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Neomutt

2021-03-20

Neomutt is an updated version of Mutt, a text based email client.

Site de Neomutt

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Configuration files

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External applications

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txt2pdf Convert text to PDF with Unicode
mbsync I use mbsync to download emails
msmtp I use msmtp to send emails
Chawan I use Chawan in mailcap to convert html emails
GPG signature and encryption
DeepL-cli for translating
Translate Shell for translating
Urlscan manage links in emails
Notmuch Notmuch email system for searching (I don't use it)
Imapfilter tool for filtering mail

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Personal Notes

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To enable verification of the GPG signature from the keyservers when +reading an e-mail, make sure that the ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file contains these lines:

keyserver hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net
+keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve
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I use msmtp to send e-mails from my Arch linux laptop. In msmtprc, +

+tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt +

doesn't work for me, instead I use

+tls_fingerprint +

To obtain the fingerprint :

msmtp --serverinfo --tls --tls-certcheck=off --host=host.domain.tld 
+      --port=587 | egrep -o "([0-9A-Za-z]{2}:){31}[0-9A-Za-z]{2}"
+

I have a cron job that updates the fingerprint regularily.

#!/bin/bash
+# update tls_fingerprint entry in ~/.msmtprc
+
+cd $HOME
+
+# get the server fingerprint
+KEY=$(msmtp --serverinfo --tls --tls-certcheck=off --host=mail.domain.tld --port=587 | grep -E -o "([0-9A-Za-z]{2}:){31}[0-9A-Za-z]{2}")
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+# replace tls_fingerprint line in .msmtprc 
+sed -i "s/^tls_fingerprint.*/tls_fingerprint $KEY/g" .msmtprc
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+I use Chawan (cha) in my mailcap to convert html mail to text, otherwise xdg-desktop for the default applications +(see mailcap above) +