How to install, configure, and use mutt with a gmail account on Linux | Linux Today

How to install, configure, and use mutt with a gmail account on Linux

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Egidio Docile
Oct 14, 2020

Email reader programs such as Thunderbird or Evolution are great, but sometimes they can feel bloated. If you found yourself working mainly from CLI, you may find useful to learn how to install and configure Mutt, a command line email client: that’s what we will do in this tutorial.

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Egidio Docile

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