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- Move LICENSE to defacto spot and more prominent
- Move dependencies sections to be a sub-section of the Install section since it was a bit confusing as to why the dependencies were after the Install section.
The mutt-wizard is run with the command `mw`. Once everything is setup, you'll use `neomutt` to access your mail.
The mutt-wizard runs via the command `mw`. Once setup is complete, you'll use
`neomutt` to access your mail.
- `mw -a you@email.com` -- add a new email account
- `mw -l` -- list existing accounts
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#### Providing arguments
- `-u` -- Give an account username if different from the email address.
- `-n` -- A real name to be used by the account. Put in quotations if multiple words
- `-n` -- A real name to be used by the account. Put in quotations if multiple
words
- `-i` -- IMAP server address
- `-I` -- IMAP server port (otherwise assumed to be 993)
- `-s` -- SMTP server address
- `-S` -- SMTP server port (otherwise assumed to be 587)
- `-m` -- Maximum number of emails to be kept offline. No maximum is default functionality.
- `-m` -- Maximum number of emails to be kept offline. No maximum is default
functionality.
- `-x` -- Account password. You will be prompted for it otherwise.
#### General Settings
- `-p` -- Add a Protonmail account
- `-f` -- Assume mailbox names and force account configuration without connecting online at all.
- `-p` -- Add a Protonmail account.
- `-f` -- Assume mailbox names and force account configuration without
connecting online at all.
- `-o` -- Configure mutt for an account, but do not keep mail offline.
## Dependencies
- `neomutt` - the email client.
- `isync` - downloads and syncs the mail. (required at install)
- `msmtp` - sends the email.
- `pass` - safely encrypts passwords (required at install)
There's a chance of errors if you use a slow-release distro like Ubuntu, Debian or Mint. If you get errors in `neomutt`, install the most recent version manually or manually remove the offending lines in the config in `/usr/share/mutt-wizard/mutt-wizard.muttrc`.
### Optional
- `pam-gnupg` - Automatically logs you into your GPG key on login so you will never need to input your password once logged on to your system. Check the repo and directions out [here](https://github.com/cruegge/pam-gnupg).
- `lynx` - view HTML email in neomutt.
- `notmuch` - index and search mail. Install it and run `notmuch setup`, tell it that your mail is in `~/.local/share/mail/` (although `mw` will do this automatically if you haven't set notmuch up before). You can run it in mutt with `ctrl-f`. Run `notmuch new` to process new mail.
- `abook` - a terminal-based address book. Pressing tab while typing an address to send mail to will suggest contacts that are in your abook.
- `urlview` - outputs urls in mail to browser.
## Neomutt user interface
To give you an example of the interface, here's an idea:
- `m` - send mail (uses your default `$EDITOR` to write)
- `j`/`k` and `d`/`u` - vim-like bindings to go down and up (or `d`/`u` to go down/up a page).
- `j`/`k` and `d`/`u` - vim-like bindings to go down and up (or `d`/`u` to go
down/up a page).
- `l` - open mail, or attachment page or attachment
- `h` - the opposite of `l`
- `r`/`R` - reply/reply all to highlighted mail
- `s` - save selected mail or selected attachment
- `gs`,`gi`,`ga`,`gd`,`gS` - Press `g` followed by another letter to change mailbox: `s`ent, `i`nbox, `a`rchive, `d`rafts, `S`pam, etc.
- `M` and `C` - For `M`ove and `C`opy: follow them with one of the mailbox letters above, i.e. `MS` means "move to Spam".
- `i#` - Press `i` followed by a number 1-9 to go to a different account. If you add 9 accounts via mutt-wizard, they will each be assigned a number.
- `a` to add address/person to abook and `Tab` while typing address to complete one from book.
- `gs`,`gi`,`ga`,`gd`,`gS` - Press `g` followed by another letter to change
mailbox: `s`ent, `i`nbox, `a`rchive, `d`rafts, `S`pam, etc.
- `M` and `C` - For `M`ove and `C`opy: follow them with one of the mailbox
letters above, i.e. `MS` means "move to Spam".
