Talk:Mutt (e-mail client)

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Disclosure: While I have seen people use "foo sucks less", it could be just a local phenomenon. I'd best use google at some point to see if it's mainstream. Kim Bruning 09:56, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Lupin 18:04, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

MUTT is a mail reading program for UNIX. It is a gift from the gods. It replaces the aging elm with better features but retains the fast and efficient interface. It is _not_ like pine, which forces one to wade through screens of menus before one can begin reading mail.

For true satisfaction and glory, combine Mutt with Vim, the modern version of vi.

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[edit] NNTP

> Mutt supports most mail formats (notably both mbox and Maildir) and protocols (POP3, IMAP, NNTP etc). Does mutt really support NNTP natively ? I think tou need a patch for that.

[edit] How to convert attachments formatted with MicroSoft to plain ASCII text

In mutt how do you convert attachments formatted with MicroSoft to plain ASCII text?...

That is not a function of the mailer. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Documentation

I do not think that "Sven Guckes is the creator of the documentation." is strictly accurate, although Sven has written a lot of good and interesting stuff.Bduke 11:10, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interface

Is it worth mentioning that the text mode UI is useful for people who read mail on a remote server via SSH? Pjc51 10:54, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] smtp support

Mutt is a pure Mail User Agent (MUA) and cannot send e-mail in isolation

That's no longer true I'd say. As of 1.5.16, mutt sports a simple smtp solution, reflected by the muttrc setting 'set smtp_url=...'

From 1.5.15 I think. --Bduke 11:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it uses the esmtp library to have a built-in SMTP server. --ThomasAdam 19:13, 16 August 2007 (BST) ThomasAdam 18:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] acronym expansion

Does anyone know if MUTT is an acronym? If not, why does this email client have this weird name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.161.12.244 (talk) 13:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

"Though written from scratch, Mutt's initial interface was based largely on the ELM mail client. To a large extent, Mutt is still very ELM-like in presentation of information in menus (and in fact, ELM users will find it quite painless to switch as the default key bindings are identical). As development progressed, features found in other popular clients such as PINE and MUSH have been added, the result being a hybrid, or "mutt."" - http://www.mutt.org/#features —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.49.200 (talk) 21:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mutt screenshot

The current mutt's screenshot shows a link that leads to a pornographic website. Should it be removed? --213.140.19.123 (talk) 00:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)