Calmail mutt

Configuring mutt for Calmail

mutt is a powerful command line mail client, capable of using IMAP. These instructions are not intended as a mutt tutorial, but for configuring mutt to use IMAP with Calmail.

.muttrc

The following rudimentary .muttrc file will allow you to get started. Replace LOGIN-NAME with your own login name on the Math systems.

# .muttrc
#
# GLOBAL
#
unset move
  set reply_to
  set sort=threads
  set sort_alias=alias
  set sort_aux=last-date-received
  set sort_browser=reverse-date
#
# SSL
#
  set certificate_file="~/.mutt_certificates"
#
# MAILBOXES
#
mailboxes imap://LOGIN-NAME@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu
mailboxes imap://LOGIN-NAME@mail.math.berkeley.edu/
#
# KEYS BINDINGS
#
bind    index   <up>    previous-entry
bind    index   <down>  next-entry
bind    index   <delete> delete-message

bind  pager     <left>  exit
bind  pager     <right> view-attachments
bind  attach    <left>  exit
bind  attach    <right> view-attach

bind pager G bottom     # just like vi and less
bind attach <enter> view-attach
bind attach <return> view-attach
bind compose <enter> send-message
bind compose <return> send-message
bind index <enter> display-message
bind index <return> display-message
bind pager <enter> next-line
bind pager <return> next-line

Advanced Configuraton

This section is primarily intended for those who already use mutt. In order to use mutt with Calmail, you'll need to configure some settings in your .muttrc file. Each of the following sections contains commands which should be added to your .muttrc file. For a complete, working example, take a look at the muttrc file in ~steve/.mutt, which sources several other files in that directory.

mutt.ssl

## SSL
#
  set ssl_starttls
  set certificate_file="~/.mutt/certificates"
  set ssl_usesystemcerts
  set entropy_file="/dev/random"
  set ssl_use_sslv2
  set ssl_use_sslv3
  set ssl_use_tlsv1

mutt.imap

## IMAP
#
unset imap_authenticators
  set imap_delim_chars="/."
  set imap_keepalive=600
unset imap_list_subscribed
unset imap_pass
  set imap_passive
  set imap_peek
  set imap_servernoise
  set imap_user=""

mutt.mailboxes

## MAILBOXES
#
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/consult
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/daemon
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/admin
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/cfengine
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/cron
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/lscr
mailboxes imap://steve@math.berkeley.edu@calmail.berkeley.edu/ucb-sysadmin
mailboxes imap://sizemore@calmail.berkeley.edu/

--Steve Sizemore - Unix System Manager 20:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)