Status flags in Mutt

Taken from the online Mutt manual

http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-2.html#ss2.3

Status Flags

In addition to who sent the message and the subject, a short summary of the disposition of each message is printed beside the message number. Zero or more of the following ``flags'' may appear, which mean:

D

message is deleted (is marked for deletion)

d

message have attachments marked for deletion

K

contains a PGP public key

N

message is new

O

message is old

P

message is PGP encrypted

r

message has been replied to

S

message is PGP signed, and the signature is succesfully verified

s

message is PGP signed

!

message is flagged

*

message is tagged

Some of the status flags can be turned on or off using

• set-flag (default: w)
• clear-flag (default: W)

Furthermore, the following flags reflect who the message is addressed to. They can be customized with the $to_chars variable.

+       message is to you and you only
T       message is to you, but also to or cc'ed to others
C       message is cc'ed to you
F       message is from you
L       message is sent to a subscribed mailing list

Using Mutt to manage your Gmail

sudo apt-get install openssl mutt

# ~/.muttrc

set imap_user = "username@gmail.com"
set imap_pass = "password"

set smtp_url = "smtp://username@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = "password"
set from = "username@gmail.com"
set realname = "Your Real Name"

set folder = "imaps://imap.gmail.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed="+[Gmail]/Drafts"

set header_cache=~/.mutt/cache/headers
set message_cachedir=~/.mutt/cache/bodies
set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates

set move = no

# Keymaps
j = next message
k = prev message
/ = search emails
c = change mail folder