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# The Mutt E-Mail Client

### Michael Elkins

`<me@cs.hmc.edu>`

version 1.5.19 (2009-01-05)

Abstract

“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.” -me, circa 1995

List of Tables

1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms
2.1. Most common navigation keys
2.2. Most common line editor keys
2.3. Most common message index keys
2.4. Message status flags
2.5. Message recipient flags
2.6. Most common pager keys
2.7. ANSI escape sequences
2.8. Color sequences
2.9. Most common thread mode keys
2.10. Most common mail sending keys
2.11. Most common compose menu keys
2.12. PGP key menu flags
3.1. Symbolic key names
4.1. POSIX regular expression character classes
4.2. Regular expression repetition operators
4.3. GNU regular expression extensions
4.4. Pattern modifiers
4.5. Simple search keywords
4.6. Date units
8.1. Command line options

List of Examples

3.1. Multiple configuration commands per line
3.2. Commenting configuration files
3.3. Escaping quotes in congfiguration files
3.4. Using external command's output in configuration files
3.5. Using environment variables in configuration files
3.6. Configuring external alias files
3.7. Setting sort method based on mailbox name
3.8. Header weeding
3.9. Configuring header display order
3.10. Defining custom headers
3.11. Using %-expandos in `save-hook`
3.12. Embedding `push` in `folder-hook`
3.13. Configuring spam detection
3.14. Using user-defined variables for config file readability
3.15. Using user-defined variables for backing up other config option values
3.16. Deferring user-defined variable expansion to runtime
3.17. Using external filters in format strings
4.1. Using boolean operators in patterns
4.2. Combining `send-hook` and `my_hdr`
5.1. Attachment counting

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