3.1. Pattern Modifier
3.2. Simple Searches
3.3. Nesting and Boolean Operators
3.4. Searching by Date
3.5. GMail Patterns

4. Marking Messages

5. Using Tags

6. Using Hooks

6.1. Message Matching in Hooks
6.2. Mailbox Matching in Hooks

7. Managing the Environment

8. External Address Queries

9. Mailbox Formats

10. Mailbox Shortcuts

11. Handling Mailing Lists

12. Keyword Management

13. Display Munging

14. New Mail Detection

14.1. How New Mail Detection Works
14.2. Polling For New Mail
14.3. Calculating Mailbox Message Counts

15. Editing Threads

15.1. Linking Threads
15.2. Breaking Threads

16. Delivery Status Notification (DSN) Support

17. Start a WWW Browser on URLs

18. Miscellany

5. Mutt's MIME Support

1. Using MIME in Mutt

1.1. MIME Overview
1.2. Viewing MIME Messages in the Pager
1.3. The Attachment Menu
1.4. The Compose Menu

2. MIME Type Configuration with mime.types

3. MIME Viewer Configuration with Mailcap

3.1. The Basics of the Mailcap File
3.2. Secure Use of Mailcap
3.3. Advanced Mailcap Usage
3.4. Example Mailcap Files

4. MIME Autoview

5. MIME Multipart/Alternative

6. Attachment Searching and Counting

7. MIME Lookup

6. Optional Features

1. General Notes

1.1. Enabling/Disabling Features
1.2. URL Syntax

2. SSL/TLS Support

3. POP3 Support

4. IMAP Support

4.1. The IMAP Folder Browser
4.2. Authentication

5. SMTP Support

6. Managing Multiple Accounts

7. Local Caching

7.1. Header Caching
7.2. Body Caching
7.3. Cache Directories
7.4. Maintenance

8. Sending Anonymous Messages via Mixmaster

9. Attach Headers Color Feature

9.1. Support
9.2. Introduction
9.3. Usage
9.4. Muttrc
9.5. See Also
9.6. Known Bugs
9.7. Credits

10. Compose to Sender Feature

10.1. Support
10.2. Introduction
10.3. Functions
10.4. Muttrc
10.5. Known Bugs
10.6. Credits

11. Compressed Folders Feature

11.1. Support
11.2. Introduction
11.3. Commands
11.4. Muttrc
11.5. See Also
11.6. Credits

12. Conditional Dates Feature

12.1. Support
12.2. Introduction
12.3. Variables
12.4. Muttrc
12.5. See Also
12.6. Known Bugs
12.7. Credits

13. Encrypt-to-Self Feature

13.1. Support
13.2. Introduction
13.3. Variables
13.4. Muttrc
13.5. Known Bugs
13.6. Credits

14. Fmemopen Feature

14.1. Support
14.2. Introduction
14.3. See Also
14.4. Known Bugs
14.5. Credits

15. Forgotten Attachment Feature

15.1. Support
15.2. Introduction
15.3. Variables
15.4. Muttrc
15.5. See Also
15.6. Known Bugs
15.7. Credits

16. Global Hooks

16.1. Introduction
16.2. Commands
16.3. Muttrc
16.4. See Also
16.5. Known Bugs
16.6. Credits

17. Ifdef Feature

17.1. Support
17.2. Introduction
17.3. Commands
17.4. Muttrc
17.5. Known Bugs
17.6. Credits

18. Index Color Feature

18.1. Support
18.2. Introduction
18.3. Colors
18.4. Muttrc
18.5. See Also
18.6. Known Bugs
18.7. Credits

19. Initials Expando Feature

19.1. Support
19.2. Introduction
19.3. Variables
19.4. Muttrc
19.5. See Also
19.6. Known Bugs
19.7. Credits

20. Keywords Feature

20.1. Support
20.2. Introduction
20.3. Variables
20.4. Functions
20.5. Sort
20.6. Muttrc
20.7. See Also
20.8. Known Bugs
20.9. Credits

21. Kyoto Cabinet Feature

21.1. Support
21.2. Introduction
21.3. See Also
21.4. Known Bugs
21.5. Credits

22. Limit Current Thread Feature

22.1. Support
22.2. Introduction
22.3. Functions
22.4. Muttrc
22.5. Known Bugs
22.6. Credits

23. LMDB Feature

23.1. Support
23.2. Introduction
23.3. See Also
23.4. Known Bugs
23.5. Credits

24. Multiple FCC Feature

24.1. Support
24.2. Introduction
24.3. See Also
24.4. Known Bugs
24.5. Credits

25. Nested If Feature

25.1. Support
25.2. Introduction
25.3. Variables
25.4. Muttrc
25.5. See Also
25.6. Known Bugs
25.7. Credits

26. New Mail Feature

26.1. Support
26.2. Introduction
26.3. Variables
26.4. Muttrc
26.5. See Also
26.6. Known Bugs
26.7. Credits

27. NNTP Feature

27.1. Support
27.2. Introduction
27.3. Variables
27.4. Functions
27.5. Muttrc
27.6. See Also
27.7. Known Bugs
27.8. Credits

28. Notmuch Feature

28.1. Support
28.2. Introduction
28.3. Using NotMuch
28.4. Variables
28.5. Functions
28.6. Commands
28.7. Colors
28.8. Muttrc
28.9. See Also
28.10. Known Bugs
28.11. Credits

29. Progress Bar Feature

29.1. Support
29.2. Introduction
29.3. Colors
29.4. Muttrc
29.5. See Also
29.6. Known Bugs
29.7. Credits

30. Quasi-Delete Feature

30.1. Support
30.2. Introduction
30.3. Functions
30.4. Muttrc
30.5. See Also
30.6. Known Bugs
30.7. Credits

31. Reply With X-Original-To Feature

31.1. Support
31.2. Introduction
31.3. Variables
31.4. Muttrc
31.5. Credits

32. Sensible Browser Feature

32.1. Support
32.2. Introduction
32.3. See Also
32.4. Known Bugs
32.5. Credits

33. Sidebar Feature

33.1. Support
33.2. Introduction
33.3. Variables
33.4. Functions
33.5. Commands
33.6. Colors
33.7. Sort
33.8. Muttrc
33.9. See Also
33.10. Known Bugs
33.11. Credits

34. Skip Quoted Feature

34.1. Support
34.2. Introduction
34.3. Variables
34.4. Muttrc
34.5. Known Bugs
34.6. Credits

35. Status Color Feature

35.1. Support
35.2. Introduction
35.3. Commands
35.4. Colors
35.5. Muttrc
35.6. See Also
35.7. Known Bugs
35.8. Credits

36. TLS-SNI Feature

36.1. Support
36.2. Introduction
36.3. Known Bugs
36.4. Credits

37. Trash Folder Feature

37.1. Support
37.2. Introduction
37.3. Variables
37.4. Functions
37.5. Muttrc
37.6. See Also
37.7. Known Bugs
37.8. Credits

