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NAME
       mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS
       mutt [-nRyzZ] [-e cmd] [-F file] [-m type] [-f file]

       mutt  [-nx]  [-e cmd] [-a file] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s subj]
       [-b addr] [-c addr] addr [...]

       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -p

       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -Q query

       mutt [-n] [-e cmd] [-F file] -A alias

       mutt -v[v]

       mutt -D

DESCRIPTION
       Mutt is a small but very powerful text based program for reading  elec
       tronic  mail under unix operating systems, including support color ter
       minals, MIME, and a threaded sorting mode.

OPTIONS
       -A alias
	      An expanded version of the given alias is passed to stdout.

       -a file
	      Attach a file to your message using MIME.

       -b address
	      Specify a blind-carbon-copy (BCC) recipient

       -c address
	      Specify a carbon-copy (CC) recipient

       -D     Print the value of all configuration options to stdout.

       -e command
	      Specify a configuration command to be run  after	processing  of
	      initialization files.

       -f mailbox
	      Specify which mailbox to load.

       -F muttrc
	      Specify an initialization file to read instead of ~/.muttrc

       -h     Display help.

       -H draft
	      Specify  a  draft  file which contains header and body to use to
	      send a message.

       -i include
	      Specify a file to include into the body of a message.

       -m type
	      specify a default mailbox type

       -n     Causes Mutt to bypass the system configuration file.

       -p     Resume a postponed message.

       -Q query
	      Query a configuration variables value.  The  query  is  executed
	      after all configuration files have been parsed, and any commands
	      given on the command line have been executed.

       -R     Open a mailbox in read-only mode.

       -s subject
	      Specify the subject of the message.

       -v     Display the Mutt version number and compile-time definitions.

       -x     Emulate the mailx compose mode.

       -y     Start Mutt with a listing of  all  mailboxes  specified  by  the
	      mailboxes command.

       -z     When used with -f, causes Mutt not to start if there are no mes
	      sages in the mailbox.

       -Z     Causes Mutt to open the first mailbox specified by the mailboxes
	      command which contains new mail.

ENVIRONMENT
       EDITOR Specifies the editor to use if VISUAL is unset.

       EMAIL  The users e-mail address.

       HOME   Full path of the users home directory.

       MAIL   Full path of the users spool mailbox.

       MAILDIR
	      Full  path  of the users spool mailbox.  Commonly used when the
	      spool mailbox is a maildir (5) folder.

       MAILCAPS
	      Path to search for mailcap files.

       MM_NOASK
	      If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompt
	      ing first.

       PGPPATH
	      Directory in which the users PGP public keyring can be found.

       TMPDIR Directory in which temporary files are created.

       REPLYTO
	      Default Reply-To address.

       VISUAL Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.

FILES
       ~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
	      User configuration file.

       /etc/Muttrc
	      System-wide configuration file.

       /tmp/muttXXXXXX
	      Temporary files created by Mutt.

       ~/.mailcap
	      User definition for handling non-text MIME types.

       /etc/mailcap
	      System definition for handling non-text MIME types.

       ~/.mime.types
	      Users  personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions.

       /etc/mime.types
	      System mapping between MIME types and file extensions.

       /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
	      The privileged dotlocking program.

       /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz
	      The Mutt manual.

BUGS
       None.  Mutts have fleas, not bugs.

FLEAS
       Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external  editor  does  not
       work  under  SunOS 4.x if you use the curses lib in /usr/5lib.  It does
       work with the S-Lang library, however.

       Resizing the screen while using an external pager  causes  Mutt	to  go
       haywire on some systems.

       suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.

       The help line for the index menu is not updated if you change the bind
       ings for one of the functions listed while Mutt is running.

       For a more up-to-date list of bugs, errm, fleas, please visit the  mutt
       projects  bug tracking system under http://bugs.guug.de/.  To report a
       bug, please use the flea(1) program.

NO WARRANTIES
       This program is distributed in the hope that it	will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT	ANY  WARRANTY;	without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
       Public License for more details.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3),  flea(1),  mailcap(5), maildir(5), mbox(5), mutt_dotlock(1),
       muttrc(5), ncurses(3), sendmail(1), smail(1)

       Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/

       The Mutt manual

       The GNU General Public License.

AUTHOR
       Michael Elkins, and others.  Use    to  contact  the
       developers.



Unix				 January 2002			       mutt(1)