Mutt Home Page
"The Mongrel of Mail User Agents"
Features
- Curses interface
- Xterm mouse support! (with ncurses)
- Supports mbox and MMDF style folders.
- MIME support, including nice attachment menus.
- Supports RFC1522 encoding/decoding of (8-bit) message headers.
- Allows variable "quote" strings when replying to a message based upon
sender info.
- Allows inclusion of multiple messages in a single reply or forward.
- .mailrc-style configuration file
There is also a US-only version which also contains the following:
- PGP/MIME support
- Mixmaster remailer support
The best way to describe this mail user agent is to say that it's a hybrid,
or "mutt", consisting of features from various other curses-based e-mail
clients. It is largely based on Elm, but hints of Pine and Mush are
also present.
I've often been heard to say: "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks
less."
Platforms
Mutt is being developed and tested under:
- Solaris 2.4 / ncurses
- Solaris 2.4
- SunOS 4.1.3_U1 / ncurses
- Linux / ncurses
Mutt has also been succesfully compiled under:
- AIX / ncurses
- FreeBSD / ncurses
- HP-UX / ncurses
Requirements
In order to compile Mutt, the following are required:
- ANSI C compiler (like gcc)
- System-V compliant curses library (ncurses is required for mouse support)
Availibility
Documentation
The documentation is also availible with the Mutt distribution, located
in the htmldoc subdirectory for easy reference.
Mailing List
To be notified of news and events about Mutt, send mail to
mutt-request@cs.hmc.edu
with a subject of "subscribe" (without quotes).
NOTE: Do NOT send
subscription requests to the main list, only to
mutt-request@cs.hmc.edu.
DISCLAIMER
This is ALPHA software. Make backup copies of your important mail
or don't blame me if your mailbox is trashed. I've been using Mutt solely
for a few months now, and the actual folder manipulation code seems quite
stable. I've not had any reports of trashed mailboxes, but
better safe than sorry.
Last updated on April 11, 1996.
URL: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt/index.html
© 1996 Michael R. Elkins