7. Security Considerations

1. Passwords

2. Temporary Files

3. Information Leaks

3.1. Message-Id: headers
3.2. - mailto:-style Links

4. External Applications

8. Performance Tuning

1. Reading and Writing Mailboxes
2. Reading Messages from Remote Folders
3. Searching and Limiting

9. Reference

1. Command-Line Options

2. Configuration Commands

3. Configuration Variables

3.1. abort_noattach
3.2. abort_nosubject
3.3. abort_unmodified
3.4. alias_file
3.5. alias_format
3.6. allow_8bit
3.7. allow_ansi
3.8. arrow_cursor
3.9. ascii_chars
3.10. askbcc
3.11. askcc
3.12. ask_follow_up
3.13. ask_x_comment_to
3.14. assumed_charset
3.15. attach_charset
3.16. attach_format
3.17. attach_keyword
3.18. attach_sep
3.19. attach_split
3.20. attribution
3.21. attribution_locale
3.22. auto_tag
3.23. autoedit
3.24. beep
3.25. beep_new
3.26. bounce
3.27. bounce_delivered
3.28. braille_friendly
3.29. catchup_newsgroup
3.30. certificate_file
3.31. charset
3.32. check_mbox_size
3.33. check_new
3.34. collapse_unread
3.35. collapse_flagged
3.36. compose_format
3.37. config_charset
3.38. confirmappend
3.39. confirmcreate
3.40. connect_timeout
3.41. content_type
3.42. copy
3.43. crypt_autoencrypt
3.44. crypt_autopgp
3.45. crypt_autosign
3.46. crypt_autosmime
3.47. crypt_confirmhook
3.48. crypt_opportunistic_encrypt
3.49. crypt_replyencrypt
3.50. crypt_replysign
3.51. crypt_replysignencrypted
3.52. crypt_timestamp
3.53. crypt_use_gpgme
3.54. crypt_use_pka
3.55. crypt_verify_sig
3.56. date_format
3.57. default_hook
3.58. delete
3.59. delete_untag
3.60. digest_collapse
3.61. display_filter
3.62. dsn_notify
3.63. dsn_return
3.64. duplicate_threads
3.65. edit_headers
3.66. editor
3.67. empty_subject
3.68. encode_from
3.69. entropy_file
3.70. envelope_from_address
3.71. escape
3.72. fast_reply
3.73. fcc_attach
3.74. fcc_clear
3.75. flag_safe
3.76. folder
3.77. folder_format
3.78. followup_to
3.79. followup_to_poster
3.80. force_name
3.81. forward_attribution_intro
3.82. forward_attribution_trailer
3.83. forward_decode
3.84. forward_decrypt
3.85. forward_edit
3.86. forward_format
3.87. forward_quote
3.88. forward_references
3.89. from
3.90. from_chars
3.91. gecos_mask
3.92. group_index_format
3.93. hdrs
3.94. header
3.95. header_cache
3.96. header_cache_backend
3.97. header_cache_compress
3.98. header_cache_pagesize
3.99. header_color_partial
3.100. help
3.101. hidden_host
3.102. hide_limited
3.103. hide_missing
3.104. hide_thread_subject
3.105. hide_top_limited
3.106. hide_top_missing
3.107. history
3.108. history_file
3.109. history_remove_dups
3.110. honor_disposition
3.111. honor_followup_to
3.112. hostname
3.113. idn_decode
3.114. idn_encode
3.115. ignore_linear_white_space
3.116. ignore_list_reply_to
3.117. show_multipart_alternative
3.118. imap_authenticators
3.119. imap_check_subscribed
3.120. imap_delim_chars
3.121. imap_headers
3.122. imap_idle
3.123. imap_keepalive
3.124. imap_list_subscribed
3.125. imap_login
3.126. imap_pass
3.127. imap_passive
3.128. imap_peek
3.129. imap_pipeline_depth
3.130. imap_poll_timeout
3.131. imap_servernoise
3.132. imap_user
3.133. implicit_autoview
3.134. include
3.135. include_onlyfirst
3.136. indent_string
3.137. index_format
3.138. inews
3.139. ispell
3.140. keep_flagged
3.141. keywords_legacy
3.142. keywords_standard
3.143. mail_check
3.144. mail_check_recent
3.145. mail_check_stats
3.146. mail_check_stats_interval
3.147. mailcap_path
3.148. mailcap_sanitize
3.149. maildir_header_cache_verify
3.150. maildir_trash
3.151. maildir_check_cur
3.152. mark_macro_prefix
3.153. mark_old
3.154. markers
3.155. mask
3.156. mbox
3.157. mbox_type
3.158. menu_context
3.159. menu_move_off
3.160. menu_scroll
3.161. message_cache_clean
3.162. message_cachedir
3.163. message_format
3.164. meta_key
3.165. metoo
3.166. mh_purge
3.167. mh_seq_flagged
3.168. mh_seq_replied
3.169. mh_seq_unseen
3.170. mime_forward
3.171. mime_forward_decode
3.172. mime_forward_rest
3.173. mime_subject
3.174. mix_entry_format
3.175. mixmaster
3.176. move
3.177. narrow_tree
3.178. net_inc
3.179. new_mail_command
3.180. news_cache_dir
3.181. news_server
3.182. newsgroups_charset
3.183. newsrc
3.184. nntp_authenticators
3.185. nntp_context
3.186. nntp_listgroup
3.187. nntp_load_description
3.188. nntp_user
3.189. nntp_pass
3.190. nntp_poll
3.191. nm_open_timeout
3.192. nm_default_uri
3.193. nm_hidden_tags
3.194. nm_exclude_tags
3.195. nm_unread_tag
3.196. nm_db_limit
3.197. nm_query_type
3.198. nm_record
3.199. nm_record_tags
3.200. nm_query_window_duration
3.201. nm_query_window_timebase
3.202. nm_query_window_current_search
3.203. nm_query_window_current_position
3.204. pager
3.205. pager_context
3.206. pager_format
3.207. pager_index_lines
3.208. pager_stop
3.209. pgp_auto_decode
3.210. pgp_autoinline
3.211. pgp_check_exit
3.212. pgp_clearsign_command
3.213. pgp_decode_command
3.214. pgp_decrypt_command
3.215. pgp_decryption_okay
3.216. pgp_encrypt_only_command
3.217. pgp_encrypt_sign_command
3.218. pgp_entry_format
3.219. pgp_export_command
3.220. pgp_getkeys_command
3.221. pgp_good_sign
3.222. pgp_ignore_subkeys
3.223. pgp_import_command
3.224. pgp_list_pubring_command
3.225. pgp_list_secring_command
3.226. pgp_long_ids
3.227. pgp_mime_auto
3.228. pgp_replyinline
3.229. pgp_retainable_sigs
3.230. pgp_self_encrypt
3.231. pgp_self_encrypt_as
3.232. pgp_show_unusable
3.233. pgp_sign_as
3.234. pgp_sign_command
3.235. pgp_sort_keys
3.236. pgp_strict_enc
3.237. pgp_timeout
3.238. pgp_use_gpg_agent
3.239. pgp_verify_command
3.240. pgp_verify_key_command
3.241. pipe_decode
3.242. pipe_sep
3.243. pipe_split
3.244. pop_auth_try_all
3.245. pop_authenticators
3.246. pop_checkinterval
3.247. pop_delete
3.248. pop_host
3.249. pop_last
3.250. pop_pass
3.251. pop_reconnect
3.252. pop_user
3.253. post_indent_string
3.254. post_moderated
3.255. postpone
3.256. postponed
3.257. postpone_encrypt
3.258. postpone_encrypt_as
3.259. preconnect
3.260. print
3.261. print_command
3.262. print_decode
3.263. print_split
3.264. prompt_after
3.265. query_command
3.266. query_format
3.267. quit
3.268. quote_regexp
3.269. read_inc
3.270. read_only
3.271. realname
3.272. recall
3.273. record
3.274. reflow_space_quotes
3.275. reflow_text
3.276. reflow_wrap
3.277. reply_regexp
3.278. reply_self
3.279. reply_to
3.280. reply_with_xorig
3.281. resolve
3.282. resume_draft_files
3.283. resume_edited_draft_files
3.284. reverse_alias
3.285. reverse_name
3.286. reverse_realname
3.287. rfc2047_parameters
3.288. save_address
3.289. save_empty
3.290. save_history
3.291. save_name
3.292. score
3.293. score_threshold_delete
3.294. score_threshold_flag
3.295. score_threshold_read
3.296. search_context
3.297. send_charset
3.298. sendmail
3.299. sendmail_wait
3.300. shell
3.301. save_unsubscribed
3.302. show_new_news
3.303. show_only_unread
3.304. sidebar_delim_chars
3.305. sidebar_divider_char
3.306. sidebar_folder_indent
3.307. sidebar_format
3.308. sidebar_indent_string
3.309. sidebar_new_mail_only
3.310. sidebar_next_new_wrap
3.311. sidebar_on_right
3.312. sidebar_short_path
3.313. sidebar_sort_method
3.314. sidebar_visible
3.315. sidebar_width
3.316. sig_dashes
3.317. sig_on_top
3.318. signature
3.319. simple_search
3.320. skip_quoted_offset
3.321. sleep_time
3.322. smart_wrap
3.323. smileys
3.324. smime_ask_cert_label
3.325. smime_ca_location
3.326. smime_certificates
3.327. smime_decrypt_command
3.328. smime_decrypt_use_default_key
3.329. smime_default_key
3.330. smime_encrypt_command
3.331. smime_encrypt_with
3.332. smime_get_cert_command
3.333. smime_get_cert_email_command
3.334. smime_get_signer_cert_command
3.335. smime_import_cert_command
3.336. smime_is_default
3.337. smime_keys
3.338. smime_pk7out_command
3.339. smime_self_encrypt
3.340. smime_self_encrypt_as
3.341. smime_sign_command
3.342. smime_sign_digest_alg
3.343. smime_timeout
3.344. smime_verify_command
3.345. smime_verify_opaque_command
3.346. smtp_authenticators
3.347. smtp_pass
3.348. smtp_url
3.349. sort
3.350. sort_alias
3.351. sort_aux
3.352. sort_browser
3.353. sort_re
3.354. spam_separator
3.355. spoolfile
3.356. ssl_ca_certificates_file
3.357. ssl_client_cert
3.358. ssl_force_tls
3.359. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits
3.360. ssl_starttls
3.361. ssl_use_sslv2
3.362. ssl_use_sslv3
3.363. ssl_use_tlsv1
3.364. ssl_use_tlsv1_1
3.365. ssl_use_tlsv1_2
3.366. ssl_usesystemcerts
3.367. ssl_verify_dates
3.368. ssl_verify_host
3.369. ssl_verify_partial_chains
3.370. ssl_ciphers
3.371. status_chars
3.372. status_format
3.373. status_on_top
3.374. strict_threads
3.375. suspend
3.376. text_flowed
3.377. thorough_search
3.378. thread_received
3.379. tilde
3.380. time_inc
3.381. timeout
3.382. tmpdir
3.383. to_chars
3.384. flag_chars
3.385. trash
3.386. ts_icon_format
3.387. ts_enabled
3.388. ts_status_format
3.389. tunnel
3.390. uncollapse_jump
3.391. uncollapse_new
3.392. use_8bitmime
3.393. use_domain
3.394. use_envelope_from
3.395. use_from
3.396. use_ipv6
3.397. user_agent
3.398. visual
3.399. vfolder_format
3.400. virtual_spoolfile
3.401. wait_key
3.402. weed
3.403. wrap
3.404. wrap_headers
3.405. wrap_search
3.406. wrapmargin
3.407. write_bcc
3.408. write_inc
3.409. xlabel_delimiter
3.410. x_comment_to
3.411. collapse_all

4. Functions

4.1. Generic Menu
4.2. Index Menu
4.3. Pager Menu
4.4. Alias Menu
4.5. Query Menu
4.6. Attachment Menu
4.7. Compose Menu
4.8. Postpone Menu
4.9. Browser Menu
4.10. Pgp Menu
4.11. Smime Menu
4.12. Mixmaster Menu
4.13. Editor Menu

