Mutt is an advanced email client for *nix systems that runs in a terminal . Here’s how you can use mutt on Mac OS X [Snow] Leopard and configure for GMail account with IMAP.
All mail clients suck. [mutt] just sucks less.
First download and install MacPorts. Open a terminal window and install Mutt 1.5.20 using the following command.
sudo port install mutt-devel +compress +date_conditional +deepif +gdbm +gpgme +headercache +idn +sidebar +smtp +ssl +trash +sasl
Now open up your favorite editor to create ~/.muttrc – You can use the following muttrc as a starter or you can use muttrcbuilder to create the file and copy it to your ~/.muttrc file.
Make sure that you create the ~/.mutt/cache and ~/.mutt/certificates before you start mutt.
#account settings
set from="YOUR_GMAIL_ADDRESS"
set realname = "REAL_NAME"
set imap_user = "YOUR_GMAIL_ADDRESS"
set imap_pass = "PASSWORD"
set smtp_url = "smtp://GMAIL_USERNAME@smtp.gmail.com:587"
set smtp_pass = "GMAIL_PASSWORD"
set folder = "imaps://imap.gmail.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Gmail]/Drafts"
set trash = "imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trash"
set record = "+[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
set header_cache =~/.mutt/cache/headers
set message_cachedir =~/.mutt/cache/bodies
set certificate_file =~/.mutt/certificates
set move = no #Stop asking to "move read messages to mbox"!
set imap_keepalive = 900
# Header related stuff
ignore "Authentication-Results:"
ignore "DomainKey-Signature:"
ignore "DKIM-Signature:"
hdr_order Date From To Cc
ignore *
unignore from: date subject to cc
unignore x-mailing-list: posted-to:
unignore x-mailer:
# Sorting, Markers etc.
set markers=no # don't put '+' at the beginning of wrapped lines
set pager_index_lines= 10 # how large is the index window?
set sort = 'threads'
set sort_aux = 'last-date-received'
# Set which Editor to use for composing Emails.
set editor= '/usr/bin/emacs'
# set up the sidebar
set sidebar_width=24
set sidebar_visible=yes
set sidebar_delim='|'
set sidebar_sort=no
# which mailboxes to list in the sidebar,
# you can add your Labels in Gmail to the Sidebar.
mailboxes =All\ Mail =INBOX =Drafts =Sent\ Mail =Trash
# color of folders with new mail
color sidebar_new yellow default
#Sidebar Navigation
bind index \CP sidebar-prev
bind index \CN sidebar-next
bind index \CO sidebar-open
bind pager \CP sidebar-prev
bind pager \CN sidebar-next
bind pager \CO sidebar-open
# b toggles sidebar visibility
macro index b 'toggle sidebar_visible'
macro pager b 'toggle sidebar_visible'
# Remap bounce-message function to "B"
bind index B bounce-message
#make mutt colorful!
color attachment brightmagenta default
color error brightred default
color hdrdefault red default
color indicator brightyellow red
color markers brightcyan default
color message brightcyan default
color normal default default
color quoted brightblue default
color search default green
color signature red default
color status yellow blue
color tilde magenta default
color tree magenta default
Here’s how it is going to look like:
Some useful commands to get started:
? - Help
b - Toggle Side Bar
m- New Email
q- Close current 'pane' or Quit
c - Change to a new folder
y - Send (After composing the message)
