[KLUG Members] Getting started with mutt.

[John Bridleman]

* Tim Gray wrote:
> I'm pretty sure there is at least one mutt fan on KLUG's mailing list,
> so I'm looking to get into using mutt.

I'm by no means a mutt expert but I do run it and love it!

> What am I getting myself into?

Just the fastest way to manage your email!

> I've never run a mail server besides the one I set up to deliver
> messages from nagios (postfix).

Mutt's not a mail server. It's a MUA (http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MailConcept)

> I'd like to start digging into procmail as well as tinkering with
> spamassassin and such.

I also use procmail along with spamprobe (a Bayesian filter) and spamcop. Haven't used spamassassin.

> Points, tidbits, tips and whatnot before I get started with google?  So
> far I've been using email clients like KMail and Thunderbird where I
> didn't have to worry about running a daemon to collect my mail.

I use fetchmail (http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/) to gather my email from all the various email accounts I have. Then I have a procmail script that sorts things out and puts the email into my mail folders where I read it with mutt.

My best recommendation would be to google for procmail and mutt scripts, find something you like and modify it to meet your needs.

I got a big head start from these pages:
 - http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail/
 - http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/mutt/
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John Bridleman / www.bridleman.org