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8 | <h1>The Mutt E-Mail Client</h1> |
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10 | <cite> |
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11 | "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa 1995 |
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13 | </p></center> |
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14 | <p> |
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15 | <a href="http://www.mutt.org/links.html#mirrors">mirrors</a> |
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16 | </p><hr><p> |
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17 | </p><h2>Latest News</h2> |
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18 | <!-- Stick important news (security, etc.) here, cycled out to news.html. --> |
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19 | <p> |
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20 | Mutt 1.3.28 was released on March 13, 2002. This is a <strong>release |
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21 | candidate</strong> for 1.4. |
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22 | </p><p> |
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23 | Mutt 1.2.5.1 and 1.3.25 were released on January 1, 2002. These releases both |
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24 | fix a <strong>security hole</strong> which can be remotely exploited. For more |
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25 | information, see the |
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26 | <a href="http://www.mutt.org/announce/mutt-1.2.5.1-1.3.25.html">release announcement</a>. |
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27 | </p><p> |
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28 | Mutt 1.3.24 was released on November 30, 2001. This is a <strong>beta</strong> |
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29 | development release toward the next stable public release version. There have |
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30 | been several large changes since 1.2.x, so please check the |
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31 | <a href="http://www.mutt.org/changes.html">recent changes page</a>. |
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32 | </p><p> |
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33 | The Mutt CVS server has <strong>moved</strong> from ftp.guug.de to ftp.mutt.org. |
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34 | </p><p> |
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35 | <a href="http://www.mutt.org/news.html">more news</a> |
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36 | </p><p></p><hr><p> |
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37 | </p><h2>General Info</h2> |
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38 | <p> |
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39 | Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating |
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40 | systems. The latest public release version is 1.3.28, which is a |
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41 | <strong>release candidate</strong> for 1.4. The current stable public release |
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42 | version is 1.2.5.1. For more information, see the following: |
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43 | </p><p> |
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44 | </p><ul><li><a href="#features">Features</a> |
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45 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/screenshots/">Screenshots</a> |
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46 | </li><li>Documentation |
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47 | <ul><li><a href="http://www.fefe.de/muttfaq/faq">FAQ</a> |
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48 | (maintained by Felix von Leitner) |
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49 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/man_page.html">Man Page</a> |
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50 | </li><li>Manual |
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51 | <ul><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/">HTML</a> |
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52 | (<a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual.html.tar.gz">gzipped</a>) |
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53 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual.txt">Text</a> |
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54 | (<a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual.txt.gz">gzipped</a>) |
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55 | </li></ul> |
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56 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/changes.html">Recent Changes to Mutt</a> |
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57 | (please read if upgrading) |
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58 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/links.html#config">Sample Configuration (.muttrc, etc.) Files</a> |
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59 | </li><li><a href="http://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/">Mutt and IMAP</a> |
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60 | (maintained by Brendan Cully) |
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61 | </li><li>Using Mutt with GPG/PGP |
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62 | <ul><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/doc/PGP-Notes.txt">Official Mutt doc</a> |
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63 | (included in the release) |
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64 | </li><li><a href="http://codesorcery.net/mutt/mutt-gnupg-howto">Alternate version</a> |
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65 | (for PGP/GPG newbies, by Justin R. Miller) |
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66 | </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Mutt-GnuPG-PGP-HOWTO.html">Alternate version</a> |
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67 | (from the LDP) |
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68 | </li></ul> |
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69 | </li><li><a href="http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/">Mutt overview for newbies</a> |
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70 | (maintained by Bruno Postle) |
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71 | </li></ul> |
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72 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/download.html">Downloading</a> |
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73 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/news.html">News</a> (releases, security alerts, etc.) |
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74 | </li><li><a href="http://bugs.guug.de/db/pa/lmutt.html">Current Reported Bugs</a> |
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75 | </li><li><a href="#discuss">User Discussion</a> |