- `i#` - Press `i` followed by a number 1-9 to go to a different account. If you
add 9 accounts via mutt-wizard, they will each be assigned a number.
- `a` to add address/person to abook and `Tab` while typing address to complete
one from abook.
- `?` - see all keyboard shortcuts
- `ctrl-j`/`ctrl-k` - move up and down in sidebar, `ctrl-o` opens mailbox.
- `ctrl-b` - open a menu to select a url you want to open in you browser.
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- `ctrl-b` - open a menu to select a URL you want to open in your browser.
## Additional functionality
- `pam-gnupg` - Automatically logs you into your GPG key on login, so you will
never need to input your password once logged on to your system. Check the
repo and directions out [here](https://github.com/cruegge/pam-gnupg).
- `lynx` - View HTML email in neomutt.
- `notmuch` - Index and search mail. Install it and run `notmuch setup`, tell it
that your mail is in `~/.local/share/mail/` (although `mw` will do this
automatically if you haven't set notmuch up before). You can run it in mutt
with `ctrl-f`. Run `notmuch new` to process new mail.
- `abook` - A terminal-based address book. Pressing tab while typing an address
to send mail to will suggest contacts that are in your abook.
- `urlview` - Outputs URLs in an email to your browser.
## New stuff and improvements since the original release
- `mw` is now scriptable with command-line options and can run successfully without any interaction, making it possible to deploy in a script.
- `isync`/`mbsync` has replaced `offlineimap` as the backend. Offlineimap was error-prone, bloated, used obsolete Python 2 modules and required separate steps to install the system.
- `mw` is now an installed program instead of just a script needed to be kept in your mutt folder.
- `dialog` is no longer used (le bloat) and the interface is simply text commands.
- More autogenerated shortcuts that allow quickly moving and copying mail between boxes.
- More elegant attachment handling. Image/video/pdf attachments without relying on the neomutt instance.
- `mw` is now scriptable with command-line options and can run successfully
without any interaction, making it possible to deploy in a script.
- `isync`/`mbsync` has replaced `offlineimap` as the backend. Offlineimap was
error-prone, bloated, used obsolete Python 2 modules, and required separate
steps to install the system.
- `mw` is now an installed program instead of just a script needed to be kept in
your mutt folder.
- `dialog` is no longer used (i.e. bloat) and the interface is simply text
commands.
- More autogenerated shortcuts that allow quickly moving and copying mail
between boxes.
- More elegant attachment handling. Image/video/pdf attachments without relying
on the neomutt instance.
- abook integration by default.
- The messy template files and other directories have been moved or removed, leaving a clean config folder.
- msmtp configs moved to `~/.config/` and mail default location moved to `~/.local/share/mail/`, reducing mess in `~`.
- The messy template files and other directories have been moved or removed,
leaving a clean config folder.
- msmtp configs moved to `~/.config/` and mail default location moved to
`~/.local/share/mail/`, reducing mess in `~`.
- `pass` is used as a password manager instead of separately saving passwords.
- Script is POSIX sh compliant.
- Error handling for the many people who don't read or follow directions. Less errors generally.
- Error handling for the many people who don't read or follow directions. Fewer
errors, generally.
- Addition of a manual `man mw`
## Help the Project!
- Try mutt-wizard out on weird machines and weird email addresses and report any errors.
- Open a PR to add new server information into `domains.csv` so their users can more easily use mutt-wizard.
- Try mutt-wizard out on weird machines and weird email addresses and report any
errors.
- Open a PR to add new server information into `domains.csv` so their users can
more easily use mutt-wizard.
- If nothing else, [Donate!](https://paypal.me/LukeMSmith)
See Luke's website [here](https://lukesmith.xyz). Email him at [luke@lukesmith.xyz](mailto:luke@lukesmith.xyz).
mutt-wizard is free/libre software, licensed under the GPLv3.
See Luke's website [here](https://lukesmith.xyz). Email him at
[luke@lukesmith.xyz](mailto:luke@lukesmith.xyz).
## Details for Tinkerers
- The critical `mutt`/`neomutt` files are in `~/.config/mutt/`.
