The Mutt E-Mail Client

``All e-mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.'' -me, circa 1995
Mutt is a small but very powerful curses-based mail client for Unix operating systems. Some of its features include: The best way to describe this mail user agent (MUA) is to say that it's a hybrid, or ``mutt,'' consisting of features from various other curses-based e-mail clients. Its interface was initially based on ELM, but hints of PINE, MUSH and SLRN are also present. It is not a clone. Mutt has developed quite a personality of its own.

Where to get Mutt

The non-export version, which contains PGP/MIME support, is export controlled (it is open to interpretation whether or not the US government restricts code of this nature from export under ITAR, so I have to cover my ass). If you are a citizen of the U.S. or Canada, please see README.US-only and follow the instructions.

The non-export version has been exported against my wishes, but can be found on the following sites:

Mutt Links

Mailing Lists

There are two mailing lists for Mutt. The first is ``mutt-announce'' which is a very low traffic list where I post announcents about new Mutt releases. To subscribe, send mail to mutt-announce-request@cs.hmc.edu with the word subscribe in the subject.

The second list is a higher traffic discussion list. This is where patches, bugs and suggestions are posted. To subscribe to the discussion list, send mail to mutt-request@cs.hmc.edu with the word subscribe in the subject.

Note: if you subscribe to the discussion list, you do not need to subscribe to ``mutt-announce'' because messages are automatically forwarded.

If you would like to see previous articles to the lists, you can FTP the archive.

Last updated on January 17, 1997 by Michael Elkins.
URL:<http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt/index.html>