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Mutt VT/Google Mail Setup
This will cover basic mutt configuration files for connecting to VT webmail. VT recommends using POP until the quota system is in place because POP will store local copies, but IMAP still works. These settings will get mutt working with VT's email servers, but there are other settings you probably want if you are unfamiliar with mutt.
IMAP
Anything in all caps should be replaced with your information
set imap_user = "PID@vt.edu" set imap_pass = "PASSWORD" set from = "PID@vt.edu" set folder = "imaps://imap.vt.edu:993" set spoolfile = "+Inbox" set hostname = vt.edu set postponed = "+Drafts" set record = "+Sent"
If trash is compiled into mutt you can add:
set trash = "+Trash"
POP
Coming soon...
SMTP
set smtp_url = "smtps://PID@vt.edu@auth.smtp.vt.edu:465/" set smtp_pass = "PASSWORD
If you are using GnuTLS in mutt and get an error saying the key is too small. GnuTLS supports 256 AES, but it defaults to 128 when connecting. For this you must add this:
set ssl_min_dh_prime_bits = 500
LUUGmail
IMAP/SMTP for acidburn
This is a sample configuration for imap/smtp in mutt for acidburn, provided by echarlie
set realname = 'Wadsworth Luugbot' #your display name here set imap_user=wadsworth #this should be your LDAP account name set imap_pass=$my_luug_pass #Whatever your LUUG password is. Here we used a personal variable. set ssl_force_tls=yes set ssl_starttls=yes set folder = "imap://$imap_user@acidburn.vtluug.org:143/" set spoolfile = +INBOX set postponed = +Drafts set record = +sent set imap_check_subscribed set pgp_sign_as = "wadsworth@vtluug.org" # If you like pgp-signing things set from = "wadsworth@vtluug.org" #### THIS IS IMPORTANT #### set use_from = yes set smtp_url=smtp://$imap_user:$imap_pass@acidburn.vtluug.org:587 # this is for if you use multiple accounts. The ssl settings are necessary since we don't have a # certified tls key right now account-hook $folder "set imap_user=$imap_user imap_pass=$imap_pass ssl_verify_dates=no ssl_verify_host=no"
This section assumes you are using mutt with multiple accounts. For that, we reccomend putting the following into .muttrc/vtluug or something similar, and having this in your .mutt/muttrc :
source "~/.mutt/vtluug" folder-hook $folder 'source ~/.mutt/vtluug'