I have now successfully set up mutt as my email client, but have three
issues remaining. They are listed below in order of increasing
seriousness.
1) I have successfully set up macros for limiting the number of emails
I see, but would like to be able to have a default limiting expression
for when I first start mutt.
2) I have placed all my emails in one maildir structure but would like
to back them up independently. I.e. 'cp'ing them only if the sender or
receiver had a particular address. This would have to be scriptable.
3) I have set up several configuration files and made a maildir
structure but feel uncomfortable leaving my emails settings, e.g.
passwords, and messages in plain text files that anyone could read. I
have nothing to hide but feel this is insecure.
To clarify the programs I have installed to manage my mail are: mutt
(obviously), getmail, procmail, and msmtp. I would very much appreciate
any help possible, as the last issue especially is a BIG problem.
For the benefit of those reading this I will attach a copy of my .muttrc
rather than uploading it. Also for those wondering, explicitly setting my
from address to an empty string did not work as expected, instead mutt
very incorrectly guessed my address based on my login name and the name
of the computer I was working at. However this did not matter as by not
specifying a default account for msmtp I receive an error whenever
trying to send an email without explicitly setting the from address.
Finally a thank you in advance to anyone who can help :-).
# character set on messages that we send
set send_charset=utf-8
# if there is no character set given on incoming messages, it is probably
windows
set assumed_charset=iso-8859-1
# make sure Vim knows mutt is a mail client and that we compose an UTF-8
encoded message
set editor=vim -c 'set syntax=mail ft=mail enc=utf-8'
# Tell mutt to use maildir format
set mbox_type=Maildir
# just scroll one line instead of full page
set menu_scroll=yes
# enable mailcap file
set mailcap_path=~/.mutt/mailcap
# we want to see some MIME types inline, see below this code listing for
explanation
auto_view text/html
auto_view application/msword
auto_view application/pdf
# make default search pattern to search in To, Cc and Subject
set simple_search=~f %s | ~C %s | ~s %s
# threading preferences, sort by threads
set sort=threads
set strict_threads=yes
# show spam score (from SpamAssassin only) when reading a message
spam X-Spam-Score: ([0-9\\.]+).* SA: %1
set pager_format = %C - %[%H:%M] %.20v, %s%* %?H? [%H] ?
# do not show all headers, just a few
ignore *
unignoreFrom To Cc Bcc Date Subject
# and in this order
unhdr_order *
hdr_order From: To: Cc: Bcc: Date: Subject:
# brighten up stuff with colours, for more colouring examples see:
# http://aperiodic.net/phil/configs/mutt/colors
color normal white black
color hdrdefault green default
color quoted green default
color quoted1 yellow default
color quoted2 reddefault
color signature cyan default
color indicator brightyellow red
color error brightred default
color status brightwhiteblue
color treebrightmagenta black
color tilde blue default
color attachment brightyellow default
color markers brightred default
color message white black
color search brightwhitemagenta
color boldbrightyellow default
# if you don't like the black progress bar at the bottom of the screen,
# comment out the following line
color progresswhite black
# spell-checking
set ispell=aspell -e -c
# personality settings
set sendmail='/usr/bin/msmtp'
set reverse_name
set realname = [CENSORED]
unset from
set use_envelope_from
alternates ^[CENSORED]$
alternates ^[CENSORED]$
alternates ^[CENSORED]$
alternates -group [CENSORED] ^[CENSORED]$ ^[CENSORED]$
# this file must exist, and contains your signature, comment it out if
# you don't want a signature to be used
## set signature = ~/.signature
# aliases (sort of address book)
set alias_file=/data/mail/aliases
set sort_alias=alias
set reverse_alias=yes
source $alias_file
# account settings
set folder=/data/mail
set spoolfile=+.Inbox
set mask=!^\\.[^.]
set record=+.Sent
set postponed=+.Drafts
# use headercache for IMAP (make sure this is a directory for performance!)
set header_cache=/tmp/.mutt
# mailboxes we want to monitor for new mail
mailboxes ! `\
for file in /data/mail/.*; do \
box=$(basename $file); \
if [ ! $box = '.' -a ! $box = '..' -a ! $box = '.customflags' \
-a ! $box = '.subscriptions' ]; then \
echo -n \+$box\ ; \
fi; \
done`
# mailboxes =
# mailboxes =Lists
# mailing lists we are on (these are regexps!)
## subscribe gentoo-.*@gentoo\\.org
# Macros
macro index,pager c change-folder?toggle-mailboxes open a different
folder
# macro pager c change-folder?toggle-mailboxes open a
