email-client/mutt

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  • http://www.mutt.org/

Used to manage email boxes.

install mutt

# debian based
$ sudo apt install mutt msmtp isync abook
# gentoo based
$ sudo emerge -av mutt msmtp isync abook

Configure $HOME/.mutt

$ mkdir .mutt
$ cd .mutt
$ touch muttrc 

Configure $HOME/.mutt/muttrc file

set imap_user = user@mail.org
set imap_pass =`pass show user@mail.org`
set realname = username
set from = "user@mail.org"
set folder = imaps://imap.mail.org
set smtp_url = smtps://user@mail.org@smtp.mail.org
set ssl_force_tls = yes
set spoolfile = +INBOX
set record = "+Sent"
set postponed = "+Drafts"
set trash = "+Trash"
set editor = "vim"
set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"

Configure $HOME/.msmtprc

defaults
port 597
tls on
tls_certcheck on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
account my-email
host smtp.email.org
from user@mail.org
auth on
user user@mail.org
account default : my-email
passwd `pass show user@mail.org`