- Put whatever global settings you want in `muttrc`. mutt-wizard will add some lines to this file which you shouldn't remove unless you know what you're doing, but you can move them up/down over your personal config lines if you need to. If you get binding conflict errors in mutt, you might need to do this.
- Each of the accounts that mutt-wizard generates will have custom settings set in a separate file in `accounts/`. You can edit these freely if you want to tinker with settings specific to an account.
- In `/usr/share/mutt-wizard` are several global config files, including `mutt-wizard`'s default settings. You can overwride this in your `muttrc` if you wish.
## Watch out for these things:
- Gmail accounts can now create 'App Password' to use with """less secure""" applications. This password is single use (ie. for setup) and will be stored and encrypted locally. Enabling third-party applications requires turning off two-factor authentication and this will circumvent that. You might also need to manually "Enable IMAP" in the settings.
- Protonmail accounts will require you to set up "Protonmail Bridge" to access PM's IMAP and SMTP servers. Configure that before running mutt-wizard. Note that when mutt-wizard asks for a password, you should put in your [bridge password](https://protonmail.com/bridge/thunderbird#3), not your account password.
- Protonmail bridge is prone to timing out. Watch out for this while adding an account. If the bridge times out, try again. It might help to [increase the timeout](https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/thunderbird-connection-server-timed-error/) in your `mbsyncrc`.
- If you have a university email, or enterprise-hosted email for work, there might be other hurdles or two-factor authentication you have to jump through. Some, for example, will want you to create a separate IMAP password, etc.
- `isync` is not fully UTF-8 compatible, so non-Latin characters may be garbled (although sync should succeed). `mw` will also not autocreate mailbox shortcuts since it is looking for English mailbox names. I strongly recommend you to set your email language to English on your mail server to avoid these problems.
- Put whatever global settings you want in `muttrc`. mutt-wizard will add some
lines to this file, which you shouldn't remove unless you know what you're
doing, but you can move them up/down over your config lines if you need to. If
you get binding conflict errors in mutt, you might need to do this.
- Each of the accounts that mutt-wizard generates will have custom settings set
in a separate file in `accounts/`. You can edit these freely if you want to
tinker with settings specific to an account.
- In `/usr/share/mutt-wizard` are several global config files, including
`mutt-wizard`'s default settings. You can override this in your `muttrc` if
you wish.
## Watch out for these things
- Gmail accounts need to create an [App
Password](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en) to use
with _**less secure**_ applications. This password is single-use (i.e. for
setup) and will be stored and encrypted locally. Enabling third-party
applications requires turning off two-factor authentication and this will
circumvent that. You might also need to manually "Enable IMAP" in the
settings.
- Protonmail accounts require a "Protonmail Bridge" to access
PM's IMAP and SMTP servers. Configure that before running mutt-wizard. Note
that when mutt-wizard asks for a password, you should put in your [bridge
password](https://protonmail.com/bridge/thunderbird#3), not your account
password.
- Protonmail bridge is prone to timing out. Watch out for this while adding an
account. If the bridge times out, try again. It might help to [increase the
- If you have a university email or enterprise-hosted email for work, there
might be other hurdles or two-factor authentication you have to jump through.
Some, for example, will want you to create a separate IMAP password, etc.
- `isync` is not fully UTF-8 compatible, so non-Latin characters may be garbled
(although sync should succeed). `mw` will also not auto-create mailbox
shortcuts since it is looking for English mailbox names. I strongly recommend
you to set your email language to English on your mail server to avoid these
problems.
## To-do
- Add ~~Mac OS~~/~~BSD~~ compatibility (the script is confirmed to work for Mac OS and FreeBSD now)
- ~~Out-of-the-box compatibility with Protonmail Bridge~~ (I believe this is done, but more bug-testing is welcome since I don't have PM)
- [x] Add Mac OS/BSD compatibility
- [x] Out-of-the-box compatibility with Protonmail Bridge (I believe this is
done, but more bug-testing is welcome since I don't have PM)
## License
[mutt-wizard](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard) is free/libre software. This program is released under the GPLv3 license, which you can find in the file [LICENSE](LICENSE).