Mutt tips

My .muttrc

https://github.com/jpinkham/dotfiles/blob/master/muttrc

sending JUST attachments, from the command line/scripts

echo | mutt -s $subject -a $file_to_attach [email protected]

sending HTML email (using file contents) from the command line/scripts

echo | mutt -e 'my_hdr Content-Type: text/html' -s $subject -i $html_file [email protected]

Deleting files based on date (from inside Mutt)

shift+T   (to tag)
~d dd/mm/yyyy-dd/mm/yyyy   (tag based on date)
;
d    (delete tagged messages)

Reference: Mutt: select multiple messages

Mutt complains that mailbox is read-only when you try to delete messages

Change permissions on top level mail dir

jpinkham@codegirl ~ $ sudo chmod 1777 /var/mail

Proof it worked, after I tried mutt again, and deleted messages:

jpinkham@codegirl ~ $ mutt
0 kept, 5 deleted.

Reference: Getting a message from mutt that the mailbox is readonly if I use the `d' (delete) key