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]  [-a  file] [-F file] [-H file] [-i
       file] [-s subj] [-b addr] [-c addr] addr [...]

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

       mutt -v[v]

DESCRIPTION
       Mutt is a small but very powerful text based  program  for
       reading  electronic  mail  under  unix  operating systems,
       including support color terminals, 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  mes-
              sage.

       -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 speci-
              fied 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,  or
              exit immediately if none.

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.  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 mes-
              sages.

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  exten-
              sions.

       /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock
              The privileged dotlocking program.

       /usr/local/doc/mutt/manual.txt
              The Mutt manual.

BUGS
       None.  Mutts have fleas, not bugs.

FLEAS
       Suspend/resume  while editing a file with an external edi-
       tor 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.guug.de/.   To  report  a  bug, please use the
       flea(1) program.

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),  flea(1),  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

       The GNU General Public License.

AUTHOR
       Michael Elkins, and others.   Use    to
       contact the developers.



Unix                        June 2001                     mutt(1)