HPR3476: My mutt email setup

1. Get app password and enter it in a file call pass

    set my_gpass= "MyAppPassword"

2. Encrypt pass file with 'gpg -e pass'

3. Shred pass file with 'shred -uv pass', which uses verbose mode

    shred - overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it
      -u deallocate and remove file after overwriting
      -v, --verbose, show progress

4. Use gpg encrypted key to open Gmail

   • in .muttrc source "gpg -d ~/.mutt/pass.gpg |"

5. Source colors file: Custom color scheme

    ## Custom - Shows a gray line on tagged emails
    color index yellow brightblack "~T ~N | ~T"

Tagged emails

6. Source hooks file: Redirect default save path for email sorting

      ## Newsletters - Technology ##
      save-hook '~f lists.linuxjournal.com' ='Linux'
      save-hook '~f arch-dev-public'  =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f noreply@mmorpg.com' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f ocw@mit.edu'|'~b Opencourseware' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~s Linux'|'~s Foundation' ='Newsletters'
      save-hook '~f weekly@raspberrypi.org' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f hackspace@raspberrypi.org' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f @pragmaticbookshelf.com' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f comixology@e.comixology.com' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f mrgroove@groovypost.com' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f oreilly@post.oreilly.com' =Newsletters
      save-hook '~f mark ~s arduino' =Bookmarks/Arduino
      save-hook '~f smith@torproject.org' =Newsletters/TorProject
      save-hook '~f info@torproject.org' =Newsletters/TorProject
      save-hook '~f editor@eff.org' =Newsletters.EFFdotOrg
      save-hook '~f contact@diyodemag.com' =Newsletters/DIYODE-Magazine
      save-hook '~f weekly-update@allaboutcircuits.com' =Newsletters/Circuits

      ## Recipes ##
      save-hook '~f dora ~s Recipe | ~s Recipe | ~B recipe | ~B casserole | ~B bake | ~B "omaha steaks" ' ='dabrat1972/Recipes'

7. Source aliases file: Frequently used contacts

      alias tags tags@hackerpublicradio.org
      alias Dave_Morriss Dave Morriss <perloid@autistici.org>

• HTML email
  • Install lynx
• Open URL's
  • Install urlscan
  • Capital 'U' open URL dialog
• Open pictures
  • Install feh
• PDF reader
  • Zathura
    • https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=220572
    • Install zathura-pdf-mupdf and zathura-pdf-poppler
      • Just needed zathura-pdf-mupdf, zathura-pdf-poppler was included with zathura.

mailcap - metamail capabilities file

DESCRIPTION
         The mailcap file is read by the metamail program to determine how to display non-text at the local site.

  image/*; feh %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
  text/html; lynx -nonumbers -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html
  application/pdf; zathura /dev/stdin

More reading

• Regex question
  • https://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-helpful-tips-for-mutt-e-mail-client-power-users
• Colors
  • https://www.rdrop.com/docs/mutt/manual29.html

Contact me:

Email: ricemark20.nospam@nospam.gmail.com
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@archer72
Matrix: @archer72:matrix.org
HPR Matrix room: https://app.element.io/#/room/#hpr:matrix.org
Oggcastplanet Matrix room: https://app.element.io/#/room/!oIafedhXUbEidMzeTt:libera.chat

Links

• colors
• gmail
• mailcap
• muttrc

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