10. Miscellany

1. Acknowledgements
2. About This Document

List of Tables

1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms
2.1. sidebar_format
2.2. sidebar_format
2.3. Sidebar Color Priority
2.4. Config Changes
2.5. Most common navigation keys in entry-based menus
2.6. Most common navigation keys in page-based menus
2.7. Most common line editor keys
2.8. Most common message index keys
2.9. Message status flags
2.10. Message recipient flags
2.11. Most common pager keys
2.12. ANSI escape sequences
2.13. Color sequences
2.14. Most common thread mode keys
2.15. Most common mail sending keys
2.16. Most common compose menu keys
2.17. PGP key menu flags
3.1. Mutt config file search order
3.2. Mutt system config file locations
3.3. Mutt user config file locations
3.4. Symbolic key names
4.1. POSIX regular expression character classes
4.2. Regular expression repetition operators
4.3. GNU regular expression extensions
4.4. Pattern modifiers
4.5. Relative Message Number Ranges
4.6. Message Number Shortcuts
4.7. Absolute Message Number Ranges
4.8. Simple search keywords
4.9. Date units
4.10. GMail Example Patterns
4.11. Mailbox shortcuts
5.1. Supported MIME types
6.1. compose-to-sender Functions
6.2. Not all Hooks are Required
6.3. Potential Formatting Scheme
6.4. Date Formatting Codes
6.5. Example Date Tests
6.6. Example 1
6.7. Example 2
6.8. encrypt-self Variables
6.9. forgotten-attachment Variables
6.10. Index Colors
6.11. Keywords Variables
6.12. Keyword Functions
6.13. Keywords Sort
6.14. Limit-Current-Thread Functions
6.15. New Mail Command Variables
6.16. NNTP Variables
6.17. NNTP Functions
6.18. Notmuch Variables
6.19. Notmuch Functions
6.20. Index Colors
6.21. Progress Colors
6.22. Quasi-Delete Functions
6.23. Reply With X-Original-To Variables
6.24. Sidebar Variables
6.25. Sidebar Functions
6.26. Sidebar Colors
6.27. Sidebar Sort
6.28. Skip-Quoted Variables
6.29. Status Colors
6.30. Trash Variables
6.31. Trash Functions
9.1. Command line options
9.2. Default Generic Menu Bindings
9.3. Default Index Menu Bindings
9.4. Default Pager Menu Bindings
9.5. Default Alias Menu Bindings
9.6. Default Query Menu Bindings
9.7. Default Attachment Menu Bindings
9.8. Default Compose Menu Bindings
9.9. Default Postpone Menu Bindings
9.10. Default Browser Menu Bindings
9.11. Default Pgp Menu Bindings
9.12. Default Smime Menu Bindings
9.13. Default Mixmaster Menu Bindings
9.14. Default Editor Menu Bindings

List of Examples

3.1. Multiple configuration commands per line
3.2. Commenting configuration files
3.3. Escaping quotes in configuration files
3.4. Splitting long configuration commands over several lines
3.5. Using external command's output in configuration files
3.6. Using environment variables in configuration files
3.7. Configuring external alias files
3.8. Setting sort method based on mailbox name
3.9. Header weeding
3.10. Configuring header display order
3.11. Defining custom headers
3.12. Using %-expandos in + mailto:-style Links

4. External Applications

8. Performance Tuning

1. Reading and Writing Mailboxes
2. Reading Messages from Remote Folders
3. Searching and Limiting

9. Reference

1. Command-Line Options

2. Configuration Commands

3. Configuration Variables

3.1. abort_noattach
3.2. abort_nosubject
3.3. abort_unmodified
3.4. alias_file
3.5. alias_format
3.6. allow_8bit
3.7. allow_ansi
3.8. arrow_cursor
3.9. ascii_chars
3.10. askbcc
3.11. askcc
3.12. ask_follow_up
3.13. ask_x_comment_to
3.14. assumed_charset
3.15. attach_charset
3.16. attach_format
3.17. attach_keyword
3.18. attach_sep
3.19. attach_split
3.20. attribution
3.21. attribution_locale
3.22. auto_tag
3.23. autoedit
3.24. beep
3.25. beep_new
3.26. bounce
3.27. bounce_delivered
3.28. braille_friendly
3.29. catchup_newsgroup
3.30. certificate_file
3.31. charset
3.32. check_mbox_size
3.33. check_new
3.34. collapse_unread
3.35. collapse_flagged
3.36. compose_format
3.37. config_charset
3.38. confirmappend
3.39. confirmcreate
3.40. connect_timeout
3.41. content_type
3.42. copy
3.43. crypt_autoencrypt
3.44. crypt_autopgp
3.45. crypt_autosign
3.46. crypt_autosmime
3.47. crypt_confirmhook
3.48. crypt_opportunistic_encrypt
3.49. crypt_replyencrypt
3.50. crypt_replysign
3.51. crypt_replysignencrypted
3.52. crypt_timestamp
3.53. crypt_use_gpgme
3.54. crypt_use_pka
3.55. crypt_verify_sig
3.56. date_format
3.57. default_hook
3.58. delete
3.59. delete_untag
3.60. digest_collapse
3.61. display_filter
3.62. dsn_notify
3.63. dsn_return
3.64. duplicate_threads
3.65. edit_headers
3.66. editor
3.67. empty_subject
3.68. encode_from
3.69. entropy_file
3.70. envelope_from_address
3.71. escape
3.72. fast_reply
3.73. fcc_attach
3.74. fcc_clear
3.75. flag_safe
3.76. folder
3.77. folder_format
3.78. followup_to
3.79. followup_to_poster
3.80. force_name
3.81. forward_attribution_intro
3.82. forward_attribution_trailer
3.83. forward_decode
3.84. forward_decrypt
3.85. forward_edit
3.86. forward_format
3.87. forward_quote
3.88. forward_references
3.89. from
3.90. from_chars
3.91. gecos_mask
3.92. group_index_format
3.93. hdrs
3.94. header
3.95. header_cache
3.96. header_cache_backend
3.97. header_cache_compress
3.98. header_cache_pagesize
3.99. header_color_partial
3.100. help
3.101. hidden_host
3.102. hide_limited
3.103. hide_missing
3.104. hide_thread_subject
3.105. hide_top_limited
3.106. hide_top_missing
3.107. history
3.108. history_file
3.109. history_remove_dups
3.110. honor_disposition
3.111. honor_followup_to
3.112. hostname
3.113. idn_decode
3.114. idn_encode
3.115. ignore_linear_white_space
3.116. ignore_list_reply_to
3.117. show_multipart_alternative
3.118. imap_authenticators
3.119. imap_check_subscribed
3.120. imap_delim_chars
3.121. imap_headers
3.122. imap_idle
3.123. imap_keepalive
3.124. imap_list_subscribed
3.125. imap_login
3.126. imap_pass
3.127. imap_passive
3.128. imap_peek
3.129. imap_pipeline_depth
3.130. imap_poll_timeout
3.131. imap_servernoise
3.132. imap_user
3.133. implicit_autoview
3.134. include
3.135. include_onlyfirst
3.136. indent_string
3.137. index_format
3.138. inews
3.139. ispell
3.140. keep_flagged
3.141. keywords_legacy
3.142. keywords_standard
3.143. mail_check
3.144. mail_check_recent
3.145. mail_check_stats
3.146. mail_check_stats_interval
3.147. mailcap_path
3.148. mailcap_sanitize
3.149. maildir_header_cache_verify
3.150. maildir_trash
3.151. maildir_check_cur
3.152. mark_macro_prefix
3.153. mark_old
3.154. markers
3.155. mask
3.156. mbox
3.157. mbox_type
3.158. menu_context
3.159. menu_move_off
3.160. menu_scroll
3.161. message_cache_clean
3.162. message_cachedir
3.163. message_format
3.164. meta_key
3.165. metoo
3.166. mh_purge
3.167. mh_seq_flagged
3.168. mh_seq_replied
3.169. mh_seq_unseen
3.170. mime_forward
3.171. mime_forward_decode
3.172. mime_forward_rest
3.173. mime_subject
3.174. mix_entry_format
3.175. mixmaster
3.176. move
3.177. narrow_tree
3.178. net_inc
3.179. new_mail_command
3.180. news_cache_dir
3.181. news_server
3.182. newsgroups_charset
3.183. newsrc
3.184. nntp_authenticators
3.185. nntp_context
3.186. nntp_listgroup
3.187. nntp_load_description
3.188. nntp_user
3.189. nntp_pass
3.190. nntp_poll
3.191. nm_open_timeout
3.192. nm_default_uri
3.193. nm_hidden_tags
3.194. nm_exclude_tags
3.195. nm_unread_tag
3.196. nm_db_limit
3.197. nm_query_type
3.198. nm_record
3.199. nm_record_tags
3.200. nm_query_window_duration
3.201. nm_query_window_timebase
3.202. nm_query_window_current_search
3.203. nm_query_window_current_position
3.204. pager
3.205. pager_context
3.206. pager_format
3.207. pager_index_lines
3.208. pager_stop
3.209. pgp_auto_decode
3.210. pgp_autoinline
3.211. pgp_check_exit
3.212. pgp_clearsign_command
3.213. pgp_decode_command
3.214. pgp_decrypt_command
3.215. pgp_decryption_okay
3.216. pgp_encrypt_only_command
3.217. pgp_encrypt_sign_command
3.218. pgp_entry_format
3.219. pgp_export_command
3.220. pgp_getkeys_command
3.221. pgp_good_sign
3.222. pgp_ignore_subkeys
3.223. pgp_import_command
3.224. pgp_list_pubring_command
3.225. pgp_list_secring_command
3.226. pgp_long_ids
3.227. pgp_mime_auto
3.228. pgp_replyinline
3.229. pgp_retainable_sigs
3.230. pgp_self_encrypt
3.231. pgp_self_encrypt_as
3.232. pgp_show_unusable
3.233. pgp_sign_as
3.234. pgp_sign_command
3.235. pgp_sort_keys
3.236. pgp_strict_enc
3.237. pgp_timeout
3.238. pgp_use_gpg_agent
3.239. pgp_verify_command
3.240. pgp_verify_key_command
3.241. pipe_decode
3.242. pipe_sep
3.243. pipe_split
3.244. pop_auth_try_all
3.245. pop_authenticators
3.246. pop_checkinterval
3.247. pop_delete
3.248. pop_host
3.249. pop_last
3.250. pop_pass
3.251. pop_reconnect
3.252. pop_user
3.253. post_indent_string
3.254. post_moderated
3.255. postpone
3.256. postponed
3.257. postpone_encrypt
3.258. postpone_encrypt_as
3.259. preconnect
3.260. print
3.261. print_command
3.262. print_decode
3.263. print_split
3.264. prompt_after
3.265. query_command
3.266. query_format
3.267. quit
3.268. quote_regexp
3.269. read_inc
3.270. read_only
3.271. realname
3.272. recall
3.273. record
3.274. reflow_space_quotes
3.275. reflow_text
3.276. reflow_wrap
3.277. reply_regexp
3.278. reply_self
3.279. reply_to
3.280. reply_with_xorig
3.281. resolve
3.282. resume_draft_files
3.283. resume_edited_draft_files
3.284. reverse_alias
3.285. reverse_name
3.286. reverse_realname
3.287. rfc2047_parameters
3.288. save_address
3.289. save_empty
3.290. save_history
3.291. save_name
3.292. score
3.293. score_threshold_delete
3.294. score_threshold_flag
3.295. score_threshold_read
3.296. search_context
3.297. send_charset
3.298. sendmail
3.299. sendmail_wait
3.300. shell
3.301. save_unsubscribed
3.302. show_new_news
3.303. show_only_unread
3.304. sidebar_delim_chars
3.305. sidebar_divider_char
3.306. sidebar_folder_indent
3.307. sidebar_format
3.308. sidebar_indent_string
3.309. sidebar_new_mail_only
3.310. sidebar_next_new_wrap
3.311. sidebar_on_right
3.312. sidebar_short_path
3.313. sidebar_sort_method
3.314. sidebar_visible
3.315. sidebar_width
3.316. sig_dashes
3.317. sig_on_top
3.318. signature
3.319. simple_search
3.320. skip_quoted_offset
3.321. sleep_time
3.322. smart_wrap
3.323. smileys
3.324. smime_ask_cert_label
3.325. smime_ca_location
3.326. smime_certificates
3.327. smime_decrypt_command
3.328. smime_decrypt_use_default_key
3.329. smime_default_key
3.330. smime_encrypt_command
3.331. smime_encrypt_with
3.332. smime_get_cert_command
3.333. smime_get_cert_email_command
3.334. smime_get_signer_cert_command
3.335. smime_import_cert_command
3.336. smime_is_default
3.337. smime_keys
3.338. smime_pk7out_command
3.339. smime_self_encrypt
3.340. smime_self_encrypt_as
3.341. smime_sign_command
3.342. smime_sign_digest_alg
3.343. smime_timeout
3.344. smime_verify_command
3.345. smime_verify_opaque_command
3.346. smtp_authenticators
3.347. smtp_pass
3.348. smtp_url
3.349. sort
3.350. sort_alias
3.351. sort_aux
3.352. sort_browser
3.353. sort_re
3.354. spam_separator
3.355. spoolfile
3.356. ssl_ca_certificates_file
3.357. ssl_client_cert
3.358. ssl_force_tls
3.359. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits
3.360. ssl_starttls
3.361. ssl_use_sslv2
3.362. ssl_use_sslv3
3.363. ssl_use_tlsv1
3.364. ssl_use_tlsv1_1
3.365. ssl_use_tlsv1_2
3.366. ssl_usesystemcerts
3.367. ssl_verify_dates
3.368. ssl_verify_host
3.369. ssl_verify_partial_chains
3.370. ssl_ciphers
3.371. status_chars
3.372. status_format
3.373. status_on_top
3.374. strict_threads
3.375. suspend
3.376. text_flowed
3.377. thorough_search
3.378. thread_received
3.379. tilde
3.380. time_inc
3.381. timeout
3.382. tmpdir
3.383. to_chars
3.384. flag_chars
3.385. trash
3.386. ts_icon_format
3.387. ts_enabled
3.388. ts_status_format
3.389. tunnel
3.390. uncollapse_jump
3.391. uncollapse_new
3.392. use_8bitmime
3.393. use_domain
3.394. use_envelope_from
3.395. use_from
3.396. use_ipv6
3.397. user_agent
3.398. visual
3.399. vfolder_format
3.400. virtual_spoolfile
3.401. wait_key
3.402. weed
3.403. wrap
3.404. wrap_headers
3.405. wrap_search
3.406. wrapmargin
3.407. write_bcc
3.408. write_inc
3.409. xlabel_delimiter
3.410. x_comment_to
3.411. collapse_all

