Re: Suggestions for mail client

On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 00:00:55 +0000
Joe B <josef.c.bailey@protonmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to use neomutt/mutt as my main email client but my family
> still sends attachments and html emails. can mutt/neomutt open them ?
> if so how or could you point me somehwere that can help.

You can install www/elinks (pkg install elinks), a text-based browser
that can "dump" the output of an HTML message rendered as plain text
straight into the terminal. Then you can add a mailcap entry
(~/.mutt/mailcap) like this:

	text/html; /usr/local/bin/elinks %s ; copiousoutput

And then mutt will automatically invoke elinks and render HTML emails
straight into the mutt viewport. No need to press 'v' and 'm' or open an
external browser or anything. It's very natural, quick, and I use it in
mutt all the time.

You can send attachments with mutt by pressing 'a' after composing the
text of your message.

Hope this helps; mutt is one amazing mail client once you get used to
it!

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Vitor