[neomutt-users] basic configuration in simple english

[jindam, vani]

On 13 September 2022 11:12:14 AM UTC, christophe lalanne <chl at aliquote.org> wrote:
>On 2022-09-13 06:53, jindam, vani wrote:
>> hello neomutters,
>> 
>> i have installed neomutt. i have few
>> questions. please let me know in
>> simple english. my primary purpose of
>> email is to send & receive emails,
>> filter incoming messages into various
>> group & to decide switch permanently
>> to cli client. i am at present subscribed
>> to half a dozen mailing lists. for
>> some reason i found official guides
>> too much confusing. for ex: do i
>> require packages to send & receive emails?
>> 
>> "it" always refer to neomutt.
>> 
>> * does it include packages necessary
>> to send & receive email?
>>  ** if no, where can i find guides or
>> kb explain settings in great detail
>> showing configuration
>> 
>> * 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
>
>Sure, the manual explains the options available, but there's also some
>sample configuration in /usr/share/doc/neomutt/samples/gpg.rc.gz (on
>Ubuntu), which contains default values that should work if you have
>gpgme installed.

oops... there are doc files. i presumed 
absence of docs bcoz i disabled installation 
of recommended packages on sid

>I have the following settings in my muttrc config file:
>
>set crypt_autoencrypt = no
>set crypt_autopgp = yes
>set crypt_autosign = no
>set crypt_replysign = yes
>set crypt_replysignencrypted = yes
>set crypt_use_gpgme = yes
>set crypt_verify_sig = yes
>set pgp_self_encrypt = yes
>set pgp_sign_as = <YOUR_PGP_HASH>
>set pgp_use_gpg_agent = yes
>
>This way, messages are not signed by default, but before sending a
>message I can simply press p and I get a dialog asking if I want to
>crypt and/or sign the outgoing message. If you prefer to always encrypt
>your message, check the relevant options.

i have noted down in my todos.

regards,
jindam, vani


>> 
>> * filtering emails
>>  ** does it require any extra package
>> 
>> regards,
>> jindam, vani
>
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>christophe lalanne
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