Mail client Mutt configuration

Mutt is a powerful mail client on linux, especially when you work mostly with the terminal and want to use a terminal based mail client, mutt is a perfect match.

sudo apt install libncurses-dev libncursesw5 libncursesw5-dev  libsasl2-dev w3m libssl-dev 
ldd `which mutt` | grep curses

Install Mutt

Install mutt
./configure --enable-imap --with-ssl --enable-smtp --enable-flock --enable-hcache --with-sasl --with-regex --enable-nfs-fix --without-wc-funcs --enable-locales-fix
Intall neomutt
./prepare --enable-imap --with-ssl --enable-smtp --enable-flock --enable-hcache --with-sasl --with-regex --enable-nfs-fix --without-wc-funcs --enable-locales-fix --enable-sidebar --enable-compressed

Install dependencies

sudo apt-get install libiconv-hook1 libiconv-hook-dev

perl -MCPAN -e shell
sudo 
install Mail::Box::Maildir
install  String::ShellQuote

Can't locate object method "unbind_key" via package "Term::ReadLine::Stub"
sudo apt install libterm-readline-gnu-perl

Addressbook:

install abook:ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/abook/

Mutt and abook

A simple setup for using abook as an external addressbook program:

set query_command = "abook --mutt-query '%s'"
macro generic,index,pager \ca "<shell-escape>abook<return>" "launch abook"
macro index,pager A "<pipe-message>abook --add-email<return>" "add the sender address to abook"

You can also use the abook convert facility to import the content of a mutt aliases file into abook. This is the syntax:

abook --convert [ --informat <input format>  ]  [  --infile  <input file>  ]  [ --outformat <output format> ] [ --outfile <output file> ]

It will convert <input file> in <input format> to <output file> in <output format>.

So for example:

 abook --convert --informat mutt --infile ~/.mutt/aliases --outformat abook --outfile ~/.abook/addressbook

GPG config

http://www.calmar.ws/mutt/
http://wcm1.web.rice.edu/mutt-tips.html
https://pbrisbin.com/posts/mutt_gmail_offlineimap/
https://github.com/pbrisbin/dotfiles

Send mail via the msmtp

$ echo -e "Subject: Test\r\n\r\nThis is a test mail" | msmtp kelvin@example.com