Next file is a valid example to start using Mutt in a basic way,
including paths for alias file, sent messages and postponed messages. You
can further personalize it attending to the Mutt manual indications
and /usr/doc/mutt/ or /usr/doc/mutt-i/.
Simple example of ~/.muttrc:
set folder=~/Mail
set alias_file=.alias
set postponed=.postponed
set record=SendMessages
set signature=.signature
my_hdr From: Name Surname <Name@domain.com>
source =.alias
It is necesary that the directory ~/Mail exists, that is
the one that appears as an "equal to" sign in the configuration file
.muttrc (that is, =.alias is to Mutt as
~/Mail/.alias, and =.postponed is to Mutt
~/Mail/.postponed). Nevertheless it is possible to have
these files in another directory provided we indicate the complete path in
~/.muttrc, and we have the necesary permissions to work in
this directory.
It is also necesary to personalize the my_hdr line with the name and
electronic mail address you need. In the ~/Mail/.signature
file you caninclude the signature that will appear in all the messages
that are sent.
This configuration file can end up being made very big, so it is common to
separate some of its commands in different files. For the time being, the
PGP or GnuPG configuration lines are easily detachable, and the
keyboard macros that we will personalize. To do that, it will be necesary
to add the following lines to the ~/.muttrc file:
source = ~/Mail/.mutt.macros
source = ~/Mail/.gnupgp.mutt
and to use the ~/Mail/.mutt.macros and
~/Mail/.gnupgp.mutt files to put in them the keyboard
macros and the PGP or GnuPG configuration that are commented
forward.
To get a more extensive and complete information over the use and configuration of Mutt, and about advanced features, see the Mutt manual http://www.mutt.org.