Mutt

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope
Inbox listing in the mutt e-mail client

Mutt is a free, open-source e-mail client for Unix-like operating systems that runs in the terminal. It was released in 1995 and was updated as recently as 2020.

Mutt features

  • Support for POP3 and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) e-mail protocols.
  • Support for MIME e-mail extensions, including PGP/MIME (multipurpose Internet mail extensions) for encrypted e-mail.
  • E-mail attachments.
  • Visual organization of e-mail threads.
  • Complete control of e-mail headers.
  • Customizable keyboard macros.
  • regular expression searches of all e-mail content.
  • Reply to or forward multiple e-mails at once.
  • Extensions created by an active development community, including an NNTP (network news transfer protocol) newsgroup reader.

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