Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of MUA Configuration

Timestamp:

07/21/06 12:58:36 (20 years ago)

Author:

dkg@…

Comment:

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MUA Configuration

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 = Mail User Agent configuration =
 
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 ==== final tuning ====
 
-Firstly, you may want to import the [wiki:"CAL Certificate Authority"]'s root certificate into Thunderbird.  Instructions on how to do thiw for Thunderbird are [wiki:"CAL Certificate Authority" here].
+Firstly, you may want to import the [wiki:"CAL Certificate Authority"]'s root certificate into Thunderbird.  Instructions on how to do this for Thunderbird are [wiki:"CAL Certificate Authority" here].
 
 Choose `Edit|Account Settings...` again, if that dialog box isn't already open.
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+=== `mutt` ===
 
+`mutt` is a well-maintained, free console-based, IMAP-capable mail client.  Configuring `mutt` is done by editing a text configuration file, stored in `~/.muttrc`
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+On CAL configured workstations, you don't need to do any configuration to get `mutt` to work with your CAL mail account.  It is already set up, thanks to [source:/trunk/packages/cal-meta/src/cal-configured-workstation-config/etc/Muttrc.d/cal.rc /etc/Muttrc.d/cal.rc].
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+On systems without properly configured [wiki:"krb5 libraries"], or systems outside of Pupin Hall, you probably want to add the following set of lines to `~/.muttrc` to be able to check your CAL mail with mutt: ''(note: replace "username" with your CAL username!)''
+{{{
+set imap_authenticators="login"
+set spoolfile="imap://username@mail.astro.columbia.edu/INBOX"
+set folder="imap://username@mail.astro.columbia.edu/INBOX"
+set ssl_force_tls="yes"
+set record="=Sent"
+set postponed="=Drafts"
+}}}
+
+You may also want to instruct `mutt` to trust the [wiki:"CAL Certificate Authority"] by appending [source:/trunk/packages/cal-meta/src/PKI/CAL-CA_root_cert.pem its root certificate] to `mutt`'s `certificate_file` (which by default is `~/.mutt_certificates`)