Mutt Configuration Commands

alias
alternates
ignore
lists
my_hdr
sort
source

alias

Usage: alias <name> <address> [ , <address2>, ... ]

This command allows you to create shortcuts for addresses when sending e-mail.

Example: alias me me@cs.hmc.edu (Michael R. Elkins)

You can then use the alias in a TO:, CC: or BCC: field and it will be expanded to the full address. Note: If you specify more than one address in an alias, they must be separated by a comma (,).

alternates

Usage: alternates <address1> [ <address2> ... ]

This command allows you to specify alternate addresses at which you receive mail.

ignore

Usage: ignore <keyword1> [ <keyword2> ... ]

This command is to weed out message headers which you don't care about seeing when a message is displayed. You may specify one or more full or partial header keywords per ignore command.

Example:

	ignore content- resent-
	ignore message-id

lists

Usage: lists <list1> [ <list2> [ ... <listN> ] ]

You can use this command to tell Mutt which mailing-lists you subscribe to. Mutt will then display the name of the mailing list on the index screen instead of who sent the message. It will also tell you whether or not the message was "To" or "Cc"'d to the list. NOTE: you should only specify the "mailbox" portion of the address. DO NOT include the part after the "@", or else this will not work as you expect.

Example:

	lists pgp-mime rem-conf

my_hdr

Usage: my_hdr header

This command allows you to specify your own headers which will be added to all outgoing messages.

Example:

	my_hdr Reply-To: me@cs.hmc.edu

Note that you can do things like

	my_hdr Bcc: me@cs.hmc.edu

to automatically Bcc a copy of all your outgoing messages to yourself (most people chose to use the "outbox" variable to save copies of their outgoing mail, but this is also an option).

sort

Usage: sort method

This command controls how Mutt will sort your mail in the index menu. There are several sort methods:

date-sent: Sort by the date the message was sent.
date-received: Sort by the date the message was received (i.e., when it was put in your mailbox).
from: Sort by author's e-mail address.
size: Sort by the size of the message.
subject: Sort by the subject of the message.

In addition, the keyword reverse- may be prepended to the method to produce reverse sorting.

Examples:

	sort subject

	sort reverse-date-sent

The default is to sort by date.

source

Usage: source filename

This command allows you to include the contents of another rc file.

Example: source ~/.mail_aliases