Mutt E-mail

ILS advocates the use of Thunderbird and Bates Webmail as supported e-mail programs. In order to provide a secure SSH application that functions very similarly to both Elm and Pine e-mail programs, and supports digital signature capability, ILS is switching to supporting Mutt.

A comprehensive Mutt user manual can be found at: http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.html

Open Putty on the PC, or Terminal on the Mac:

For instructions on downloading and configuring Putty for Windows computers see: http://www.bates.edu/x166688.xml

For instructions on downloading and configuring Terminal for Mac computers see: http://www.bates.edu/x166686.xml

A. With SSH session open, at login prompt:

1. Type in Bates username
2. Press Enter
3. Type in network password
4. Press Enter
5. At the abacus.bates.edu> prompt type mutt

B. On the Mac, using Terminal command line:

1. login with Bates username and password
2. at the abacus.bates.edu> prompt type in mutt

C. Some Comparisons with Pine and Elm:

1. Inbox index messages are displayed by default
2. Press enter to view a message
3. Saves text attachments like pine

D. Use Key commands such as:

1. d = delete
2. m = mail, then:
3. control/x
   followed by y
   then s to send
4. j = move down in index
5. k = move up in index
6. c = change directory
7. r = reply to message
8. s = save message
9. space bar to view a message
10. type ? for a complete list of commands

Similar to other programs when you type q for quit, the program asks if you want to purge or delete those marked. Type logout when session is done.