4. Functions

4.1. Generic Menu
4.2. Index Menu
4.3. Pager Menu
4.4. Alias Menu
4.5. Query Menu
4.6. Attachment Menu
4.7. Compose Menu
4.8. Postpone Menu
4.9. Browser Menu
4.10. Pgp Menu
4.11. Smime Menu
4.12. Mixmaster Menu
4.13. Editor Menu

10. Miscellany

1. Acknowledgements
2. About This Document

List of Tables

1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms
2.1. sidebar_format
2.2. sidebar_format
2.3. Sidebar Color Priority
2.4. Config Changes
2.5. Most common navigation keys in entry-based menus
2.6. Most common navigation keys in page-based menus
2.7. Most common line editor keys
2.8. Most common message index keys
2.9. Message status flags
2.10. Message recipient flags
2.11. Most common pager keys
2.12. ANSI escape sequences
2.13. Color sequences
2.14. Most common thread mode keys
2.15. Most common mail sending keys
2.16. Most common compose menu keys
2.17. PGP key menu flags
3.1. Mutt config file search order
3.2. Mutt system config file locations
3.3. Mutt user config file locations
3.4. Symbolic key names
4.1. POSIX regular expression character classes
4.2. Regular expression repetition operators
4.3. GNU regular expression extensions
4.4. Pattern modifiers
4.5. Relative Message Number Ranges
4.6. Message Number Shortcuts
4.7. Absolute Message Number Ranges
4.8. Simple search keywords
4.9. Date units
4.10. GMail Example Patterns
4.11. Mailbox shortcuts
5.1. Supported MIME types
6.1. compose-to-sender Functions
6.2. Not all Hooks are Required
6.3. Potential Formatting Scheme
6.4. Date Formatting Codes
6.5. Example Date Tests
6.6. Example 1
6.7. Example 2
6.8. encrypt-self Variables
6.9. forgotten-attachment Variables
6.10. Index Colors
6.11. Keywords Variables
6.12. Keyword Functions
6.13. Keywords Sort
6.14. Limit-Current-Thread Functions
6.15. New Mail Command Variables
6.16. NNTP Variables
6.17. NNTP Functions
6.18. Notmuch Variables
6.19. Notmuch Functions
6.20. Index Colors
6.21. Progress Colors
6.22. Quasi-Delete Functions
6.23. Reply With X-Original-To Variables
6.24. Sidebar Variables
6.25. Sidebar Functions
6.26. Sidebar Colors
6.27. Sidebar Sort
6.28. Skip-Quoted Variables
6.29. Status Colors
6.30. Trash Variables
6.31. Trash Functions
9.1. Command line options
9.2. Default Generic Menu Bindings
9.3. Default Index Menu Bindings
9.4. Default Pager Menu Bindings
9.5. Default Alias Menu Bindings
9.6. Default Query Menu Bindings
9.7. Default Attachment Menu Bindings
9.8. Default Compose Menu Bindings
9.9. Default Postpone Menu Bindings
9.10. Default Browser Menu Bindings
9.11. Default Pgp Menu Bindings
9.12. Default Smime Menu Bindings
9.13. Default Mixmaster Menu Bindings
9.14. Default Editor Menu Bindings

