[neomutt-users] basic configuration in simple english

[Sam Kuper]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 06:53:55AM +0000, jindam, vani wrote:
> "it" always refer to neomutt.
> 
> * does it include packages necessary to send & receive email?

Neomutt includes:

- basic built-in Mail Transfer Agent ("MTA", i.e. send, using SMTP)
  functionality, and

- basic built-in Mail Retrieval Agent ("MRA", i.e. retrieve, using POP3
  or IMAP) functionality.

If you want or need more sophisticated functionality, consider e.g.:

- For sending: a lightweight MTA such as msmtp is all you're likely to
  need.  (Also consider using msmtpq alongside msmtp, for queueing
  outgoing mails if you're offline.)

- For retrieving: a standalone MRA such as getmail, fetchmail,
  isync/mbsync, or fdm.


>   ** if no, where can i find guides or kb explain settings in great
>   detail showing configuration

Msmtp:

https://marlam.de/msmtp/

https://marlam.de/msmtp/documentation/

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/msmtp

https://wiki.debian.org/msmtp

Getmail:

https://pyropus.ca./software/getmail/


> * encrypt all outgoing email by default.  i am unreasonable human who
> wants to encrypt all of my outgoing emails until 'autocrypt' is
> adopted by top 10 webmail or email isps.
>
>   ** does it handle smoothly encrypted emails w/o my intervention as
>   much less as possible

Someone else can answer this.


> * filtering emails
>   ** does it require any extra package

Depends on the kind of filtering you require!  You probably want to run
a Mail Delivery Agent (MDA).

See, for instance:

https://pyropus.ca./software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Delivery_Agent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procmail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildrop

You might additionally want to run a mail filter ("milter") such as
SpamAssassin or Bogofilter.

Good luck!

Sam