# A first attempt at using neomutt as a primary desktop email client # ----------------------- general ------------------------------- # bell on new mails - even though I normally hate bells set beep_new # -------------------------- Themeing --------------------------- # basic space_chalk color scheme source ~/.config/neomutt/themes/spacechalk/neomutt_spacechalk_colors.muttrc # powerline for status lines and pager lines source ~/.config/neomutt/themes/spacechalk/powerline.neomuttrc # ------------------------- Temp files --------------------------- set certificate_file=~/.local/state/neomutt/certificates # ------------- index settings, your list of emails ------------- # # No help bar at the top of index unset help # sort the inbox by newest first set sort = reverse-threads set sidebar_visible = yes # ----------------- viewing email attachments ------------------- # handing MIME types (html, pdf, jpg, gif, etc) set mailcap_path = ~/.config/neomutt/mailcap # view other kinds of plain(ish) text before html alternative_order text/plain text/enriched text/html text/* # set - will always ask for a key after an external command # unset - wait for key only if the external command returned a non-zero status unset wait_key # --------- composing email: new messages, replies, and forwards ------------- # use neovim by default set editor = "nvim" # show headers when composing set edit_headers # format of subject when forwarding set forward_format = "Fwd: %s" # reply to Reply to: field set reply_to # reply to person's name set reverse_name # include message in replies set include # include message in forwards set forward_quote # signature, this gets appended to your emails, you have to create this file set signature= "~/.config/neomutt/signature" # Character set on sent messages: set send_charset = "utf-8" # If there is no charset given on incoming msg, its probably windows: # set assumed_charset = "iso-8859-1" # ----------------- Email address, Password, and Name --------------------- # sources secret variables from a file that looks like (without comments): # $my_name="Your Name" # $my_user="You@yourprovider.tld" ## if protonmail, $my_pass should be the password from protonmail-bridge # $my_pass="Your Password" source ~/.config/neomutt/keys # --------------------- Key binding and remapping --------------------------- # In it's own file for organization sake source ~/.config/neomutt/key_bindings.neomuttrc # --------------------------- IMAP settings --------------------------- # # recieving mail # Local protonmail-bridge host server: 127.0.0.1 # Protonmail-bridge imap port: 1143 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- # # ("+" substitutes for `folder`) set mbox_type = Maildir set folder = ~/.local/share/offlineimap source ~/.config/neomutt/mailboxes set record = +Sent set postponed = +Drafts set trash = +Trash set spoolfile = +INBOX # ----------------------------- Caching --------------------------------- # Store message headers locally to speed things up. If header_cache is a folder, # Mutt will create sub cache folders for each account which speeds things up more # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # CREATE THIS FOLDER. REMOVE IT IF IT IS A FILE AND CREATE AS FOLDER set header_cache = ~/.local/state/neomutt # --------------------------- Caching 2 --------------------------------- # Store mail locally to speed things up, like searching message bodies. Can be # same folder as header_cache. Costs disk space if you have a lot of email # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # I'm using this folder because it's more XDG spec set message_cachedir = ~/.local/state/neomutt # Allow Mutt to open a new IMAP connection automatically. unset imap_passive # Keep the IMAP connection alive by polling intermittently (time in seconds) # this is 5 minutes set imap_keepalive = 300 # How often to check for new mail (time in seconds). # this is six minutes set mail_check = 360 # ------------ SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) settings ---------- # sending mail # Local protonmail-bridge host server: 127.0.0.1 # Protonmail-bridge smtp port: 1025 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- set smtp_pass = $my_pass set realname = $my_name set from = $my_user set use_from = yes set smtp_url = smtp://$my_user:$smtp_pass@127.0.0.1:1025 # ----------------------- security :shrug: ---------------------------- set ssl_force_tls = yes set ssl_starttls = yes # When set , postponed messages that are marked for encryption will be self-encrypted. NeoMutt will first try to encrypt using the value specified in $pgp_default_key or $smime_default_key. If those are not set, it will try the deprecated $postpone_encrypt_as. (Crypto only) Default: no # set postpone_encrypt = yes