neomutt - The NeoMutt Mail User Agent (MUA)
neomutt |
[-Enx] [-e
command] [-F config]
[-H draft]
[-i include]
[-b address]
[-c address]
[-s subject] [-a file
[...] --] address [...] |
neomutt |
[-nx] [-e
command] [-F config]
[-b address]
[-c address]
[-s subject] [-a file
[...] --] address [...] < message |
neomutt |
[-nRy] [-e
command] [-F config]
[-f mailbox]
[-m type] |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-A alias |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-B |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-D [-S] |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-d level -l file |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-G |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-g server |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-p |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-Q variable |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-Z |
neomutt |
[-n] [-e
command] [-F config]
-z [-f mailbox] |
NeoMutt 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 NeoMutt's
command line options. You should find a copy of the full manual in
/usr/share/doc/neomutt, in plain text, HTML, and/or PDF format.
- --
- Special argument forces NeoMutt to stop option parsing and treat remaining
arguments as addresses even if they start with a dash
- -A alias
- Print an expanded version of the given alias to stdout and
exit
- -a file
- Attach one or more files to a message (must be the last option).
Add any addresses after the '--' argument, e.g.:
-
neomutt -a image.jpg -- address1
neomutt -a image.jpg *.png -- address1 address2
- -B
- Run in batch mode (do not start the ncurses UI)
- -b address
- Specify a blind carbon copy (Bcc) recipient
- -c address
- Specify a carbon copy (Cc) recipient
- -D
- Dump all configuration variables as 'name=value' pairs to
stdout
- -D -S
- Like -D, but hide the value of sensitive variables
- -d level
- Log debugging output to a file (default is
"~/.neomuttdebug0"). The level can range from
1–5 and affects verbosity (a value of 2 is recommended)
- Using this option along with -l is useful to log the early startup
process (before reading any configuration and hence $debug_level and
$debug_file)
- -E
- Edit draft (-H) or include (-i) file during
message composition
- -e command
- Specify a command to be run after reading the config files
- -F config
- Specify an alternative initialization file to read, see FILES
section below for a list of regular configuration files
- -f mailbox
- Specify a mailbox (as defined with mailboxes command) to
load
- -G
- Start NeoMutt with a listing of subscribed newsgroups
- -g server
- Like -G, but start at specified news server
- -H draft
- Specify a draft file with header and body for message
composing
- -h
- Print this help message and exit
- -i include
- Specify an include file to be embedded in the body of a
message
- -l file
- Specify a file for debugging output (default
"~/.neomuttdebug0")
- This overrules $debug_file setting and NeoMutt keeps up to five debug logs
({ file | $debug_file | ~/.neomuttdebug
}[0-4]) before override the oldest file
- -m type
- Specify a default mailbox format type for newly created
folders
- The type is either MH, MMDF, Maildir or mbox
(case-insensitive)
- -n
- Do not read the system-wide configuration file
- -p
- Resume a prior postponed message, if any
- -Q variable
- Query a configuration variable and print its value to stdout (after
the config has been read and any commands executed)
- -R
- Open mailbox in read-only mode
- -s subject
- Specify a subject (must be enclosed in quotes if it has
spaces)
- -v
- Print the NeoMutt version and compile-time definitions and exit
- -vv
- Print the NeoMutt license and copyright information and exit
- -y
- Start NeoMutt with a listing of all defined mailboxes
- -Z
- Open the first mailbox with new message or exit immediately with exit code
1 if none is found in all defined mailboxes
- -z
- Open the first or specified (-f) mailbox if it holds any message or
exit immediately with exit code 1 otherwise
- EDITOR
- Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset. Defaults to the
Vi editor if unset.
- EGDSOCKET
- For OpenSSL since version 0.9.5, files, mentioned at RANDFILE
below, can be Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) sockets. Also, and if exists,
~/.entropy and /tmp/entropy will be used to initialize SSL
library functions. Specified sockets must be owned by the user and have
permission of 600 (octal number representing).
- EMAIL
- The user's email address.
- HOME
- Full path of the user's home directory.
