[neomutt-users] basic configuration in simple english

[jindam, vani]

On 13 September 2022 10:03:36 AM UTC, Sam Kuper <sampablokuper at posteo.net> wrote:
>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.

i will go with built-ins.

>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.

i have noted down in my todos.

>>   ** 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/

i have noted down in my todos.

>
>> * 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.

if i find my webmail provider is insufficient, 
w/o hesitation i will install immediately.

sam kuper, your use of terms, led me 
to know the basic functionality. (1)
thanks a lot.

regards,
jindam, vani

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_agent_%28infrastructure%29

>Good luck!
>
>Sam