THTheFreim·Dec 9, 2024Submission
Mutt-Wizard: CLI to automatically configure mutt and isync
1 points · Open discussionLukeSmithxyz
mutt-wizard
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mutt-wizard
A system for automatically configuring mutt and isync with a simple interface and safe passwords
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12 sourcesUsing https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard, you can set it up so that you can view html emails in your browser with a keystroke. I've found it's the best of both worlds, since i don't really use HTML email, but I like being able to look and see what's been sent to me.
In Why a browser and mail combination is worth itMutt-wizard: mutt distribution with simple interface and safe passwords
1 points · Open discussionAside from the already recommended aerc, here's a fairly friendly and sane way to get started with neomutt: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In general I find that most people who have (or claim) a productive workflow sync their mail locally (rather than letting the client connect directly over IMAP). So decoupling your reader application from your mail fetching application.
[mb/i]sync or offlineimap, with or without notmuch.
In A Quick Guide to MuttIf you use mutt-wizzard[1] to set up neomutt, you'll be up and running in no time.
Edit: typo
[1]: https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In Mutt – Text-based mail client for UnixYes, set up with Luke Smith's excellent mutt Wizard [0].
Contrary to the other point, having a local copy of my emails gives me a sense of security and I can set up scripts using normal scripting tools to move stuff around. `notmuch` is good, but actually I can meet most of my searching needs with a 'limit' filter.
[0] https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In Mutt 2.0 Release Notesmutt-wizard makes it very easy to setup mutt/neomutt to make it work with gmail and other services. It sets up encrypted offline versions of your mail and sets up most of the mutt environment for you:
https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In Mutt email client 25 years oldI got it set up with Luke Smith's muttwizard [0]. The actual integration feels a bit clunky (the UI closes when entering a query, but then results are returned to the UI) but it does work quite well. I think the interesting corollary one finds is that a normal filter (I think it's called 'Limit' in mutt?) often does the job most of the time and one doesn't have to think about how the Inverted index is going to treat the query.
[0] https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In IMAP Email BackupNeomutt! If you want something nice and easy to get you up and running: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In Show HN: Gmail CLI Utils (bulk delete mail by query, get/create filters)Neomutt is good but it can be a pain to configure without a script. I
recommend people who want to use Neomutt for the first time use this wizard https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard
In Ask HN: Which email software do you use on Linux?> I'd really recommend you take another look at Mutt
I think I will do that.
> Notifications can be configured to do pretty much whatever you want (by invoking a command when new mail arrives)
My understanding was that was pretty trivial to have going using notify-send and aplay
https://neomutt.org/feature/new-mail
> Multi-account support works well (currently have it hooked up to my personal and work accounts simultaneously)
Admittedly when I looked at it was pre neomutt days, I seem to remember there being a special sidebar patch that upstream refused to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPiQuWbF57M Mutt Wizard Published on Apr 25, 2019
In that video he demonstrates a loose script that he's developed https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard, it might be a good way for me to dip my feet in it and learn about all the components.
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ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvc-pHjbhdE he did a video on calcurse too..
Sorry for the gaudy 4chan-style meme stuff. That's not my thing either but the videos are very succinct and he seems to be a good speaker.
> Developed by a community
Yes, this important to me and more likely to make me help out.
> The visual component of HTML mail is irrelevant 99% of the time. A reasonable textual interpretation can be generated by piping the message through `w3m --dump`, a process which can happen automatically inside mutt when viewing those messages with no action required on your part. If you absolutely must see the formatted message with images and such, this is only a keystroke away.
Very true, most of the email i receive is plain text, sometimes its not, but with minimal formatting. Theoretically it should be possible to view these HTML emails in Firefox should it not?
> There's a lot of initial configuration to do, granted, but you only need to do it once. Then you stick your mutt directory up on github or similar, and never need to do it again. Setting up a new or different machine is a clone away.
This.... the main reason I like plaintext configs.
Luke's mutt wizard for automatic Neomutt and OfflineIMAP configuration
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