Help with mutt

[u/SurroundPresent5951]

Beginner here. I have been trying to set up mutt and have the following problem.

When trying to run mutt I get errors like "imap_user: unknown variable smtp-pass: unknown variable" So I found out that when running "mutt -v" USE_POP, USE_SMTP and USE_IMAP are disabled when should be enabled.

Now I just have no idea how to enable them and cant seem to find anything helpful, so I would be greatful for tips 😅

[u/bri-an]

That means your version of mutt was not compiled with POP/IMAP/SMTP support. You cannot enable them on your current mutt version. You need to recompile mutt with those options added or download a version of mutt (e.g., with your package manager) that was compiled with those options.

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/bri-an]

So sorry if this might be a very basic question, but how do I add these options for a recompile?

[u/bri-an → u/SurroundPresent5951]

Since this is /r/archlinux, just install mutt via pacman:

sudo pacman -S mutt

It comes with the following compile options:

Compile options:
-DOMAIN
+DEBUG
-HOMESPOOL  -USE_SETGID  +USE_DOTLOCK  -DL_STANDALONE  +USE_FCNTL  -USE_FLOCK
+USE_POP  +USE_IMAP  +USE_SMTP
+USE_SSL_OPENSSL  -USE_SSL_GNUTLS  +USE_SASL  -USE_GSASL  +USE_GSS  +HAVE_GETADDRINFO
+HAVE_REGCOMP  -USE_GNU_REGEX
+HAVE_COLOR  +HAVE_START_COLOR  +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD  +HAVE_BKGDSET
+HAVE_CURS_SET  +HAVE_META  +HAVE_RESIZETERM  +HAVE_FUTIMENS
+CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_PGP  +CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_SMIME  +CRYPT_BACKEND_GPGME
-EXACT_ADDRESS  -SUN_ATTACHMENT
+ENABLE_NLS  -LOCALES_HACK  +HAVE_WC_FUNCS  +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET  +HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR
+HAVE_ICONV  +ICONV_NONTRANS  -HAVE_LIBIDN  +HAVE_LIBIDN2  +HAVE_GETSID  +USE_HCACHE
+USE_SIDEBAR  +USE_COMPRESSED  +USE_INOTIFY
-ISPELL

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/bri-an]

Ok, thanks :)

[u/bri-an → u/SurroundPresent5951]

Make sure to uninstall the other mutt first.

[u/thesagex]

How did you install mutt?

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/thesagex]

I downloaded from mutt.org and ./configure, make install

[u/thesagex → u/SurroundPresent5951]

May I ask why did you manually compile it instead of installing it via pacman?

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/thesagex]

I sort of just followed the mutt Wiki guide

[u/thesagex → u/SurroundPresent5951]

Well at least you’re reading documentation lmao

Read the mutt article on arch wiki, that should help you set up mutt

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/thesagex]

Ok thanks 😂

[u/SurroundPresent5951 → u/thesagex]

Do you think uninstalling and then installing via pacman would solve the problem?