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Mutt 2.2.0

127 points by ackyshake 5y ago

hestefisk 5y ago
Nice, thank you for your hard work maintaining this. I love mutt, use it as my daily driver. I hope we can find a new maintainer soon. I definitely would put my hand up if it weren’t for the fact that I am not very good in C.
homarp 5y ago
"Maintainer Update This obviously isn't a feature, but I wanted to mention that I will be moving away from Mutt maintainership after this release. There isn't a transition plan, so I'll keep maintaining the 2.2.x series with bug fixes and security issues. It's been my pleasure to keep the releases coming since version 1.5.24. Unfortunately the past year, my time and energy available has been decreasing. So my plan is to focus the time I do have on keeping Mutt stable, secure, and bug free; until someone else has the desire to head up (and support) new-feature releases. Thank you everyone! " Thanks Kevin !
eu 5y ago
I’d love to see a setup where I could keep the emails on a Linux box in the house (the messages are fetched regularly from the “real” email server), you know what I mean? Sending would probably be easier ( use a real smtp server)…
- TimWolla 5y ago
  Neither a mutt, nor an offlineimap user, but I believe those two are often used in combination: http://www.offlineimap.org/ http://www.offlineimap.org/
- nulbyte 5y ago
  I use mbsync (formerly isync) to synchronize multiple external mailboxes to a local Maildir store. I use it with mu4e, but it'd work fine with mutt or any other client that supports Maildir. https://isync.sourceforge.io/ https://isync.sourceforge.io/
  - rjzzleep 5y ago
    I second this. I used offlineimap for a long time, but isync(mbsync) is soooooo much faster at syncing mail.
  - superluserdo 5y ago
    I pair this with imapnotify (keeps a constant connection to each of the IMAP servers for the email addresses I have) that calls mbsync the moment I get a new email. It was a bit annoying to set up at the time but now my (neo)mutt client updates pretty much instantly with any new email.
- rvense 5y ago
  I use offlineimap with bower[0], it works well. [0] https://github.com/wangp/bower https://github.com/wangp/bower
- Taywee 5y ago
  Sounds like something you'd use getmail, fetchmail, or another mail retrieval agent for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getmail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getmail
- mixedmath 5y ago
  getmail, fetchmail, and offlineimap all work well for this. I currently use getmail and offlineimap (on different boxes) to fetch emails over IMAP, and configure mutt to use my usual smtp to send.
leephillips 5y ago
I don’t know what I’d do without Mutt. It’s the only really good email client I’ve ever encountered. Just read the release notes in the OA: the attention to detail and concern with standards. Thank you so much for the work you do on Mutt. https://lwn.net/Articles/837960/ https://lwn.net/Articles/837960/
- nextos 5y ago
  Mutt is great, I've used it for many years and I love the interface. A good alternative, if you are looking, is Notmuch. In fact, the Notmuch engine (there's also a Notmuch Emacs mode, and many other frontends) is frequently used in conjunction with Mutt and also powers NeoMutt.
- iib 5y ago
  Is there a way you deal with multiple email accounts? I found this to be the hardest thing when using mutt (neomutt). Clunky macros to change accounts. The second hardest thing was actually streamlining using it with gmail accounts.
  - leephillips 5y ago
    I just have all my email forwarded to the same account, so I don’t have any good tips for that. When I need to check another account directly I just open a new Mutt. Gmail has an imap interface.
rjzzleep 5y ago
I think it's always worth mentioning neomutt[1] when mutt comes up these days. Development is fairly active [2] and a lot of patches that people have been working on over the years have been merged, like the various header compression techniques, sidebar, search and unified inbox with notmuch etc. [1] https://neomutt.org/feature https://neomutt.org/feature [2] https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt
fouc 5y ago
I sometimes wonder if mutt is still pg's email client of choice. And if he's still using his bayesian spam filter.

127 points by ackyshake 5y ago

Nice, thank you for your hard work maintaining this. I love mutt, use it as my daily driver. I hope we can find a new maintainer soon. I definitely would put my hand up if it weren’t for the fact that I am not very good in C.

homarp 5y ago

"Maintainer Update This obviously isn't a feature, but I wanted to mention that I will be moving away from Mutt maintainership after this release. There isn't a transition plan, so I'll keep maintaining the 2.2.x series with bug fixes and security issues. It's been my pleasure to keep the releases coming since version 1.5.24. Unfortunately the past year, my time and energy available has been decreasing. So my plan is to focus the time I do have on keeping Mutt stable, secure, and bug free; until someone else has the desire to head up (and support) new-feature releases. Thank you everyone! " Thanks Kevin !

eu 5y ago

I’d love to see a setup where I could keep the emails on a Linux box in the house (the messages are fetched regularly from the “real” email server), you know what I mean? Sending would probably be easier ( use a real smtp server)…

TimWolla 5y ago
Neither a mutt, nor an offlineimap user, but I believe those two are often used in combination: http://www.offlineimap.org/ http://www.offlineimap.org/
nulbyte 5y ago
I use mbsync (formerly isync) to synchronize multiple external mailboxes to a local Maildir store. I use it with mu4e, but it'd work fine with mutt or any other client that supports Maildir. https://isync.sourceforge.io/ https://isync.sourceforge.io/
- rjzzleep 5y ago
  I second this. I used offlineimap for a long time, but isync(mbsync) is soooooo much faster at syncing mail.
- superluserdo 5y ago
  I pair this with imapnotify (keeps a constant connection to each of the IMAP servers for the email addresses I have) that calls mbsync the moment I get a new email. It was a bit annoying to set up at the time but now my (neo)mutt client updates pretty much instantly with any new email.
rvense 5y ago
I use offlineimap with bower[0], it works well. [0] https://github.com/wangp/bower https://github.com/wangp/bower
Taywee 5y ago
Sounds like something you'd use getmail, fetchmail, or another mail retrieval agent for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getmail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getmail
mixedmath 5y ago
getmail, fetchmail, and offlineimap all work well for this. I currently use getmail and offlineimap (on different boxes) to fetch emails over IMAP, and configure mutt to use my usual smtp to send.

leephillips 5y ago

I don’t know what I’d do without Mutt. It’s the only really good email client I’ve ever encountered. Just read the release notes in the OA: the attention to detail and concern with standards. Thank you so much for the work you do on Mutt. https://lwn.net/Articles/837960/ https://lwn.net/Articles/837960/

nextos 5y ago
Mutt is great, I've used it for many years and I love the interface. A good alternative, if you are looking, is Notmuch. In fact, the Notmuch engine (there's also a Notmuch Emacs mode, and many other frontends) is frequently used in conjunction with Mutt and also powers NeoMutt.
iib 5y ago
Is there a way you deal with multiple email accounts? I found this to be the hardest thing when using mutt (neomutt). Clunky macros to change accounts. The second hardest thing was actually streamlining using it with gmail accounts.
- leephillips 5y ago
  I just have all my email forwarded to the same account, so I don’t have any good tips for that. When I need to check another account directly I just open a new Mutt. Gmail has an imap interface.

rjzzleep 5y ago

I think it's always worth mentioning neomutt[1] when mutt comes up these days. Development is fairly active [2] and a lot of patches that people have been working on over the years have been merged, like the various header compression techniques, sidebar, search and unified inbox with notmuch etc. [1] https://neomutt.org/feature https://neomutt.org/feature [2] https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt

fouc 5y ago

I sometimes wonder if mutt is still pg's email client of choice. And if he's still using his bayesian spam filter.