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76 | (mailing lists, newsgroups, IRC, etc.) |
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77 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/links.html">Links</a> (user advocacy, international pages, |
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78 | user contributed docs, patches, scripts, add-ons, other recommended |
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79 | programs, etc.) |
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80 | </li><li><a href="#press">What Other People Are Saying About Mutt</a> (press) |
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81 | </li></ul> |
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82 | <p> |
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83 | <img src="The%20Mutt%20E-Mail%20Client_files/mutt_button.gif" alt="[Mutt Mail Agent Button]" border="0" width="88" height="31"> |
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84 | <!-- |
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85 | <img src="image/mutt_bar.gif" alt="[Mutt Running Dog Bar]" border=0 |
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86 | width=200 height=35> |
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88 | </p><p></p><hr><p> |
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89 | </p><h2><a name="features">Features</a></h2> |
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90 | <p> |
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91 | Some of Mutt's features include: |
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92 | </p><p> |
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93 | </p><ul><li>color support |
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94 | </li><li>message threading |
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95 | </li><li>MIME support (including RFC2047 support for encoded headers) |
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96 | </li><li>PGP/MIME (RFC2015) |
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97 | </li><li>various features to support mailing lists, including list-reply |
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98 | </li><li>active development community |
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99 | </li><li>POP3 support |
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100 | </li><li>IMAP support |
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101 | </li><li>full control of message headers when composing |
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102 | </li><li>support for multiple mailbox formats (mbox, MMDF, MH, maildir) |
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103 | </li><li><strong>highly</strong> customizable, including keybindings and macros |
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104 | </li><li>change configuration automatically based on recipients, current |
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105 | folder, etc. |
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106 | </li><li>searches using regular expressions, including an internal pattern |
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107 | matching language |
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108 | </li><li>Delivery Status Notification (DSN) support |
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109 | </li><li>postpone message composition indefinetly for later recall |
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110 | </li><li>easily include attachments when composing, even from the command line |
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111 | </li><li>ability to specify alternate addresses for recognition of mail |
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112 | forwarded from other accounts, with ability to set the From: headers |
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113 | on replies/etc. accordingly |
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114 | </li><li>multiple message tagging |
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115 | </li><li>reply to or forward multiple messages at once |
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116 | </li><li><i>.mailrc</i> style configuration files |
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117 | </li><li>easy to install (uses GNU autoconf) |
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118 | </li><li>compiles against either curses/ncurses or S-lang |
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119 | </li><li>translation into at least 20 languages |
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120 | </li><li>small and efficient |
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121 | </li><li><em>It's free!</em> (no cost and GPL'ed) |
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122 | </li></ul> |
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123 | <p> |
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124 | <a href="http://www.mutt.org/screenshots/">Screenshots</a> demonstrating some of Mutt's |
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125 | capabilities are available. |
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126 | </p><p> |
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127 | Though written from scratch, Mutt's initial interface was based largely on the |
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128 | <a href="http://www.myxa.com/elm.html">ELM</a> mail client. To a large extent, |
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129 | Mutt is still very ELM-like in presentation of information in menus (and in |
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130 | fact, ELM users will find it quite painless to switch as the default key |
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131 | bindings are identical). As development progressed, features found in other |
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132 | popular clients such as PINE and MUSH have been added, the result being a |
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133 | hybrid, or "mutt." At present, it most closely resembles the <a href="http://space.mit.edu/%7Edavis/slrn.html">SLRN</a> news client. Mutt was |
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134 | originally written by <a href="http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Eme/">Michael Elkins</a> |
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135 | but is now developed and maintained by the members of the Mutt development |
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136 | <a href="#discuss">mailing list</a>. |
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137 | </p><p> |
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138 | <a href="#">top</a> |
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139 | </p><p></p><hr><p> |
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140 | </p><h2><a name="discuss">Mutt User Discussion</a></h2> |
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141 | <p> |
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142 | </p><ul><li>Mailing Lists |
