commit a03289502f048f3c6374d9e454564edb75f6031b (patch)
parent f187231e5bbce4e2447fd7a2bedbfe77a0b648ff
Author: Alex Karle <alex@karle.co>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 23:40:01 -0400
[mutt] adding bare-bones mutt config
I was using Luke Smith's mutt-wizard for a while, which was great, but I
reached the point where I wanted to really understand what was going on
in the tool.
So I scrapped it all and started from scratch, reading the manual and
tailoring the level of complexity to my not so intense needs.
Colors are lacking, but otherwise this is a pretty functional little
mail client!
Diffstat:
6 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.dotfiler.json b/.dotfiler.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
],
"XDG_DOTS": [
"alacritty",
+ "mutt",
"nvim"
],
"SKIP_FILES": [
diff --git a/mutt/.gitignore b/mutt/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Not worth checking in encrypted passwords, as FastMail requires a different
+# password for each client anyways...
+*.gpg
+
+# Don't check in those emails ;)
+cache
diff --git a/mutt/README.md b/mutt/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# mutt
+
+Trying `mutt` in pursuit of an email client that sucks less.
+
+## Installation
+
+This folder should be symlinked to the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. But other than that
+it is necessary to generate an encrypted password file.
+
+Given that I am using FastMail, they insist on having a one-client one-time
+password for each mail client that isn't theirs. So, in this order:
+
+1. Go to FastMail's web client
+2. Under Settings create a password
+3. Create a GPG key if you don't already have one:
+
+```
+gpg --gen-key
+```
+
+4. Use that key's public key to encrypt the password (and putt it in a file):
+
+```
+echo -n "PASSWORD" | gpg --encrypt -r EMAIL > accounts/karleco.gpg
+```
+
+Now, everything should work!
diff --git a/mutt/accounts/karleco.muttrc b/mutt/accounts/karleco.muttrc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Account setup for my personal email
+# Checked into git as a template for other accounts
+
+set from="alex@karle.co"
+set realname="Alex Karle"
+
+# Use the baked in IMAP (For the most part, I only check email on a network)
+set imap_user=$from
+set imap_pass=`gpg --batch --quiet --decrypt ~/.config/mutt/accounts/karleco.gpg`
+set folder="imaps://imap.fastmail.com"
+set spoolfile="=INBOX"
+set record="=Sent"
+set postponed="=Drafts"
+
+# Never had an issue with the mutt SMTP. I'm all for the UNIX philosophy
+# but since it's already there... may as well use it?
+set smtp_url="smtps://$imap_user:$imap_pass@smtp.fastmail.com:465"
diff --git a/mutt/mailcap b/mutt/mailcap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+text/html; firefox '%s' &; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"; needsterminal;
+text/html; w3m -I %{charset} -T text/html; copiousoutput;
+application/pdf; xdg-open '%s' &; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"; needsterminal;
diff --git a/mutt/muttrc b/mutt/muttrc
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# muttrc
+# In pursuit of an email client that sucks less
+
+################################################################################
+# General
+source ~/.config/mutt/accounts/karleco.muttrc
+
+# Appearance
+# TODO: maybe one day a color scheme...
+set sort=threads
+set sort_aux=reverse-date
+
+# Attachments
+set mailcap_path=~/.config/mutt/mailcap
+auto_view text/html # tell mutt to load HTML via mailcap
+alternative_order text/plain text/enriched text/html # prefer plaintext
+
+# Fetching Mail
+set mail_check=90 # From the manual, over IMAP, 90 reasonable value
+set timeout=15 # mutt blocks mail check if no user input
+
+# Caching (speeds up IMAP considerably to not redownload every time)
+set header_cache="~/.config/mutt/cache"
+set message_cachedir="~/.config/mutt/cache"
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Bindings
+# I've chosen to customize-as-I-go on these. Some general guiding rules:
+# 1. Vi-like
+# - Obvious reasons
+# 2. Non-destructive
+# - Especially as a newby, its **the worst** to have CTRL-D
+# which I spam in Vim for half-down to delete 5-10 messages
+# in the pager before I've realized what I've done.
+bind pager j next-line
+bind pager k previous-line
+bind index G last-entry
+bind pager G bottom
+bind index,pager g noop # good practice, as gg prevents g from binding
+bind index gg first-entry
+bind pager gg top
+bind index,pager h help
+bind index,pager ? search-reverse
+bind index N search-opposite
+bind index,pager \CD half-down
+bind index,pager \CU half-up
+bind index,pager d half-down
+bind index,browser u half-up
+
+bind attach <return> view-mailcap
