Articles tagged with mutt

  1. Mutt: Deleting Messages Older Than 30 Days

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    I tend to clear out large chunks of email all at once. The most common thing I do is clear out all mail older than 30 days.

    In mutt do the following:

    1. Shift-D to delete messages matching a pattern. This will return a prompt that says Delete messages matching:.
    2. ~d …
  2. Mutt: Tagging Messages Based on Message ID

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    I recently needed to tag the first 5,389 messages in a mailbox using Mutt. This is much easier than you might think.

    1. shift-t - By default, the command to tag messages based on a pattern is bound to shift-t. If you've changed this in your muttrc, use whatever you've bound …
  3. Using Mutt with IMAP

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    I've written before regarding the command-line email client Mutt, and how useful it can be. Unfortunately, Mutt is designed to read a local mail spool by default. If you need to use Mutt to read email from a remote mail server, <acronym title="Internet Message Access Protocol">IMAP</acronym> may …

  4. What is Mutt?

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    Mutt is a text-based email client for UNIX-based operating systems. To say it is highly configurable is an understatement. It can be compiled to support a variety of mail protocols and runs in almost any terminal emulator. Unfortunately, the glory days of Mutt have come and gone. In the days …

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