列表 1. 入门级 ~/.mutt/.muttrc

# Various client settings
set query_command="lbdbq %s"
set copy
set beep_new
set ascii_chars=yes
set reverse_name
set move=no
unset mark_old
set forward_quote
set include
set fast_reply="yes"
set indent_str="> "
# Cache email headers and store them in .muttheaders/
set header_cache="~/.muttheaders/"

# All the emails mutt should consider as being from me. 
# In this example, foo@example.org and bar@example.org are set.
set alternates=((foo|bar)@example.org) 

ignore *	# this means "ignore all headers by default"
# I do want to see these fields, though~
unignore	date from subject to cc

# local settings
source ~/.muttrc.local

# Color settings
source ~/.mutt/colors

# Where to store email aliases for people I email
set alias_file=~/.mutt/aliases
source ~/.mutt/aliases

# My list of mailboxes
source ~/.mutt/mailboxes

#mailing lists
subscribe talk@nblug.org
subscribe announce@nblug.org

# PGP/GPG settings
# If you don't have PGP set up, comment out these lines
set pgp_replyencrypt	# encrypt any replies to encrypted messages
set pgp_replysignencrypted	# automatically sign any messages 
                                # I encrypt
set pgp_show_unusable=no	# don't offer revoked keys in the 
                                # PGP key selection menu

# Folder hooks and other hook settings
source ~/.mutt/hooks

###################################
# Random and Weird Settings       #
###################################

# Editor Settings
# Use vim as the default editor with some special options for mutt
# such as spell check and 75 characters to a line
set editor="vim -c 'set nohlsearch noshowmatch modelines=0 tw=75 
 ↪et noai spell'"
# Show 7 lines of other email from a mailbox when reading 
# a specific email. Makes it easier to see where you are 
# in your mailbox when reading a message
set pager_index_lines=7		
# Keyboard Macros
macro index 	h "c?\t"	# show the "folder view" when 
                                # I hit 'h'

# extra weird settings
# this setting will highlight links and follow them 
# using w3m when I hit ctrl b
macro pager \cb \
<enter-command>'set pipe_decode'<enter>\
<pipe-entry>'w3m'<enter>\
<enter-command>'unset pipe_decode'<enter> \
'Follow links in w3m' 
auto_view text/html application/msword

#printer settings
set print_command="a2ps -g -Email -d -1 -M letter -R"

# abook settings
# abook is a cool command-line address book program 
# that works with mutt
set query_command="abook --mutt-query '%s'"
macro index \ca !abook\n
macro pager A |'abook --add-email'\n

列表 2. 示例 ~/.mutt/colors

# color settings
color normal    white default
color attachment brightyellow default
color hdrdefault cyan default
color indicator brightwhite default
color markers   brightred default
color quoted    green default
color signature cyan default
color tilde     blue default
color tree      red default
color quoted1 green default

color index	brightyellow default ~N	# New
color index	yellow default ~O	# Old

#example of how to colorize based on FROM: 
#color index	magenta default '~f foo@example.com'

列表 3. 示例钩子

# The first options set defaults
unset sig_on_top
# default hook is 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} 
# %-15.15L (%4l) %s"'
folder-hook . 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"'
folder-hook . 'set sort=date'
folder-hook . 'my_hdr From: Kyle Rankin <foo@example.com>'
send-hook . unset signature

# Set special options when I'm in my nblug folder
folder-hook nblug 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} 
 ↪%-15.15F (%4l) %s"'
folder-hook . 'set sort=date'
folder-hook nblug 'set sort=threads'
folder-hook nblug 'set signature="~/.mutt/.sig.nblug"

#default folder_format="%2C %t %N %F %sl %-8.8u %-8.8g %8s %d %f"
set folder_format="%2C %t %N %8s bytes - %d %f"

# these settings will pick a different signature file to use 
# depending on whether I'm sending email to nblug.org (one of my 
# mailing lists) or one of my consulting clients
send-hook '~t @nblug\.org$' 'set signature="~/.mutt/.sig.nblug"; 
 ↪my_hdr From: My Name <foo@example.com>'
send-hook '~t client@example\.com$' 
 ↪'set signature="~/.mutt/.sig.consulting"; my_hdr From: 
 ↪My Name <bar@example.com>'

# This is the actual hook I use to make sure emails to my 
# Linux Journal address have the proper FROM headers
reply-hook '~t lj@greenfly\.net' 'my_hdr 
 ↪From: Kyle Rankin <lj@greenfly.net>'