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NAME
       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
SYNOPSIS
       mutt  [-nRyzZ] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-m type] [-f mailbox]
       mutt  [-Enx] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-H draft] [-i include]
             [-b bcc-addr] [-c cc-addr] [-s subject]
             [-a file ... --] to-addr ...
       mutt  [-nx] [-e command] [-F rcfile] [-b bcc-addr] [-c cc-addr]
             [-s subject] [-a file ... --] to-addr ... < message
       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -p
       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -A alias
       mutt  [-n] [-e command] [-F rcfile] -Q variable
       mutt  -v[v]
       mutt  -D
DESCRIPTION
       Mutt  is  a  small but very powerful text based program for reading and
       sending electronic mail under unix operating systems, including support
       for color terminals, MIME, OpenPGP, and a threaded sorting mode.
       Note:  This  manual  page gives a brief overview of the mutt executable
       command line options.   A  copy  of  the  full  manual  is  located  in
       /usr/share/doc/mutt, in text, HTML, and/or PDF format.  Please refer to
       the manual to learn how to use and configure Mutt.
OPTIONS
       -A alias
              Print an expanded version of the given alias and exit.
       -a file ...
              Attach a file using MIME.  Separating file and to-addr arguments
              with "--" is mandatory.  For example:
                  mutt -a image.jpg -- to-addr
                  mutt -a img.jpg *.png -- to-addr-1 to-addr-2
              The -a option must be placed at the end of command line options.
       -b bcc-addr
              Specify a blind carbon copy (BCC) address.
       -c cc-addr
              Specify a carbon copy (CC) address.
       -d level
              If  Mutt  was  compiled  with  +DEBUG  log  debugging  output to
              ~/.muttdebug0.  Level can range from 1-5 and effects  verbosity.
              A value of 2 is recommended.
       -D     Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.
       -E     Edit the draft file specified by -H or include file specified by
              -i during message composition.
       -e command
              Specify a configuration command to be run  after  processing  of
              initialization files.
       -f mailbox
              Specify a mailbox to load.
       -F rcfile
              Use rcfile instead of the user configuration file.
       -h     Display a short option summary and exit.
       -H draft
              Specify  a  draft  file which contains header and body to use to
              send a message.  If draft is "-", then data is read from stdin.
       -i include
              Specify an include file to be inserted into the body of  a  mes-
              sage.   Ignored  if  -H is set.  If include is "-", then data is
              read from stdin.
       -m type
              Specify a default mailbox type for newly created  folders.   Can
              be  one  of  the following: mbox, MMDF, MH or Maildir.  See also
              $mbox_type in the manual.
       -n     Do not read the system-wide Muttrc configuration file.
       -p     Resume a postponed message.  Exit immediately if  there  are  no
              postponed messages.
       -Q variable
              Query  a  configuration  variable.  The query is performed after
              all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands given
              on the command line have been executed.
       -R     Open a mailbox in read-only mode.
       -s subject
              Specify  the subject of the message.  Must be enclosed in quotes
              if it contains spaces.
       -v     Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.
       -vv    Display license and copyright information.
       -x     Emulate the mailx(1) compose mode.
       -y     Start Mutt with a listing of  all  mailboxes  specified  by  the
              mailboxes configuration command.
       -z     Exit immediately with code 1 if mailbox specified by -f does not
              contain any messages.
       -Z     Open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes  configuration
              command  which  contains new mail.  Exit immediately with code 1
              if there is no new mail in any of them.
       --     Treat remaining arguments as to-addr even if they start  with  a
              dash.   See  also  -a  above.  To-addr can be a local or network
              mail address as well as mailto: URL.
ENVIRONMENT
       EDITOR, VISUAL
              Specifies the editor to use when composing  messages.   If  both
              EDITOR  and VISUAL are set, VISUAL takes precedence.  If neither
              EDITOR nor VISUAL are set, the default is vi(1).
       EGDSOCKET, RANDFILE
              Paths used to initialize the random engine for SSL library.
       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 if MAIL  is  unset.   Com-
              monly 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 prompt-
              ing first.
       PGPPATH
              Directory in which the user's PGP public keyring can  be  found.
              When   used   with   the   original   PGP   program,   mutt  and
              mutt_pgpring(1) rely on this being set.
       REPLYTO
              Default Reply-To address.
       TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created.  If unset,  /tmp
              is used.  See also $tmpdir configuration variable.
       LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG
              Used to determine charset and locale to use.
       TEXTDOMAINDIR
              Directory containing translation files.  If set, this path over-
              write the Mutt installation directory.  Used for testing  trans-
              lation changes.
FILES
       ~/.muttrc
       ~/.mutt/muttrc
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc
              User configuration files.
       /etc/Muttrc
              System-wide configuration file.
       /tmp/muttXXXXXX
              Temporary files created by Mutt.
       ~/.muttdebug0
              File  containing  debugging output.  Log files are automatically
              rotated by mutt changing the number at the end.  See  -d  option
              above.
       ~/.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 extensions.
       /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
              The privileged dotlocking program.
       /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt
              The Mutt manual.
BUGS
       None.  Mutts have fleas, not bugs.
FLEAS
       Suspend/resume  while  editing  a file with an external editor 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 bind-
       ings 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      https://git-
       lab.com/muttmua/mutt/issues.
NO WARRANTIES
       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
       Public License for more details.
SEE ALSO
       mutt_dotlock(1), mutt_pgpring(1), pgpewrap(1),  sendmail(1),  smail(1),
       smime_keys(1),  curses(3), ncurses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5),
       mmdf(5), muttrc(5)
       Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
       The Mutt manual
AUTHOR
       Michael Elkins, and others.  Use  <mutt-dev AT mutt.org>  to  contact  the
       developers.
Unix                             July 24, 2020                         MUTT(1)