Re: Set up email client mutt

[Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 02:08:32AM +0500, Khadija Kamran wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> I am an Outreachy applicant. Gladly, I am sending this email from mutt
> after spending some time on its setup and understanding. I am quite new
> to text based email clients.
> 
> Here is a list of steps I have understood:
> 
> 1. Set up vim as mentioned in first patch tutorial.
> This is what my .vimrc file looks like:
> filetype plugin indent on
> syntax on
> set title
> set tabstop=8
> set softtabstop=8
> set shiftwidth=8
> set noexpandtab
> 
> 2. Learn some vim basics, since we set it as default mutt editor.
> 
> 3. Create and edit .esmtprc and .muttrc files as mentioned in the First
> Patch tutorial.
> 
> This is what my .esmtp file looks like:
> identity "username@gmail.com"
> hostname smtp.gmail.com:587
> username "username@gmail.com"
> password "not_my_password"
> starttls required
> 
> This is what my .muttrc file looks like:
> set sendmail="/usr/bin/esmtp"
> set envelope_from=yes
> set from="Full Name <username@gmail.com>"
> set use_from=yes
> set edit_headers=yes
> set sort_aux = last-date-received
> set sort = reverse-threads
> set folder = "imaps://username@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com:993"
> set imap_pass = "not_my_password"
> set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
> set record = "+Sent"
> set trash = "+Trash"
> set postponed = "+Drafts"
> mailboxes =INBOX =Sent =Trash =Drafts =Junk =Other
> 
> 4. Finally run mutt from your command prompt and start working.
> 
> Kindly, let me know if something is still missing or is incorrect. 

Well, I got the mail, and it's plain text.
Let's make sure you are getting the replies now.
Alison

> 
> Thank you :)
>