Mutt
A small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems.
IMAP
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/wikis/MuttGuide/UseIMAP
HOWTO: Set From Address
Edit your ~/.muttrc file and add the following line...
set from="John Smith <john.smith@domain.com>"
Thanks - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12158201/how-to-change-the-senders-name-or-e-mail-address-in-mutt
System Wide Settings
/etc/Muttrc
## tweaks set mbox_type=maildir set editor="nano" # I like to see all my mail headers in my editor: set edit_headers=yes # don't wait for sendmail to finish (this runs sendmail in the background) set sendmail_wait=-1 # this prevents Mutt from endlessly asking when you quit: # "Move read messages to ~/mbox? ([no]/yes):" set move=no # this prevents Mutt from endlessly asking: # "~/Mail does not exist. Create it? ([yes]/no):" set folder=""
HOWTO: Show All Headers
Press the h key!
Or...
Edit your ~/.muttrc file and add the following line...
unignore *
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mutt
HOWTO: Attach A File
echo "message body" |mutt -s "message subject" -a "/path/to/file" -- me@mydomain.com
HOWTO: Use On The Command Line
Mutt command is used to send mail from command prompt. Using mutt command it is easy to add an attachment in the mail
Options:
-s Used to specify the subject, -c Used to send carbon copies, -v Verbose it will show how mail sends, -a Used to attach a file.
First Method to attach a file and send from command prompt. Attach the file s.zip and mail body from c.txt file...
mutt -s "I am the subject" -a s.zip raj@gmail.com < c.txt
Second Method to attach a file and send from command prompt. Gets body of the mail from the standard output of echo command...
echo "I am the body of the mail" |mutt -s "subject of mail" -a attach.txt raj@gmail.com
Third Method to attach a file and send from command prompt. How to send a mail with cc...
echo "I am the content of the mail" |mutt -s "subject of mail" -a attach.txt raj@gmail.com -c dhana@gmail.com
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/howto_setup_mutt_with_gmail_imap
Allow Editing Of From: Address
nano ~/.muttrc
...and add the following line:-
set edit_headers = yes
Make Background Colour Black
Create a Mutt run control configuration file in your home directory...
nano ~/.muttrc
...and add the following line:-
color normal default default