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143 | <ul><li>mutt-announce@mutt.org -- Announcements. |
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144 | </li><li><a href="mailto:mutt-users@mutt.org">mutt-users@mutt.org</a> |
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145 | -- General Discussion. |
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146 | </li><li><a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mutt-users">mutt-users Archive</a> |
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147 | (AIMS) |
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148 | </li><li><a href="http://mail-archive.com/mutt-users%40mutt.org/">mutt-users Archive</a> |
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149 | (mail-archive.com) |
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150 | </li><li><a href="http://www.egroups.com/group/mutt-users/">mutt-users Archive</a> |
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151 | (Egroups) |
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152 | </li><li><a href="mailto:mutt-dev@mutt.org">mutt-dev@mutt.org</a> -- |
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153 | Development Community. |
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154 | </li><li><a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mutt-dev">mutt-dev Archive</a> |
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155 | (AIMS) |
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156 | </li><li><a href="http://www.egroups.com/group/mutt-dev/">mutt-dev Archive</a> |
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157 | (Egroups) |
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158 | </li><li><a href="mailto:mutt-po@mutt.org">mutt-po@mutt.org</a> -- |
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159 | Translation Issues. |
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160 | </li><li><a href="http://www.mutt.org/mail-lists.html">Subscribe to the lists through this web site</a>. |
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161 | (You need to be subscribed to the lists to post to them.) |
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162 | </li></ul> |
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163 | <p> |
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164 | </p></li><li>Newsgroup |
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165 | <ul><li><a href="news://comp.mail.mutt/">comp.mail.mutt</a> |
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166 | </li><li><a href="http://www.deja.com/dnquery.xp?query=%7Eg%20comp.mail.mutt">comp.mail.mutt Archive</a> |
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167 | (Deja.com) |
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168 | </li></ul> |
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169 | <p> |
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170 | </p></li><li>IRC -- Channel #mutt on |
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171 | <a href="http://www.openprojects.net/irc_servers.shtml/">irc.openprojects.net</a> |
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172 | </li></ul> |
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173 | <p> |
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174 | <a href="#">top</a> |
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175 | </p><p></p><hr><p> |
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176 | </p><h2><a name="press">Press About Mutt</a></h2> |
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177 | <p> |
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178 | </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/Mutt/page1.html">A Man And His Mutt</a> |
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179 | -- <a href="http://www.devshed.com/">Developer Shed</a> |
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180 | </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxnovice.org/main_software.php3?VIEW=VIEW&t_id=146">Mutt: An e-mail user's best friend -- Part One</a> |
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181 | -- <a href="http://www.linuxnovice.org/">LinuxNovice.org</a>. |
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182 | <a href="http://www.linuxnovice.org/main_software.php3?VIEW=VIEW&t_id=164">Part Two</a> |
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183 | </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxcare.com/viewpoints/ap-of-the-wk/03-31-00.epl">Mutt</a> -- Mutt was the app of the week at |
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184 | <a href="http://www.linuxcare.com/">Linuxcare</a>. |
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185 | </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-12/lw-12-mutt.html">Man's Best Friend</a> |
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186 | -- <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/">Linux World</a>. |
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187 | </li><li><a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/199812/mutt&page=1">Mutt: A Unix Mailer for Experts</a> |
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188 | -- an article from |
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189 | <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/">32BitsOnline</a>. |
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190 | </li><li><a href="http://www.ssc.com/lg/issue14/mutt.html">The Mutt Mailer</a> |
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191 | -- an (old) article from the |
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192 | <a href="http://www.ssc.com/lg/">Linux Gazette</a>. |
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193 | </li></ul> |
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194 | <p> |
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195 | <a href="#">top</a> |
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196 | </p><p></p><hr> |
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197 | <address>Last updated on March 13, 2002 by |
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198 | <a href="http://jblosser.firinn.org/">Jeremy Blosser</a>. |
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199 | </address> |
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200 | URL:<http://www.mutt.org/index.html><br> |
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201 | Copyright © 1996-9 Michael R. Elkins. All rights reserved.<br> |
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202 | Copyright © 1999-2002 Jeremy Blosser. All rights reserved. |
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203 | <hr> |
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204 | <!-- BEGIN HOSTED BY --> |
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205 | <a href="http://www.gbnet.net/"><img src="The%20Mutt%20E-Mail%20Client_files/gbnettek_w100_transb.gif" width="100" height="64" alt="GBNet/NetTek" border="0" vspace="10"></a> |
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206 | <br><small>hosted by<br> |
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207 | <a href="http://www.gbnet.net/">GBNet/NetTek</a></small> |
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