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NAME
neomutt - The NeoMutt Mail User Agent (MUA)
SYNTAX
neomutt [-Enx] [-e command] [-F config] [-H draft] [-i include]
[-b address] [-c address] [-s subject] [-a file [...] --] address [...]
neomutt [-nx] [-e command] [-F config] [-b address] [-c address]
[-s subject] [-a file [...] --] address [...] < message
neomutt [-nRy] [-e command] [-F config] [-f mailbox] [-m type]
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -A alias
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -B
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -D [-S] [-O]
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -d level -l file
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -G
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -g server
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -p
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -Q variable [-O]
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -Z
neomutt [-n] [-e command] [-F config] -z [-f mailbox]
neomutt -v[v]
DESCRIPTION
NeoMutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading and sending electronic mail under
Unix operating systems, including support for color terminals, MIME, OpenPGP, and a threaded sorting
mode.
Note: This manual page gives a brief overview of NeoMutt's command line options. You should find a copy
of the full manual in /usr/share/doc/neomutt, in plain text, HTML, and/or PDF format.
OPTIONS
-- Special argument forces NeoMutt to stop option parsing and treat remaining arguments as addresses
even if they start with a dash
-A alias
Print an expanded version of the given alias to stdout and exit
-a file
Attach one or more files to a message (must be the last option). Add any addresses after the '--'
argument, e.g.:
neomutt -a image.jpg -- address1
neomutt -a image.jpg *.png -- address1 address2
-B Run in batch mode (do not start the ncurses UI)
-b address
Specify a blind carbon copy (Bcc) recipient
-c address
Specify a carbon copy (Cc) recipient
-D Dump all configuration variables as 'name=value' pairs to stdout
-D -O Like -D, but show one-liner documentation
-D -S Like -D, but hide the value of sensitive variables
-d level
Log debugging output to a file (default is "~/.neomuttdebug0"). The level can range from 1–5 and
affects verbosity (a value of 2 is recommended)
Using this option along with -l is useful to log the early startup process (before reading any
configuration and hence $debug_level and $debug_file)
-E Edit draft (-H) or include (-i) file during message composition
-e command
Specify a command to be run after reading the config files
-F config
Specify an alternative initialization file to read, see FILES section below for a list of regular
configuration files
-f mailbox
Specify a mailbox (as defined with mailboxes command) to load
-G Start NeoMutt with a listing of subscribed newsgroups
-g server
Like -G, but start at specified news server
-H draft
Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to send a message. If draft is “-”,
then data is read from stdin. The draft file is expected to contain just an RFC822 email —
headers and a body. Although it is not an mbox file, if an mbox "From " line is present, it will
be silently discarded.
-h Print this help message and exit
-i include
Specify an include file to be embedded in the body of a message
-l file
Specify a file for debugging output (default "~/.neomuttdebug0")
This overrules $debug_file setting and NeoMutt keeps up to five debug logs ({ file | $debug_file |
~/.neomuttdebug }[0-4]) before override the oldest file
-m type
Specify a default mailbox format type for newly created folders
The type is either MH, MMDF, Maildir or mbox (case-insensitive)
-n Do not read the system-wide configuration file
-p Resume a prior postponed message, if any
-Q variable
Query a configuration variable and print its value to stdout (after the config has been read and
any commands executed). Add -O for one-liner documentation.
-R Open mailbox in read-only mode
-s subject
Specify a subject (must be enclosed in quotes if it has spaces)
-v Print the NeoMutt version and compile-time definitions and exit
-vv Print the NeoMutt license and copyright information and exit
-y Start NeoMutt with a listing of all defined mailboxes
-Z Open the first mailbox with new message or exit immediately with exit code 1 if none is found in
all defined mailboxes
-z Open the first or specified (-f) mailbox if it holds any message or exit immediately with exit
code 1 otherwise
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset. Defaults to the Vi editor if unset.
EGDSOCKET
For OpenSSL since version 0.9.5, files, mentioned at RANDFILE below, can be Entropy Gathering
Daemon (EGD) sockets. Also, and if exists, ~/.entropy and /tmp/entropy will be used to initialize
SSL library functions. Specified sockets must be owned by the user and have permission of 600
(octal number representing).
