![]() ![]() Most of the text in the introduction is ripped from Wikipedia. Mutt is a text-based email client for Unix-like systems. It was originally written by Michael Elkins in 1995 and released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version. The Mutt slogan is “All mail clients suck. Mutt supports most mail storing formats (notably mbox and Maildir) and protocols (POP3, IMAP, etc.). It also includes MIME support, notably full PGP/GPG and S/MIME integration. Mutt was originally designed as a Mail User Agent (MUA) and relied on the locally accessible mailbox and sendmail infrastructure. According to the Mutt homepage, “though written from scratch, Mutt’s initial interface was based largely on the ELM mail client.” New to Mutt were message scoring and threading capabilities. Later, support for fetching and sending email via various protocols such as POP3, IMAP, and SMTP was added. However, Mutt still relies on external tools for composing and filtering messages. Mutt has hundreds of configuration directives and commands. It allows for changing all the key bindings and making keyboard macros for complex actions and the colors and layout of most of the interface. Through variants of a concept known as “hooks,” many of its settings can be changed based on criteria such as current mailbox or outgoing message recipients. Mutt supports an optional sidebar, similar to those often found in graphical mail clients. There are also many patches and extensions available that add functionality, such as NNTP support. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |