mutt cheat sheet

mutt.txt

Mutt
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html


Select (tag) messages: shift+t (T)
  = (string)
  ~ (expression)
  
  ~b expr     (message with expr in body)
   [b]body
   [B]whole message
   [f]rom
   [c]c'ed
   [C]c'ed or to
   [h]eader
   
  ~m from-to  (range)
  ~d from-to  (date range)
  
  ~N (new messages)
  ~U (unread messages)
  ~R (read messages)
  ~A (all messages)
  ~D (deleted messages)
  ~p (message to you)
  ~P (message from you)
  ~= (duplicated messages)
  ~$ (unref messages)
  
  * Logical operators:
    AND = ~P ~N (new messages from you)
    OR  = ~P | ~N (new messages of messages from you)
    ()  = (~= ~$) | ~N
  
  * DATES
    DD/MM/YY
    ~d 20/1/95-31/10/95  (from 20/01/95 to 31/10/95)
    ~d -31/10/95         (before 31/10/95)
    ~d 20/1/95-          (after 20/01/95)
    ~d 20/1/95           (only 20/01/95)
    ~d 20/1/95*2w        (two weeks around 20/01/95)
               [w]eek
               [d]day
               [m]onth
               [y]ear
    can use *(around), +(after) or -(before)
    
    ~d <1m               (messages newer than 1 month)
    ~d >1y               (messages older than 1 year)
    ~d =1d               (exact one day)

    

Keys:

 shift+d (D) : delete messages using pattern
 shift+t (T) : select messages using pattern
 shift+u (U) : undelete messages using pattern
 ctrl+t      : un-selected messages using pattern
 
 
 d           : delete message
 N           : mark as new
 C           : copy message to another folder(mailbox)
 o, O        : change sort, reverse sort
 ctrl+ D, U  : Deleted, Undelete a thread
 ctrl+R      : mark current thread as read
 esc+t       : select thread
 esc+ v, V   : collapse thread, collapse all threads
 w,W         : add, remove flags
 
T ~U ;WN ctrl+t .
mark unread msgs, remove its new flag, unselect them