glfs/basicnet/mailnews/mutt.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY mutt-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/mail/mutt/mutt-&mutt-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY mutt-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/mutt-&mutt-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY mutt-size "2.6 MB">
<!ENTITY mutt-buildsize "16.9 MB">
<!ENTITY mutt-time "0.35 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="mutt" xreflabel="Mutt-&mutt-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="mutt.html"?>
<title>Mutt-&mutt-version;</title>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Mutt</application></title>
<para>The <application>Mutt</application> package contains a Mail User Agent.
This is useful for reading, writing, replying, saving, and deleting your
email.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&mutt-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&mutt-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &mutt-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&mutt-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&mutt-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>Mutt</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="gnupg"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Mutt</application></title>
<para><application>Mutt</application> requires a group named 'mail'. You can
add this group, if it does not exist, with this command:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>groupadd mail</command></userinput></screen>
<para>If you did not install a <acronym>MTA</acronym>, such as
<xref linkend="postfix"/> or <xref linkend="sendmail"/>, you need to
modify the ownership of <filename>/var/mail</filename> with this command:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>chgrp mail /var/mail</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Install <application>Mutt</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This installs the configuration
files into <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Mutt</application></title>
<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/Muttrc</filename>,
<filename>~/.muttrc</filename>,
<filename>/etc/mime.types</filename>, <filename>~/.mime.types</filename></para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>No changes in these files are necessary to begin using
<application>Mutt</application>. When you are ready to make changes, the
man page for <filename>muttrc</filename> is a good starting place.</para>
<para>In order to utilize <application>GnuPG</application>, use the following
command:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>cat /usr/share/doc/mutt/samples/gpg.rc &gt;&gt; ~/.muttrc</command></userinput></screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The <application>Mutt</application> package contains
<command>mutt</command>,
<command>flea</command>,
<command>muttbug</command>,
<command>mutt_dotlock</command>,
<command>pgpwrap</command> and
<command>pgpring</command>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>mutt</title>
<para><command>mutt</command> is a Mail User Agent
(<acronym>MUA</acronym>) which enables you to read, write
and delete your email.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>flea</title>
<para><command>flea</command> is a bug submitter for
<application>Mutt</application>.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>muttbug</title>
<para><command>muttbug</command> is a script that executes
<command>flea</command>.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>mutt_dotlock</title>
<para><command>mutt_dotlock</command> implements the mail spool file
lock.</para></sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>