List of Examples

3.1. Multiple configuration commands per line
3.2. Commenting configuration files
3.3. Escaping quotes in configuration files
3.4. Splitting long configuration commands over several lines
3.5. Using external command's output in configuration files
3.6. Using environment variables in configuration files
3.7. Configuring external alias files
3.8. Setting sort method based on mailbox name
3.9. Header weeding
3.10. Configuring header display order
3.11. Defining custom headers
3.12. Using %-expandos in save-hook
3.13. Embedding push in folder-hook
3.14. Configuring spam detection
3.15. Using user-defined variables for config file diff -ruN neomutt-clean/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/manual.html neomutt/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/manual.html --- neomutt-clean/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/manual.html 2017-08-29 11:52:42.208219000 +0000 +++ neomutt/install/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/manual.html 2017-08-29 11:40:19.402564000 +0000 @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ span.highlight { background: #404040; color: #ffffff; } span.reverse { background: #ffffff; color: #000000; } -
The Mutt E-Mail Client
Michael Elkins
<me@cs.hmc.edu>
version 20170714 (1.8.3)
Abstract
+
The Mutt E-Mail Client
Michael Elkins
<me@cs.hmc.edu>
version 20170714 (1.8.3)
Abstract
“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.”— me, circa 1995
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1. NeoMutt Home Page
2. Mailing Lists
3. NeoMutt Online Resources
4. Contributing to Mutt
5. Typographical Conventions
6. Copyright
2. Getting Started
1. Core Concepts
2. Screens and Menus
2.1. Index
2.2. Pager
2.3. File Browser
2.4. Sidebar
2.5. Help
2.6. Compose Menu
2.7. Alias Menu
2.8. Attachment Menu
3. Moving Around in Menus
4. Editing Input Fields
4.1. Introduction
4.2. History
5. Reading Mail
5.1. The Message Index
5.2. The Pager
5.3. Threaded Mode
5.4. Miscellaneous Functions
6. Sending Mail
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Editing the Message Header
6.3. Sending Cryptographically Signed/Encrypted Messages
6.4. Sending Format=Flowed Messages
7. Forwarding and Bouncing Mail
8. Postponing Mail
3. Configuration
1. Location of Initialization Files
1.1. Location of system config files
1.2. Location of user config files
2. Syntax of Initialization Files
3. Address Groups
4. Defining/Using Aliases
5. Changing the Default Key Bindings
5.1. Warnings about Duplicated Bindings
6. Defining Aliases for Character Sets
7. Setting Variables Based Upon Mailbox
8. Keyboard Macros
9. Using Color and Mono Video Attributes
10. Message Header Display
10.1. Header Display
10.2. Selecting Headers
10.3. Ordering Displayed Headers
11. Alternative Addresses
12. Mailing Lists
13. Using Multiple Spool Mailboxes
14. Monitoring Incoming Mail
15. User-Defined Headers
16. Specify Default Save Mailbox
17. Specify Default Fcc: Mailbox When Composing
18. Specify Default Save Filename and Default Fcc: Mailbox at Once
19. Change Settings Based Upon Message Recipients
20. Change Settings Before Formatting a Message
21. Choosing the Cryptographic Key of the Recipient
22. Adding Key Sequences to the Keyboard Buffer
23. Executing Functions
24. Message Scoring
25. Spam Detection
26. Setting and Querying Variables
26.1. Variable Types
26.2. Commands
26.3. User-Defined Variables
26.4. Type Conversions
27. Reading Initialization Commands From Another File
28. Removing Hooks
29. Format Strings
29.1. Basic usage
29.2. Conditionals
29.3. Filters
29.4. Padding
29.5. Conditional Dates
30. Control allowed header fields in a mailto: URL
4. Advanced Usage
1. Character Set Handling
2. Regular Expressions
3. Patterns: Searching, Limiting and Tagging
3.1. Pattern Modifier
3.2. Simple Searches
3.3. Nesting and Boolean Operators
3.4. Searching by Date
3.5. GMail Patterns
4. Marking Messages
5. Using Tags
6. Using Hooks
6.1. Message Matching in Hooks
6.2. Mailbox Matching in Hooks
7. Managing the Environment
8. External Address Queries
9. Mailbox Formats
10. Mailbox Shortcuts
11. Handling Mailing Lists
12. Keyword Management
13. Display Munging
14. New Mail Detection
14.1. How New Mail Detection Works
14.2. Polling For New Mail
14.3. Calculating Mailbox Message Counts
15. Editing Threads
15.1. Linking Threads
15.2. Breaking Threads
16. Delivery Status Notification (DSN) Support
17. Start a WWW Browser on URLs
18. Miscellany
5. Mutt's MIME Support
1. Using MIME in Mutt
1.1. MIME Overview
1.2. Viewing MIME Messages in the Pager
1.3. The Attachment Menu
1.4. The Compose Menu
2. MIME Type Configuration with mime.types
3. MIME Viewer Configuration with Mailcap
3.1. The Basics of the Mailcap File
3.2. Secure Use of Mailcap
3.3. Advanced Mailcap Usage
3.4. Example Mailcap Files
4. MIME Autoview
5. MIME Multipart/Alternative
6. Attachment Searching and Counting
7. MIME Lookup
6. Optional Features
1. General Notes
1.1. Enabling/Disabling Features
1.2. URL Syntax
2. SSL/TLS Support
3. POP3 Support
4. IMAP Support
4.1. The IMAP Folder Browser
4.2. Authentication
5. SMTP Support
6. Managing Multiple Accounts
7. Local Caching
7.1. Header Caching
7.2. Body Caching
7.3. Cache Directories
7.4. Maintenance
8. Sending Anonymous Messages via Mixmaster
9. Attach Headers Color Feature
9.1. Support
9.2. Introduction
9.3. Usage
9.4. Muttrc
9.5. See Also
9.6. Known Bugs
9.7. Credits
10. Compose to Sender Feature
10.1. Support
10.2. Introduction
10.3. Functions
10.4. Muttrc
10.5. Known Bugs
10.6. Credits
11. Compressed Folders Feature
11.1. Support
11.2. Introduction
11.3. Commands
11.4. Muttrc
11.5. See Also
11.6. Credits
12. Conditional Dates Feature
12.1. Support
12.2. Introduction
12.3. Variables
12.4. Muttrc
12.5. See Also
12.6. Known Bugs
12.7. Credits
13. Encrypt-to-Self Feature
13.1. Support
13.2. Introduction
13.3. Variables
13.4. Muttrc
13.5. Known Bugs
13.6. Credits
14. Fmemopen Feature
14.1. Support
14.2. Introduction
14.3. See Also
14.4. Known Bugs
14.5. Credits
15. Forgotten Attachment Feature
15.1. Support
15.2. Introduction
15.3. Variables
15.4. Muttrc
15.5. See Also
15.6. Known Bugs
15.7. Credits
16. Global Hooks
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Commands
16.3. Muttrc
16.4. See Also
16.5. Known Bugs
16.6. Credits
17. Ifdef Feature
17.1. Support
17.2. Introduction
17.3. Commands
17.4. Muttrc
17.5. Known Bugs
17.6. Credits
18. Index Color Feature
18.1. Support
18.2. Introduction
18.3. Colors
18.4. Muttrc
18.5. See Also
18.6. Known Bugs
18.7. Credits
19. Initials Expando Feature
19.1. Support
19.2. Introduction
19.3. Variables
19.4. Muttrc
19.5. See Also
19.6. Known Bugs
19.7. Credits
20. Keywords Feature
20.1. Support
20.2. Introduction
20.3. Variables
20.4. Functions
20.5. Sort
20.6. Muttrc
20.7. See Also
20.8. Known Bugs
20.9. Credits
21. Kyoto Cabinet Feature
21.1. Support
21.2. Introduction
21.3. See Also
21.4. Known Bugs
21.5. Credits
22. Limit Current Thread Feature
22.1. Support
22.2. Introduction
22.3. Functions
22.4. Muttrc
22.5. Known Bugs
22.6. Credits
23. LMDB Feature
23.1. Support
23.2. Introduction
23.3. See Also
23.4. Known Bugs
23.5. Credits
24. Multiple FCC Feature
24.1. Support
24.2. Introduction
24.3. See Also
24.4. Known Bugs
24.5. Credits
25. Nested If Feature
25.1. Support
25.2. Introduction
25.3. Variables
25.4. Muttrc
25.5. See Also
25.6. Known Bugs
25.7. Credits
26. New Mail Feature
26.1. Support
26.2. Introduction
26.3. Variables
26.4. Muttrc
26.5. See Also
26.6. Known Bugs
26.7. Credits
27. NNTP Feature
27.1. Support
27.2. Introduction
27.3. Variables
27.4. Functions
27.5. Muttrc
27.6. See Also
27.7. Known Bugs
27.8. Credits
28. Notmuch Feature
28.1. Support
28.2. Introduction
28.3. Using NotMuch
28.4. Variables
28.5. Functions
28.6. Commands
28.7. Colors
28.8. Muttrc
28.9. See Also
28.10. Known Bugs
28.11. Credits
29. Progress Bar Feature
29.1. Support
29.2. Introduction
29.3. Colors
29.4. Muttrc
29.5. See Also
29.6. Known Bugs
29.7. Credits
30. Quasi-Delete Feature
30.1. Support
30.2. Introduction
30.3. Functions
30.4. Muttrc
30.5. See Also
30.6. Known Bugs
30.7. Credits
31. Reply With X-Original-To Feature
31.1. Support
31.2. Introduction
31.3. Variables
31.4. Muttrc
31.5. Credits
32. Sensible Browser Feature
32.1. Support
32.2. Introduction
32.3. See Also
32.4. Known Bugs
32.5. Credits
33. Sidebar Feature
33.1. Support
33.2. Introduction
33.3. Variables
33.4. Functions
33.5. Commands
33.6. Colors
33.7. Sort
33.8. Muttrc
33.9. See Also
33.10. Known Bugs
33.11. Credits
34. Skip Quoted Feature
34.1. Support
34.2. Introduction
34.3. Variables
34.4. Muttrc
34.5. Known Bugs
34.6. Credits
35. Status Color Feature
35.1. Support
35.2. Introduction
35.3. Commands
35.4. Colors
35.5. Muttrc
35.6. See Also
35.7. Known Bugs
35.8. Credits
36. TLS-SNI Feature
36.1. Support
36.2. Introduction
36.3. Known Bugs
36.4. Credits
37. Trash Folder Feature
37.1. Support
37.2. Introduction
37.3. Variables
37.4. Functions
37.5. Muttrc
37.6. See Also
37.7. Known Bugs
37.8. Credits
7. Security Considerations
1. Passwords
2. Temporary Files
3. Information Leaks
3.1. Message-Id: headers
3.2. - mailto:-style Links
4. External Applications
8. Performance Tuning
1. Reading and Writing Mailboxes
2. Reading Messages from Remote Folders
3. Searching and Limiting
9. Reference
1. Command-Line Options
2. Configuration Commands
3. Configuration Variables
3.1. abort_noattach
3.2. abort_nosubject
3.3. abort_unmodified
3.4. alias_file
3.5. alias_format
3.6. allow_8bit
3.7. allow_ansi
3.8. arrow_cursor
3.9. ascii_chars
3.10. askbcc
3.11. askcc
3.12. ask_follow_up
3.13. ask_x_comment_to
3.14. assumed_charset
3.15. attach_charset
3.16. attach_format
3.17. attach_keyword
3.18. attach_sep
3.19. attach_split
3.20. attribution
3.21. attribution_locale
3.22. auto_tag
3.23. autoedit
3.24. beep
3.25. beep_new
3.26. bounce
3.27. bounce_delivered
3.28. braille_friendly
3.29. catchup_newsgroup
3.30. certificate_file
3.31. charset
3.32. check_mbox_size
3.33. check_new
3.34. collapse_unread
3.35. collapse_flagged
3.36. compose_format
3.37. config_charset
3.38. confirmappend
3.39. confirmcreate
3.40. connect_timeout
3.41. content_type
3.42. copy
3.43. crypt_autoencrypt
3.44. crypt_autopgp
3.45. crypt_autosign
3.46. crypt_autosmime
3.47. crypt_confirmhook
3.48. crypt_opportunistic_encrypt
3.49. crypt_replyencrypt
3.50. crypt_replysign
3.51. crypt_replysignencrypted
3.52. crypt_timestamp
3.53. crypt_use_gpgme
3.54. crypt_use_pka
3.55. crypt_verify_sig
3.56. date_format
3.57. default_hook
3.58. delete
3.59. delete_untag
3.60. digest_collapse
3.61. display_filter
3.62. dsn_notify
3.63. dsn_return
3.64. duplicate_threads
3.65. edit_headers
3.66. editor
3.67. empty_subject
3.68. encode_from
