Email clients

by Gisle Hannemyr

This chapter explains how to install the email clients Alpine and Mutt.

Introduction
Install Alpine
Install Mutt
Final word

Introduction

Alpine and Mutt are email clients that run from the CLI, but allows using arrow keys for navigation. Both allow remote access from GUI email clients using IMAP.

The difference is that “mutt” let you use the superior Gnu/Linux Maildir directory structure to store mail, while “Alpine” uses the legacy Unix mbox textfile format.

For information about use, see the chapter about Using Unix email clients.

Install Alpine

To install:

$ sudo apt install alpine

Alpine does not support /Maildir.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/34954/how-do-i-set-up-alpine-to-read-local-unix-generated-mail

Install Mutt

To install:

$ sudo apt install mutt

To configure Mutt put instrauction in .muttrc:

set mbox_type=Maildir
set folder="~/Maildir"
set mask="!^\\.[^.]"
set mbox="~/Maildir"
set record="+.Sent"
set postponed="+.Drafts"
set spoolfile="~/Maildir"

http://www.elho.net/mutt/maildir/

Email authentication

SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail)

https://www.mail-tester.com/spf-dkim-check

Final word

[TBA]