Mutt for BasicLinux
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Mutt is a highly customizable e-mail client that works well with older 
hardware. It can be run in Linux console as well as in an Xterm window. 
Besides ordinary reading and composing capabilities the latest version 
of mutt is also able to access the mailbox on a pop3 server online in 
the same way as
 one of its own mail folders. This is a very comfortable 
way to delete spam and download
 only those messages which you are 
interested in. 

The add-on packets contain mutt 1.4.2.1 for BasicLinux 2 (mutt-bl2.tgz)
and 1.2.5.1i for BasicLinux 3 (mutt-bl3.tgz). The older version 
unfortunately does not suppurt direct access to pop3 server. 

I bundled Mutt with three small utilities catdoc, xls2csv and html2text
which quite reliably display the most frequent attachments (html, rtf, 
doc, xcl). Mutt also supports different national character sets. A few 
fonts and key maps for for West-European, East-European and Russian 
languages are included in the package. 
 
1. Installation: 

   BL2: Untar mail-bl2.tgz to the root directory, if you want to install 
   mutt to the RAM version, you have to use the /tmp directory and create
   symbolic links manually. 
   
   BL3: Run 'pkg mail-bl3.tgz'  this installs mutt into the BasicLinux 
   file system. 
   
2. Configuration: 

   Run 'musetup' to configure your internet settings and to select 
   a (non=English) character set you want to use. 

   All mail folders and configuration files are stored in the directory
   /root/Mail. 
  
3. Running the program

   Start the program with the command 'mu'. You can send or receive 
   messages only while being online. When you are not connected to the 
   internet outgoing messages will be stored in the outbox file. 
   
   You can dial, hang up and call mail transport routines from within 
   the program or independently with pp-on, pp-off and pmail. The 
   easiest way is to use Fkeys in mutt (for information on function 
   keys type '?'). 
   
4. Customizing mutt
   
   After some time playing with mutt you may want to edit 
   ~/root/Mail/.muttrc and ~/root/Mail/.macro to customize 
   some functions and change keyboard bindings. 

5. Change fonts and character sets

   The directory /usr/lib/kbd contains only a few fonts and keyboard
   mappings for West European, Central European and Russian languages.
   To change to a Czech-German or to a Russian phonetical keyboard
   use the commands 'cz' or 'ru'. The easiest way to switch between 
   different fonts, keyboards and encodings is to use Fkeys (for 
   information on function keys type '?'). 
   
   If you need support for other languages use the commands sefont 
   and loadkeys. Many other fonts and keyboard mappings can be found 
   in the Slackware distribution (kbd.tgz). 

6. Spam filters

   There are two ways of implementing a spam filter: You can add 
   filter routines to ~/.pmailrc or to ~/Mail/.muttrc - for more 
   information read the man pages and sample configuration files. 

7. Documentation

   You find very detailed documentation and some sample files for 
   customization in /usr/doc/mutt and /usr/man. The mutt manual 
   can also be opened from the program with the F1 key. 

