This is the primary starting point for the "Mutt" User-Wiki. Mutt is a MailUserAgent, see MailConcept for what that is and is not.
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Stable 1.4.2.3 2007-05-26, Devel 1.5.21 2010-09-15

Documentation outside of this wiki: The Mutt home page is http://www.mutt.org/

• Download instructions and Mercurial (hg) access: http://www.mutt.org/download.html
• By default pressing F1 loads the manual in mutt (unless your window manager eats F1).
  • Otherwise find your locally installed copy by executing this cmd: man mutt | grep manual.txt
  • If you can't find them locally (often at /usr/*/doc/mutt/manual.txt(.gz)), then use the manuals at http://www.mutt.org/#doc

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Starting points

These apply to the most recent mutt version (identified at the top of this page) unless otherwise noted.

• MuttGuide for newbies, to learn everything from the basics to the advanced stuff. Or maybe a UserStory? for special cases instead.
• MuttFaq? lists frequently asked questions for specific issues when you know the basics. Use DebugConfig strategies for unknown problems.
  • MacroSamples and generic ConfigTricks of popular solutions to simplify recurring, mass, complex or tricky tasks.
• MuttTools to expand MUA functionality.
• Index of all MuttWiki pages (todo: make a trac-link to it)

Mutt users

• MuttMaps of mutters around the world.
• ConfigList of people's configuration files for Mutt (muttrc).
• UserPages link you to more special, detailed, extra info, useful tools.
• Visit official IRC MuttChannel or join the MuttLists. Use their "Paste" pages to work on examples.
• MuttAdvocacy (why mutt sucks less). Enjoy MuttQuotes found in MuttChannel and MuttLists.

Developing mutt and using the latest development code

• If you want to build your own mutt from source, please visit  http://dev.mutt.org/
• To get a quick idea of the visible changes between releases, see  UPDATING.
  • More detailed information may be found in the  Mercurial log.
• The bug tracking system  http://bugs.mutt.org/ includes the wishlist for new features.
• Try nightly snapshots at  http://dev.mutt.org/nightlies/ for fixes.
• SubmittingPatches tells you what to do when you want to submit your own patch, see PatchList for existing third party patches for Mutt.
• RelevantStandards used/ supported for interoperability and independence.
• User-friendlyness: VarNames to track things to be done for a possible new naming scheme.
• MuttPeople who are busy with different aspects of making mutt useful.