- MAIL
- Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
- MAILCAPS
- Path to search for mailcap files. If unset, a RFC1524 compliant search
path that is extended with NeoMutt related paths (at position two and
three):
"$HOME/.mailcap:/usr/share/neomutt/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap"
will be used instead.
- MAILDIR
- Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset. Commonly
used when the spool mailbox is a maildir(5) folder.
- MM_NOASK
- If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompting
first.
- NNTPSERVER
- Similar to configuration variable $news_server, specifies the domain name
or address of the default NNTP server to connect. If unset,
/etc/nntpserver is used but can be overridden by command line
option -g.
- RANDFILE
- Like configuration variable $entropy_file, defines a path to a file which
includes random data that is used to initialize SSL library functions. If
unset, ~/.rnd is used. DO NOT store important data in the specified
file.
- REPLYTO
- When set, specifies the default Reply-To address.
- TEXTDOMAINDIR
- Defines an absolute path corresponding to /usr/share/locale that
will be recognised by GNU gettext(1) and used for Native Language
Support (NLS) if enabled.
- TMPDIR
- Directory in which temporary files are created. Defaults to /tmp if
unset. Configuration variable $tmpdir takes precedence over this one.
- VISUAL
- Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
- XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
- Specifies a X Desktop Group (XDG) compliant location for the system-wide
configuration file, as described in FILES section below. This
variable defaults to /etc/xdg. Bypass loading with command line
option -n.
- XDG_CONFIG_HOME
- Specifies a XDG compliant location for the user-specific configuration
file, as described in FILES section below. This variable defaults
to $HOME/.config. Can be overridden by command line option
-F.
Configuration files
NeoMutt will read just the first found configuration file of
system-wide and user-specific category, from the list below and in that
order.
But it allows building of a recursive configuration by using the
source command.
| #N |
system-wide |
user-specific |
| 1 |
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/neomutt/neomuttrc |
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neomutt/neomuttrc |
| 2 |
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/neomutt/Muttrc *) |
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neomutt/muttrc |
| 3 |
/etc/neomuttrc |
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/neomuttrc |
| 4 |
/etc/Muttrc *) |
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc |
| 5 |
/usr/share/neomutt/neomuttrc |
~/.neomutt/neomuttrc |
| 6 |
/usr/share/neomutt/Muttrc *) |
~/.neomutt/muttrc |
| 7 |
— |
~/.mutt/neomuttrc |
| 8 |
— |
~/.mutt/muttrc |
| 9 |
— |
~/.neomuttrc |
| 10 |
— |
~/.muttrc |
| *) Note the case of the filename |
Other relevant files
Unless otherwise stated, NeoMutt will process all grouped files in
the order (from top to bottom) as they are specified in that listing.
- ~/.mailcap
- /etc/mailcap
- User-specific and system-wide definitions for handling non-text MIME
types, look at environment variable MAILCAPS above for additional
search locations.
- ~/.neomuttdebug0
- User's default debug log file. For further details or customising file
path see command line options -d and -l above.
- /etc/mime.types
- /etc/mime.types
- /usr/share/neomutt/mime.types
- ~/.mime.types
- Description files for simple plain text mapping between MIME types and
filename extensions. NeoMutt parses these files in the stated order while
processing attachments to determine their MIME type.
- /usr/share/doc/neomutt/manual.{html,pdf,txt}
- The full NeoMutt manual in HTML, PDF or plain text format.
- /tmp/neomutt-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
- Temporary files created by NeoMutt. For custom locations look at
description of the environment variable TMPDIR above. Notice that
the suffix -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX is just a placeholder for, e.g.
hostname, user name/ID, process ID and/or other random data.
See issue tracker at
<https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues>.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
gettext(1), msmtp(1), notmuch(1),
sendmail(1), smail(1), RAND_egd(3), curses(3),
ncurses(3), mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5),
neomuttrc(5).
For further NeoMutt information:
- • the full manual, see FILES section above
- • the home page, <https://neomutt.org>
Michael Elkins, and others. Use <neomutt-devel@neomutt.org>
to contact the developers.