EMAIL The user's email address.
HOME Full path of the user's home directory.
MAIL Full path of the user's spool mailbox.
MAILCAPS
Path to search for mailcap files. If unset, a RFC1524 compliant search path that is extended with
NeoMutt related paths (at position two and three): "$HOME/.mailcap:/usr/share/neomutt/mailcap
:/etc/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap" will be used instead.
MAILDIR
Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset. Commonly used when the spool mailbox is a
maildir(5) folder.
MM_NOASK
If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompting first.
NNTPSERVER
Similar to configuration variable $news_server, specifies the domain name or address of the
default NNTP server to connect. If unset, /etc/nntpserver is used but can be overridden by command
line option -g.
RANDFILE
Like configuration variable $entropy_file, defines a path to a file which includes random data
that is used to initialize SSL library functions. If unset, ~/.rnd is used. DO NOT store important
data in the specified file.
REPLYTO
When set, specifies the default Reply-To address.
TEXTDOMAINDIR
Defines an absolute path corresponding to /usr/share/locale that will be recognised by GNU
gettext(1) and used for Native Language Support (NLS) if enabled.
TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created. Defaults to /tmp if unset. Configuration variable
$tmp_dir takes precedence over this one.
VISUAL Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
Specifies a X Desktop Group (XDG) compliant location for the system-wide configuration file, as
described in FILES section below. This variable defaults to /etc/xdg. Bypass loading with command
line option -n.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Specifies a XDG compliant location for the user-specific configuration file, as described in FILES
section below. This variable defaults to $HOME/.config. Can be overridden by command line option
-F.
FILES
Configuration files
NeoMutt will read just the first found configuration file of system-wide and user-specific category, from
the list below and in that order.
But it allows building of a recursive configuration by using the source command.
┌─────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ #N │ system-wide │ user-specific │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 │ $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/neomutt/neomuttrc │ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neomutt/neomuttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2 │ $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/neomutt/Muttrc *) │ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neomutt/muttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3 │ /etc/neomuttrc │ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/neomuttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4 │ /etc/Muttrc *) │ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 5 │ /usr/share/neomutt/neomuttrc │ ~/.neomutt/neomuttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 6 │ /usr/share/neomutt/Muttrc *) │ ~/.neomutt/muttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 7 │ — │ ~/.mutt/neomuttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 8 │ — │ ~/.mutt/muttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 9 │ — │ ~/.neomuttrc │
├─────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 10 │ — │ ~/.muttrc │
├─────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ *) Note the case of the filename │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Other relevant files
Unless otherwise stated, NeoMutt will process all grouped files in the order (from top to bottom) as they
are specified in that listing.
~/.mailcap
/etc/mailcap
User-specific and system-wide definitions for handling non-text MIME types, look at environment
variable MAILCAPS above for additional search locations.
~/.neomuttdebug0
User's default debug log file. For further details or customising file path see command line
options -d and -l above.
/etc/mime.types
/etc/mime.types
/usr/share/neomutt/mime.types
~/.mime.types
Description files for simple plain text mapping between MIME types and filename extensions.
NeoMutt parses these files in the stated order while processing attachments to determine their
MIME type.
/usr/share/doc/neomutt/manual.{html,pdf,txt}
The full NeoMutt manual in HTML, PDF or plain text format.
/tmp/neomutt-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
Temporary files created by NeoMutt. For custom locations look at description of the environment
variable TMPDIR above. Notice that the suffix -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX is just a placeholder for, e.g.,
hostname, user name/ID, process ID and/or other random data.
BUGS
See issue tracker at <https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues>.
NO WARRANTIES
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
SEE ALSO
gettext(1), msmtp(1), notmuch(1), sendmail(1), smail(1), RAND_egd(3), curses(3), ncurses(3), mailcap(5),
maildir(5), mbox(5), neomuttrc(5).
For further NeoMutt information:
• the full manual, see FILES section above
• the home page, <https://neomutt.org>
AUTHOR
Michael Elkins, and others. Use <neomutt-devel@neomutt.org> to contact the developers.
Unix 2023-11-03 neomutt(1)