mutt with sidebar

so i was trying to install the patched version of mutt with sidebar from source on my gentoo box when i realized that there is a use flage (sidebar) which will do all the work for me. eix mutt: [I] mail-client/mutt Available versions: 1.5.21-r1 (~)1.5.21-r11 (~)1.5.21-r12 {berkdb crypt debug doc gdbm gnutls gpg idn imap … Read More

muttrc with encrypted passwords

so after some more work trying to ensure that my passwords are not easily gotten, i managed to get my passwords encrypted into one file and removed after being read. here is the snippet from my .muttrc-accounts : set my_tmp=`gpg -q –no-verbose -o /tmp/.passwords.tmp -d ~/.passwords.gpg` set my_pass_acct1=`cat /tmp/.passwords.tmp | grep IDENTIFIER1 | awk ‘{ … Read More

mutt with google email

i like checking my email with mutt and pine, but for this article i am posting the section of my .muttrc that lets me use my google mail (@pissedoffadmins.com for this example) : set imap_user = “USER@pissedoffadmins.com” set imap_pass = “PASSWORD” set smtp_url = “smtp://USER@smtp.gmail.com:587/” set smtp_pass = “PASSWORD” set from = “USER@pissedoffadmins.com” set realname … Read More