Mutt

A popular command-line Email client.

Michael Elinks on mutt, circa 1995: ``All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.''

Sven Guckes on mutt, ca. 2003: ``But it still sucks!''

Fnord, ca. 2006: see mutt next-generation (still sucks of course,but even less ;)


 * http://www.mutt.org/


 * Schnellstart mit mutt und msmtp

mutt patterns
Many of Mutt's commands allow you to specify a pattern to match (limit, tag-pattern, delete-pattern, etc.). There are several ways to select messages: ~A             all messages ~b EXPR        messages which contain EXPR in the message body ~B EXPR        messages which contain EXPR in the whole message ~c USER        messages carbon-copied to USER ~C EXPR        message is either to: or cc: EXPR ~D             deleted messages ~d [MIN]-[MAX] messages with ``date-sent'' in a Date range ~E             expired messages ~e EXPR        message which contains EXPR in the ``Sender'' field ~F             flagged messages ~f USER        messages originating from USER ~g             PGP signed messages ~G             PGP encrypted messages ~h EXPR        messages which contain EXPR in the message header ~k             message contains PGP key material ~i ID          message which match ID in the ``Message-ID'' field ~L EXPR        message is either originated or received by EXPR ~l             message is addressed to a known mailing list ~m [MIN]-[MAX] message in the range MIN to MAX *)    ~n [MIN]-[MAX]  messages with a score in the range MIN to MAX *) ~N             new messages ~O             old messages ~p             message is addressed to you (consults $alternates) ~P             message is from you (consults $alternates) ~Q             messages which have been replied to    ~R              read messages ~r [MIN]-[MAX] messages with ``date-received'' in a Date range ~S             superseded messages ~s SUBJECT     messages having SUBJECT in the ``Subject'' field. ~T             tagged messages ~t USER        messages addressed to USER ~U             unread messages ~v             message is part of a collapsed thread. ~x EXPR        messages which contain EXPR in the `References' field ~y EXPR        messages which contain EXPR in the `X-Label' field ~z [MIN]-[MAX] messages with a size in the range MIN to MAX *)    ~=              duplicated messages (see $duplicate_threads)

from [http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html mutt manual 4. Advanced Usage]