Basic Setup For Multiple Gmail Accounts In Neomutt

neomutt-setup.md

Basic Setup For Multiple Gmail Accounts In Neomutt

Just started using Neomutt, so my setup is still very basic.
It was quite a headache getting it to work with multiple Gmail accounts.
Hopefully the information below helps you and future me.

References

• Gist By miguelmota
• Gist By gahr
• Post By Gideon Wolfe
• Video By ATOM

Be sure to allow less secure apps for each Gmail account

Directories And Files

~/
|── .neomutt/
|   ├── account.com.gmail.foo
|   ├── account.com.gmail.bar
|   ├── com.gmail.foo/
|   ├── com.gmail.bar/
└── .neomuttrc

~/.neomuttrc

# Default account
source "~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account1"

# Folder hooks
folder-hook 'account.com.gmail.account1' 'source ~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account1'
folder-hook 'account.com.gmail.account2' 'source ~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account2'

# Macros to switch accounts
macro index <f2> "<enter-command>unmailboxes *<enter><enter-command>source ~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account1<enter><sync-mailbox><change-folder>!<enter>"
macro index <f3> "<enter-command>unmailboxes *<enter><enter-command>source ~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account2<enter><sync-mailbox><change-folder>!<enter>"

# Mappings
## Fetch mail shortcut
bind index G imap-fetch-mail

# General settings
set editor='vim'

~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account1

set imap_user = "account1@gmail.com"
set imap_pass = ""
set smtp_url = "smtp://account1@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = ""

set from = "account1@gmail.com"
set realname = "your name"

set folder = "imaps://$imap_user@imap.gmail.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Gmail]/Drafts"
set record = "+[Gmail]/Sent"
set trash = "+[Gmail]/Trash"

# Be sure to `mkdir -p` the following paths
set header_cache =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account1/cache/headers
set message_cachedir =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account1/cache/bodies
set certificate_file =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account1/certificates

set move = no
set imap_keepalive = 900

set sort = reverse-threads
set sort_aux = last-date-received

~/.neomutt/account.com.gmail.account2

set imap_user = "account2@gmail.com"
set imap_pass = ""
set smtp_url = "smtp://account2@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = ""

set from = "account2@gmail.com"
set realname = "your name"

set folder = "imaps://$imap_user@imap.gmail.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed = "+[Gmail]/Drafts"
set record = "+[Gmail]/Sent"
set trash = "+[Gmail]/Trash"

# Be sure to `mkdir -p` the following paths
set header_cache =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account2/cache/headers
set message_cachedir =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account2/cache/bodies
set certificate_file =~/.neomutt/com.gmail.account2/certificates

set move = no
set imap_keepalive = 900

set sort = reverse-threads
set sort_aux = last-date-received