3.69. entropy_file
3.70. envelope_from_address
3.71. escape
3.72. fast_reply
3.73. fcc_attach
3.74. fcc_clear
3.75. flag_safe
3.76. folder
3.77. folder_format
3.78. followup_to
3.79. followup_to_poster
3.80. force_name
3.81. forward_attribution_intro
3.82. forward_attribution_trailer
3.83. forward_decode
3.84. forward_decrypt
3.85. forward_edit
3.86. forward_format
3.87. forward_quote
3.88. forward_references
3.89. from
3.90. from_chars
3.91. gecos_mask
3.92. group_index_format
3.93. hdrs
3.94. header
3.95. header_cache
3.96. header_cache_backend
3.97. header_cache_compress
3.98. header_cache_pagesize
3.99. header_color_partial
3.100. help
3.101. hidden_host
3.102. hide_limited
3.103. hide_missing
3.104. hide_thread_subject
3.105. hide_top_limited
3.106. hide_top_missing
3.107. history
3.108. history_file
3.109. history_remove_dups
3.110. honor_disposition
3.111. honor_followup_to
3.112. hostname
3.113. idn_decode
3.114. idn_encode
3.115. ignore_linear_white_space
3.116. ignore_list_reply_to
3.117. show_multipart_alternative
3.118. imap_authenticators
3.119. imap_check_subscribed
3.120. imap_delim_chars
3.121. imap_headers
3.122. imap_idle
3.123. imap_keepalive
3.124. imap_list_subscribed
3.125. imap_login
3.126. imap_pass
3.127. imap_passive
3.128. imap_peek
3.129. imap_pipeline_depth
3.130. imap_poll_timeout
3.131. imap_servernoise
3.132. imap_user
3.133. implicit_autoview
3.134. include
3.135. include_onlyfirst
3.136. indent_string
3.137. index_format
3.138. inews
3.139. ispell
3.140. keep_flagged
3.141. keywords_legacy
3.142. keywords_standard
3.143. mail_check
3.144. mail_check_recent
3.145. mail_check_stats
3.146. mail_check_stats_interval
3.147. mailcap_path
3.148. mailcap_sanitize
3.149. maildir_header_cache_verify
3.150. maildir_trash
3.151. maildir_check_cur
3.152. mark_macro_prefix
3.153. mark_old
3.154. markers
3.155. mask
3.156. mbox
3.157. mbox_type
3.158. menu_context
3.159. menu_move_off
3.160. menu_scroll
3.161. message_cache_clean
3.162. message_cachedir
3.163. message_format
3.164. meta_key
3.165. metoo
3.166. mh_purge
3.167. mh_seq_flagged
3.168. mh_seq_replied
3.169. mh_seq_unseen
3.170. mime_forward
3.171. mime_forward_decode
3.172. mime_forward_rest
3.173. mime_subject
3.174. mix_entry_format
3.175. mixmaster
3.176. move
3.177. narrow_tree
3.178. net_inc
3.179. new_mail_command
3.180. news_cache_dir
3.181. news_server
3.182. newsgroups_charset
3.183. newsrc
3.184. nntp_authenticators
3.185. nntp_context
3.186. nntp_listgroup
3.187. nntp_load_description
3.188. nntp_user
3.189. nntp_pass
3.190. nntp_poll
3.191. nm_open_timeout
3.192. nm_default_uri
3.193. nm_hidden_tags
3.194. nm_exclude_tags
3.195. nm_unread_tag
3.196. nm_db_limit
3.197. nm_query_type
3.198. nm_record
3.199. nm_record_tags
3.200. nm_query_window_duration
3.201. nm_query_window_timebase
3.202. nm_query_window_current_search
3.203. nm_query_window_current_position
3.204. pager
3.205. pager_context
3.206. pager_format
3.207. pager_index_lines
3.208. pager_stop
3.209. pgp_auto_decode
3.210. pgp_autoinline
3.211. pgp_check_exit
3.212. pgp_clearsign_command
3.213. pgp_decode_command
3.214. pgp_decrypt_command
3.215. pgp_decryption_okay
3.216. pgp_encrypt_only_command
3.217. pgp_encrypt_sign_command
3.218. pgp_entry_format
3.219. pgp_export_command
3.220. pgp_getkeys_command
3.221. pgp_good_sign
3.222. pgp_ignore_subkeys
3.223. pgp_import_command
3.224. pgp_list_pubring_command
3.225. pgp_list_secring_command
3.226. pgp_long_ids
3.227. pgp_mime_auto
3.228. pgp_replyinline
3.229. pgp_retainable_sigs
3.230. pgp_self_encrypt
3.231. pgp_self_encrypt_as
3.232. pgp_show_unusable
3.233. pgp_sign_as
3.234. pgp_sign_command
3.235. pgp_sort_keys
3.236. pgp_strict_enc
3.237. pgp_timeout
3.238. pgp_use_gpg_agent
3.239. pgp_verify_command
3.240. pgp_verify_key_command
3.241. pipe_decode
3.242. pipe_sep
3.243. pipe_split
3.244. pop_auth_try_all
3.245. pop_authenticators
3.246. pop_checkinterval
3.247. pop_delete
3.248. pop_host
3.249. pop_last
3.250. pop_pass
3.251. pop_reconnect
3.252. pop_user
3.253. post_indent_string
3.254. post_moderated
3.255. postpone
3.256. postponed
3.257. postpone_encrypt
3.258. postpone_encrypt_as
3.259. preconnect
3.260. print
3.261. print_command
3.262. print_decode
3.263. print_split
3.264. prompt_after
3.265. query_command
3.266. query_format
3.267. quit
3.268. quote_regexp
3.269. read_inc
3.270. read_only
3.271. realname
3.272. recall
3.273. record
3.274. reflow_space_quotes
3.275. reflow_text
3.276. reflow_wrap
3.277. reply_regexp
3.278. reply_self
3.279. reply_to
3.280. reply_with_xorig
3.281. resolve
3.282. resume_draft_files
3.283. resume_edited_draft_files
3.284. reverse_alias
3.285. reverse_name
3.286. reverse_realname
3.287. rfc2047_parameters
3.288. save_address
3.289. save_empty
3.290. save_history
3.291. save_name
3.292. score
3.293. score_threshold_delete
3.294. score_threshold_flag
3.295. score_threshold_read
3.296. search_context
3.297. send_charset
3.298. sendmail
3.299. sendmail_wait
3.300. shell
3.301. save_unsubscribed
3.302. show_new_news
3.303. show_only_unread
3.304. sidebar_delim_chars
3.305. sidebar_divider_char
3.306. sidebar_folder_indent
3.307. sidebar_format
3.308. sidebar_indent_string
3.309. sidebar_new_mail_only
3.310. sidebar_next_new_wrap
3.311. sidebar_on_right
3.312. sidebar_short_path
3.313. sidebar_sort_method
3.314. sidebar_visible
3.315. sidebar_width
3.316. sig_dashes
3.317. sig_on_top
3.318. signature
3.319. simple_search
3.320. skip_quoted_offset
3.321. sleep_time
3.322. smart_wrap
3.323. smileys
3.324. smime_ask_cert_label
3.325. smime_ca_location
3.326. smime_certificates
3.327. smime_decrypt_command
3.328. smime_decrypt_use_default_key
3.329. smime_default_key
3.330. smime_encrypt_command
3.331. smime_encrypt_with
3.332. smime_get_cert_command
3.333. smime_get_cert_email_command
3.334. smime_get_signer_cert_command
3.335. smime_import_cert_command
3.336. smime_is_default
3.337. smime_keys
3.338. smime_pk7out_command
3.339. smime_self_encrypt
3.340. smime_self_encrypt_as
3.341. smime_sign_command
3.342. smime_sign_digest_alg
3.343. smime_timeout
3.344. smime_verify_command
3.345. smime_verify_opaque_command
3.346. smtp_authenticators
3.347. smtp_pass
3.348. smtp_url
3.349. sort
3.350. sort_alias
3.351. sort_aux
3.352. sort_browser
3.353. sort_re
3.354. spam_separator
3.355. spoolfile
3.356. ssl_ca_certificates_file
3.357. ssl_client_cert
3.358. ssl_force_tls
3.359. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits
3.360. ssl_starttls
3.361. ssl_use_sslv2
3.362. ssl_use_sslv3
3.363. ssl_use_tlsv1
3.364. ssl_use_tlsv1_1
3.365. ssl_use_tlsv1_2
3.366. ssl_usesystemcerts
3.367. ssl_verify_dates
3.368. ssl_verify_host
3.369. ssl_verify_partial_chains
3.370. ssl_ciphers
3.371. status_chars
3.372. status_format
3.373. status_on_top
3.374. strict_threads
3.375. suspend
3.376. text_flowed
3.377. thorough_search
3.378. thread_received
3.379. tilde
3.380. time_inc
3.381. timeout
3.382. tmpdir
3.383. to_chars
3.384. flag_chars
3.385. trash
3.386. ts_icon_format
3.387. ts_enabled
3.388. ts_status_format
3.389. tunnel
3.390. uncollapse_jump
3.391. uncollapse_new
3.392. use_8bitmime
3.393. use_domain
3.394. use_envelope_from
3.395. use_from
3.396. use_ipv6
3.397. user_agent
3.398. visual
3.399. vfolder_format
3.400. virtual_spoolfile
3.401. wait_key
3.402. weed
3.403. wrap
3.404. wrap_headers
3.405. wrap_search
3.406. wrapmargin
3.407. write_bcc
3.408. write_inc
3.409. xlabel_delimiter
3.410. x_comment_to
3.411. collapse_all
4. Functions
4.1. Generic Menu
4.2. Index Menu
4.3. Pager Menu
4.4. Alias Menu
4.5. Query Menu
4.6. Attachment Menu
4.7. Compose Menu
4.8. Postpone Menu
4.9. Browser Menu
4.10. Pgp Menu
4.11. Smime Menu
4.12. Mixmaster Menu
4.13. Editor Menu
10. Miscellany
1. Acknowledgements
2. About This Document
List of Tables
1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms
2.1. sidebar_format
2.2. sidebar_format
2.3. Sidebar Color Priority
2.4. Config Changes
2.5. Most common navigation keys in entry-based menus
2.6. Most common navigation keys in page-based menus
2.7. Most common line editor keys
2.8. Most common message index keys
2.9. Message status flags
2.10. Message recipient flags
2.11. Most common pager keys
2.12. ANSI escape sequences
2.13. Color sequences
2.14. Most common thread mode keys
2.15. Most common mail sending keys
2.16. Most common compose menu keys
2.17. PGP key menu flags
3.1. Mutt config file search order
3.2. Mutt system config file locations
3.3. Mutt user config file locations
3.4. Symbolic key names
4.1. POSIX regular expression character classes
4.2. Regular expression repetition operators
4.3. GNU regular expression extensions
4.4. Pattern modifiers
4.5. Relative Message Number Ranges
4.6. Message Number Shortcuts
4.7. Absolute Message Number Ranges
4.8. Simple search keywords
4.9. Date units
4.10. GMail Example Patterns
4.11. Mailbox shortcuts
5.1. Supported MIME types
6.1. compose-to-sender Functions
6.2. Not all Hooks are Required
6.3. Potential Formatting Scheme
6.4. Date Formatting Codes
6.5. Example Date Tests
6.6. Example 1
6.7. Example 2
6.8. encrypt-self Variables
6.9. forgotten-attachment Variables
6.10. Index Colors
6.11. Keywords Variables
6.12. Keyword Functions
6.13. Keywords Sort
6.14. Limit-Current-Thread Functions
6.15. New Mail Command Variables
6.16. NNTP Variables
6.17. NNTP Functions
6.18. Notmuch Variables
6.19. Notmuch Functions
6.20. Index Colors
6.21. Progress Colors
6.22. Quasi-Delete Functions
6.23. Reply With X-Original-To Variables
6.24. Sidebar Variables
6.25. Sidebar Functions
6.26. Sidebar Colors
6.27. Sidebar Sort
6.28. Skip-Quoted Variables
6.29. Status Colors
6.30. Trash Variables
6.31. Trash Functions
9.1. Command line options
9.2. Default Generic Menu Bindings
9.3. Default Index Menu Bindings
9.4. Default Pager Menu Bindings
9.5. Default Alias Menu Bindings
9.6. Default Query Menu Bindings
9.7. Default Attachment Menu Bindings
9.8. Default Compose Menu Bindings
9.9. Default Postpone Menu Bindings
9.10. Default Browser Menu Bindings
9.11. Default Pgp Menu Bindings
9.12. Default Smime Menu Bindings
9.13. Default Mixmaster Menu Bindings
9.14. Default Editor Menu Bindings
List of Examples
3.1. Multiple configuration commands per line
3.2. Commenting configuration files
3.3. Escaping quotes in configuration files
3.4. Splitting long configuration commands over several lines
3.5. Using external command's output in configuration files
3.6. Using environment variables in configuration files
3.7. Configuring external alias files
3.8. Setting sort method based on mailbox name
3.9. Header weeding
3.10. Configuring header display order
3.11. Defining custom headers
3.12. Using %-expandos in + mailto:-style Links
4. External Applications

