ECE Sysadmin Wiki

“Mutt”is the email client that was based mainly on the “elm” email client.

Some versions of the "mutt" email client  can use IMAP and SMTP .
IMAP is required for reading email from the new ECE mail server.
The "mutt" program on the ECE Debian Linux computers is
able to use IMAP and SMTP.

The following template should be added to your "~/.muttrc" file to
read email from the ECE mail server with "mutt".

# "~/.muttrc" template for ECE mail server 
#
# Replace "LOGINNAME" with your login name (eg: peterp)
# Replace 'Firstname Lastname' with full name 'Peter Pereira'
#

# Set newest message at top
# set sort_aux=reverse-last-date-received

# Automatically log in to this mailbox at startup

#ECE department secure IMAP server
set spoolfile="imaps://LOGINNAME@mail.ece.utoronto.ca:993"

# SMTP server should not have to be set on local Tier 1 computers.
# Mutt will use "sendmail" for mail delivery.
#set smtp_url="smtps://LOGINNAME@mail.ece.utoronto.ca:465"

# User info
set my_user=LOGINNAME
set realname = 'Firstname Lastname'
set from = "LOGINNAME@mail.ece.utoronto.ca"
set use_from = yes

# Define the = shortcut, and the entry point for the folder browser (c?)
set folder="imaps://mail.ece.utoronto.ca/"
set record="=Sent"
set postponed="=Drafts"
set trash="=Trash"

# activate TLS if available on the server
set ssl_starttls=yes

# always use SSL when connecting to a server
set ssl_force_tls=yes

# Don't wait to enter mailbox manually 
unset imap_passive        

# Automatically poll subscribed mailboxes for new mail (new in 1.5.11)
set imap_check_subscribed

# Reduce polling frequency to a sane level
set mail_check=60

# And poll the current mailbox more often (not needed with IDLE in post 1.5.11)
set timeout=10

# keep a cache of headers for faster loading (1.5.9+?)
#set header_cache=~/.hcache

# Display download progress every 5K
set net_inc=5