Using mutt email client with multiple IMAP accounts

   [1]Christoph Berg's Blog/ [2]2010/ Using multiple IMAP accounts with
   Mutt
     * [3]RecentChanges
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   Mutt's configuration is sometime more a toolbox than something offering
   ready solutions, and "how to I use multiple accounts?" is one of the
   most FAQs. Here's a condensed version of my setup.

   In the most simple solution, just 'c'hange folders to the IMAP server:
c imaps://imap.example.com <enter>
c imaps://imap.otherdomain.tld <enter>

   That's cumbersome to type, so let's automate it:
# .mutt/muttrc
macro index <f2> '<change-folder>imaps://imap.example.com<enter>'
macro index <f3> '<change-folder>imaps://imap.otherdomain.tld<enter>'

   That would be the basic setup.

   The two accounts have settings associated with them, we put them in two
   files:
# .mutt/account.example
set [email protected]
set hostname="example.com"
set folder="imaps://imap.example.com/"
set postponed="=Drafts"
set spoolfile="imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX"
set signature="~/.mutt/signature.example"
set smtp_url="smtp://[email protected]" smtp_pass="$my_pw_example"

# .mutt/account.otherdomain
set [email protected]
set hostname="otherdomain.tld"
set folder="imaps://imap.otherdomain.tld/"
set postponed="=Drafts"
set spoolfile="imaps://imap.otherdomain.tld/INBOX"
set signature="~/.mutt/signature.otherdomain"
set smtp_url="smtp://[email protected]" smtp_pass="$my_pw_otherdomain"

   Now all that's left to do is two folder-hooks to load the files:
# .mutt/muttrc
folder-hook 'example.com' 'source ~/.mutt/account.example'
folder-hook 'otherdomain.tld' 'source ~/.mutt/account.otherdomain'
# switch to default account on startup
source ~/.mutt/account.example

   A slight variation of the macros also uses the account files:
macro index <f2> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.example<en
ter><change-folder>!<enter>'
macro index <f3> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/account.otherdomai
n<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'

   To save entering the password all the time, we use account-hooks:
account-hook example.org 'set imap_user=me imap_pass=pw1'
account-hook otherdomain.tld 'set imap_user=myself imap_pass=pw2'

   Putting passwords in configs isn't something I like, so I pull them
   from the Gnome keyring:
set my_pw_example=`gnome-keyring-query get mutt_example`
set my_pw_otherdomain=`gnome-keyring-query get mutt_otherdomain`
account-hook example.org 'set imap_user=me imap_pass=$my_pw_example'
account-hook otherdomain.tld 'set imap_user=myself imap_pass=$my_pw_otherdomain'

   (I found gnome-keyring-query in the [5]Gentoo Wiki.)

   Martti Rahkila has [6]more verbose article with similar ideas.

   Update 2013-01-02: smtp_url and smtp_pass added
   Tags: [7]debian [8]unix
   Last edited Mi 02 Jan 2013 12:00:14 CET

References

   1. https://www.df7cb.de/blog/index.html
   2. https://www.df7cb.de/blog/2010.html
   3. https://www.df7cb.de/blog/recentchanges.html
   4. http://svn.df7cb.de/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/2010/Using_multiple_IMAP_accounts_with_Mutt.mdwn?root=blog&view=log
   5. http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Use_gnome-keyring_to_store_SSH_passphrases
   6. http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/~mara/mutt/profiles.html
   7. https://www.df7cb.de/blog/tag/debian.html
   8. https://www.df7cb.de/blog/tag/unix.html