8. Performance Tuning

1. Reading and Writing Mailboxes
2. Reading Messages from Remote Folders
3. Searching and Limiting

9. Reference

1. Command-Line Options

2. Configuration Commands

3. Configuration Variables

3.1. abort_noattach
3.2. abort_nosubject
3.3. abort_unmodified
3.4. alias_file
3.5. alias_format
3.6. allow_8bit
3.7. allow_ansi
3.8. arrow_cursor
3.9. ascii_chars
3.10. askbcc
3.11. askcc
3.12. ask_follow_up
3.13. ask_x_comment_to
3.14. assumed_charset
3.15. attach_charset
3.16. attach_format
3.17. attach_keyword
3.18. attach_sep
3.19. attach_split
3.20. attribution
3.21. attribution_locale
3.22. auto_tag
3.23. autoedit
3.24. beep
3.25. beep_new
3.26. bounce
3.27. bounce_delivered
3.28. braille_friendly
3.29. catchup_newsgroup
3.30. certificate_file
3.31. charset
3.32. check_mbox_size
3.33. check_new
3.34. collapse_unread
3.35. collapse_flagged
3.36. compose_format
3.37. config_charset
3.38. confirmappend
3.39. confirmcreate
3.40. connect_timeout
3.41. content_type
3.42. copy
3.43. crypt_autoencrypt
3.44. crypt_autopgp
3.45. crypt_autosign
3.46. crypt_autosmime
3.47. crypt_confirmhook
3.48. crypt_opportunistic_encrypt
3.49. crypt_replyencrypt
3.50. crypt_replysign
3.51. crypt_replysignencrypted
3.52. crypt_timestamp
3.53. crypt_use_gpgme
3.54. crypt_use_pka
3.55. crypt_verify_sig
3.56. date_format
3.57. default_hook
3.58. delete
3.59. delete_untag
3.60. digest_collapse
3.61. display_filter
3.62. dsn_notify
3.63. dsn_return
3.64. duplicate_threads
3.65. edit_headers
3.66. editor
3.67. empty_subject
3.68. encode_from
3.69. entropy_file
3.70. envelope_from_address
3.71. escape
3.72. fast_reply
3.73. fcc_attach
3.74. fcc_clear
3.75. flag_safe
3.76. folder
3.77. folder_format
3.78. followup_to
3.79. followup_to_poster
3.80. force_name
3.81. forward_attribution_intro
3.82. forward_attribution_trailer
3.83. forward_decode
3.84. forward_decrypt
3.85. forward_edit
3.86. forward_format
3.87. forward_quote
3.88. forward_references
3.89. from
3.90. from_chars
3.91. gecos_mask
3.92. group_index_format
3.93. hdrs
3.94. header
3.95. header_cache
3.96. header_cache_backend
3.97. header_cache_compress
3.98. header_cache_pagesize
3.99. header_color_partial
3.100. help
3.101. hidden_host
3.102. hide_limited
3.103. hide_missing
3.104. hide_thread_subject
3.105. hide_top_limited
3.106. hide_top_missing
3.107. history
3.108. history_file
3.109. history_remove_dups
3.110. honor_disposition
3.111. honor_followup_to
3.112. hostname
3.113. idn_decode
3.114. idn_encode
3.115. ignore_linear_white_space
3.116. ignore_list_reply_to
3.117. show_multipart_alternative
3.118. imap_authenticators
3.119. imap_check_subscribed
3.120. imap_delim_chars
3.121. imap_headers
3.122. imap_idle
3.123. imap_keepalive
3.124. imap_list_subscribed
3.125. imap_login
3.126. imap_pass
3.127. imap_passive
3.128. imap_peek
3.129. imap_pipeline_depth
3.130. imap_poll_timeout
3.131. imap_servernoise
3.132. imap_user
3.133. implicit_autoview
3.134. include
3.135. include_onlyfirst
3.136. indent_string
3.137. index_format
3.138. inews
3.139. ispell
3.140. keep_flagged
3.141. keywords_legacy
3.142. keywords_standard
3.143. mail_check
3.144. mail_check_recent
3.145. mail_check_stats
3.146. mail_check_stats_interval
3.147. mailcap_path
3.148. mailcap_sanitize
3.149. maildir_header_cache_verify
3.150. maildir_trash
3.151. maildir_check_cur
3.152. mark_macro_prefix
3.153. mark_old
3.154. markers
3.155. mask
3.156. mbox
3.157. mbox_type
3.158. menu_context
3.159. menu_move_off
3.160. menu_scroll
3.161. message_cache_clean
3.162. message_cachedir
3.163. message_format
3.164. meta_key
3.165. metoo
3.166. mh_purge
3.167. mh_seq_flagged
3.168. mh_seq_replied
3.169. mh_seq_unseen
3.170. mime_forward
3.171. mime_forward_decode
3.172. mime_forward_rest
3.173. mime_subject
3.174. mix_entry_format
3.175. mixmaster
3.176. move
3.177. narrow_tree
3.178. net_inc
3.179. new_mail_command
3.180. news_cache_dir
3.181. news_server
3.182. newsgroups_charset
3.183. newsrc
3.184. nntp_authenticators
3.185. nntp_context
3.186. nntp_listgroup
3.187. nntp_load_description
3.188. nntp_user
3.189. nntp_pass
3.190. nntp_poll
3.191. nm_open_timeout
3.192. nm_default_uri
3.193. nm_hidden_tags
3.194. nm_exclude_tags
3.195. nm_unread_tag
3.196. nm_db_limit
3.197. nm_query_type
3.198. nm_record
3.199. nm_record_tags
3.200. nm_query_window_duration
3.201. nm_query_window_timebase
3.202. nm_query_window_current_search
3.203. nm_query_window_current_position
3.204. pager
3.205. pager_context
3.206. pager_format
3.207. pager_index_lines
3.208. pager_stop
3.209. pgp_auto_decode
3.210. pgp_autoinline
3.211. pgp_check_exit
3.212. pgp_clearsign_command
3.213. pgp_decode_command
3.214. pgp_decrypt_command
3.215. pgp_decryption_okay
3.216. pgp_encrypt_only_command
3.217. pgp_encrypt_sign_command
3.218. pgp_entry_format
3.219. pgp_export_command
3.220. pgp_getkeys_command
3.221. pgp_good_sign
3.222. pgp_ignore_subkeys
3.223. pgp_import_command
3.224. pgp_list_pubring_command
3.225. pgp_list_secring_command
3.226. pgp_long_ids
3.227. pgp_mime_auto
3.228. pgp_replyinline
3.229. pgp_retainable_sigs
3.230. pgp_self_encrypt
3.231. pgp_self_encrypt_as
3.232. pgp_show_unusable
3.233. pgp_sign_as
3.234. pgp_sign_command
3.235. pgp_sort_keys
3.236. pgp_strict_enc
3.237. pgp_timeout
3.238. pgp_use_gpg_agent
3.239. pgp_verify_command
3.240. pgp_verify_key_command
3.241. pipe_decode
3.242. pipe_sep
3.243. pipe_split
3.244. pop_auth_try_all
3.245. pop_authenticators
3.246. pop_checkinterval
3.247. pop_delete
3.248. pop_host
3.249. pop_last
3.250. pop_pass
3.251. pop_reconnect
3.252. pop_user
3.253. post_indent_string
3.254. post_moderated
3.255. postpone
3.256. postponed
3.257. postpone_encrypt
3.258. postpone_encrypt_as
3.259. preconnect
3.260. print
3.261. print_command
3.262. print_decode
3.263. print_split
3.264. prompt_after
3.265. query_command
3.266. query_format
3.267. quit
3.268. quote_regexp
3.269. read_inc
3.270. read_only
3.271. realname
3.272. recall
3.273. record
3.274. reflow_space_quotes
3.275. reflow_text
3.276. reflow_wrap
3.277. reply_regexp
3.278. reply_self
3.279. reply_to
3.280. reply_with_xorig
3.281. resolve
3.282. resume_draft_files
3.283. resume_edited_draft_files
3.284. reverse_alias
3.285. reverse_name
3.286. reverse_realname
3.287. rfc2047_parameters
3.288. save_address
3.289. save_empty
3.290. save_history
3.291. save_name
3.292. score
3.293. score_threshold_delete
3.294. score_threshold_flag
3.295. score_threshold_read
3.296. search_context
3.297. send_charset
3.298. sendmail
3.299. sendmail_wait
3.300. shell
3.301. save_unsubscribed
3.302. show_new_news
3.303. show_only_unread
3.304. sidebar_delim_chars
3.305. sidebar_divider_char
3.306. sidebar_folder_indent
3.307. sidebar_format
3.308. sidebar_indent_string
3.309. sidebar_new_mail_only
3.310. sidebar_next_new_wrap
3.311. sidebar_on_right
3.312. sidebar_short_path
3.313. sidebar_sort_method
3.314. sidebar_visible
3.315. sidebar_width
3.316. sig_dashes
3.317. sig_on_top
3.318. signature
3.319. simple_search
3.320. skip_quoted_offset
3.321. sleep_time
3.322. smart_wrap
3.323. smileys
3.324. smime_ask_cert_label
3.325. smime_ca_location
3.326. smime_certificates
3.327. smime_decrypt_command
3.328. smime_decrypt_use_default_key
3.329. smime_default_key
3.330. smime_encrypt_command
3.331. smime_encrypt_with
3.332. smime_get_cert_command
3.333. smime_get_cert_email_command
3.334. smime_get_signer_cert_command
3.335. smime_import_cert_command
3.336. smime_is_default
3.337. smime_keys
3.338. smime_pk7out_command
3.339. smime_self_encrypt
3.340. smime_self_encrypt_as
3.341. smime_sign_command
3.342. smime_sign_digest_alg
3.343. smime_timeout
3.344. smime_verify_command
3.345. smime_verify_opaque_command
3.346. smtp_authenticators
3.347. smtp_pass
3.348. smtp_url
3.349. sort
3.350. sort_alias
3.351. sort_aux
3.352. sort_browser
3.353. sort_re
3.354. spam_separator
3.355. spoolfile
3.356. ssl_ca_certificates_file
3.357. ssl_client_cert
3.358. ssl_force_tls
3.359. ssl_min_dh_prime_bits
3.360. ssl_starttls
3.361. ssl_use_sslv2
3.362. ssl_use_sslv3
3.363. ssl_use_tlsv1
3.364. ssl_use_tlsv1_1
3.365. ssl_use_tlsv1_2
3.366. ssl_usesystemcerts
3.367. ssl_verify_dates
3.368. ssl_verify_host
3.369. ssl_verify_partial_chains
3.370. ssl_ciphers
3.371. status_chars
3.372. status_format
3.373. status_on_top
3.374. strict_threads
3.375. suspend
3.376. text_flowed
3.377. thorough_search
3.378. thread_received
3.379. tilde
3.380. time_inc
3.381. timeout
3.382. tmpdir
3.383. to_chars
3.384. flag_chars
3.385. trash
3.386. ts_icon_format
3.387. ts_enabled
3.388. ts_status_format
3.389. tunnel
3.390. uncollapse_jump
3.391. uncollapse_new
3.392. use_8bitmime
3.393. use_domain
3.394. use_envelope_from
3.395. use_from
3.396. use_ipv6
3.397. user_agent
3.398. visual
3.399. vfolder_format
3.400. virtual_spoolfile
3.401. wait_key
3.402. weed
3.403. wrap
3.404. wrap_headers
3.405. wrap_search
3.406. wrapmargin
3.407. write_bcc
3.408. write_inc
3.409. xlabel_delimiter
3.410. x_comment_to
3.411. collapse_all

