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#1 Sat, 2016-01-30 17:38

Mike Sanders

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Hi folks. Just learning my way around Alpine Linux & the forum, if this is posted to an incorrect board, my bad... simply sharing my notes in the hope it helps others & compels you to share as well =)

gmail/mutt mini-howto

As root...

apk add mutt nano
 
mkdir /var/mail
 
touch /var/mail/USER-NAME # where USER-NAME is the alpine linux user's login name
 
chown USER-NAME /var/mail/USER-NAME

As user...

mkdir ~/mail
 
# ~/muttrc.gmail
 
# personal cfg
 
set realname = 'REAL-NAME'            # your real name
set from     = 'GMAIL-NAME@GMAIL.COM' # your gmail address
set editor   = nano                   # your favorite editor
 
# pop3/smtp cfg
 
set smtp_url   = smtp://GMAIL-NAME:GMAIL-PASSWORD@smtp.gmail.com:587 # smtp host
set pop_host   = pops://GMAIL-NAME:GMAIL-PASSWORD@pop.gmail.com:995  # pop3 host
set pop_delete = no # delete mail on remote host after fetching
 
# mailbox cfg
 
set mbox_type = mbox            # mailbox format
set folder    = ~/mail          # mail folder
set mbox      = ~/mail/+archive # mbox for saved mail
set record    = ~/mail/+sent    # mbox for sent mail
set postponed = ~/mail/+draft   # mbox for drafts
 
# general cfg
 
set autoedit     = yes # go to the editor right away when composing
set edit_headers = yes # allow editing headers when composing
set include      = yes # include sender's message in reply
set copy         = yes # save a copy of outgoing messages
set mark_old     = yes # read messages are marked as old
set move         = yes # move read messages to archive mbox
# eof 
 
mutt -F ~/muttrc.gmail # mutt/gmail invocation
                       # within mutt press G to download gmail msg's
                       # within mutt press m to compose test email
                       # in nano press clrl+x+s to save msg
                       # back in mutt press y to send test msg