4. Functions

4.1. Generic Menu
4.2. Index Menu
4.3. Pager Menu
4.4. Alias Menu
4.5. Query Menu
4.6. Attachment Menu
4.7. Compose Menu
4.8. Postpone Menu
4.9. Browser Menu
4.10. Pgp Menu
4.11. Smime Menu
4.12. Mixmaster Menu
4.13. Editor Menu

10. Miscellany

1. Acknowledgements
2. About This Document

List of Tables

1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms
2.1. sidebar_format
2.2. sidebar_format
2.3. Sidebar Color Priority
2.4. Config Changes
2.5. Most common navigation keys in entry-based menus
2.6. Most common navigation keys in page-based menus
2.7. Most common line editor keys
2.8. Most common message index keys
2.9. Message status flags
2.10. Message recipient flags
2.11. Most common pager keys
2.12. ANSI escape sequences
2.13. Color sequences
2.14. Most common thread mode keys
2.15. Most common mail sending keys
2.16. Most common compose menu keys
2.17. PGP key menu flags
3.1. Mutt config file search order
3.2. Mutt system config file locations
3.3. Mutt user config file locations
3.4. Symbolic key names
4.1. POSIX regular expression character classes
4.2. Regular expression repetition operators
4.3. GNU regular expression extensions
4.4. Pattern modifiers
4.5. Relative Message Number Ranges
4.6. Message Number Shortcuts
4.7. Absolute Message Number Ranges
4.8. Simple search keywords
4.9. Date units
4.10. GMail Example Patterns
4.11. Mailbox shortcuts
5.1. Supported MIME types
6.1. compose-to-sender Functions
6.2. Not all Hooks are Required
6.3. Potential Formatting Scheme
6.4. Date Formatting Codes
6.5. Example Date Tests
6.6. Example 1
6.7. Example 2
6.8. encrypt-self Variables
6.9. forgotten-attachment Variables
6.10. Index Colors
6.11. Keywords Variables
6.12. Keyword Functions
6.13. Keywords Sort
6.14. Limit-Current-Thread Functions
6.15. New Mail Command Variables
6.16. NNTP Variables
6.17. NNTP Functions
6.18. Notmuch Variables
6.19. Notmuch Functions
6.20. Index Colors
6.21. Progress Colors
6.22. Quasi-Delete Functions
6.23. Reply With X-Original-To Variables
6.24. Sidebar Variables
6.25. Sidebar Functions
6.26. Sidebar Colors
6.27. Sidebar Sort
6.28. Skip-Quoted Variables
6.29. Status Colors
6.30. Trash Variables
6.31. Trash Functions
9.1. Command line options
9.2. Default Generic Menu Bindings
9.3. Default Index Menu Bindings
9.4. Default Pager Menu Bindings
9.5. Default Alias Menu Bindings
9.6. Default Query Menu Bindings
9.7. Default Attachment Menu Bindings
9.8. Default Compose Menu Bindings
9.9. Default Postpone Menu Bindings
9.10. Default Browser Menu Bindings
9.11. Default Pgp Menu Bindings
9.12. Default Smime Menu Bindings
9.13. Default Mixmaster Menu Bindings
9.14. Default Editor Menu Bindings

List of Examples

3.1. Multiple configuration commands per line
3.2. Commenting configuration files
3.3. Escaping quotes in configuration files
3.4. Splitting long configuration commands over several lines
3.5. Using external command's output in configuration files
3.6. Using environment variables in configuration files
3.7. Configuring external alias files
3.8. Setting sort method based on mailbox name
3.9. Header weeding
3.10. Configuring header display order
3.11. Defining custom headers
3.12. Using %-expandos in save-hook
3.13. Embedding push in folder-hook
3.14. Configuring spam detection
3.15. Using user-defined variables for config file @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ %*- Pad with spaces %?N?%N/?- If new emails %N/, otherwise nothing - %S- Total number of emails

Table 2.1. sidebar_format

Format Notes Description

%B Name of the mailbox

%S * † Size of mailbox (total number of messages)

%F * † Number of Flagged messages in the mailbox

%N * † Number of New messages in the mailbox

If there's new mail, display + %S- Total number of emails

Table 2.1. sidebar_format

Format	Notes	Description
%B		Name of the mailbox
%S	* †	Size of mailbox (total number of messages)
%F	* †	Number of Flagged messages in the mailbox
%N	* †	Number of New messages in the mailbox
%n	*	If there's new mail, display “N”, otherwise nothing
%!		“!”: one flagged message; “!!”: two flagged messages; @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ “X”
%*X		Soft-fill with character “X” as pad

* = Can be optionally printed if nonzero

† = To use this expandos, you must first:

set mail_check_stats

‡ = Only applicable to the current folder

Here are some examples. They show the number of (F)lagged, - (N)ew and (S)ize.

Table 2.2. sidebar_format

Format Example

+ (N)ew and (S)ize.

Table 2.2. sidebar_format

Format Example

%B%?F? [%F]?%* %?N?%N/?%S

mailbox [F]            N/S

@@ -9709,7 +9709,7 @@ In case the text cannot be converted into one of these exactly, mutt uses $charset as a fallback.

3.298. sendmail

Type: path
-Default: “/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi”

+Default: “sendmail -oem -oi”

3.298. sendmail

Type: path
-Default: “/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi”

+Default: “sendmail -oem -oi”

Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt. Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional arguments as recipient addresses. 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