NeoMutt 20260504 (binary only)⚓︎

• Homepage: https://neomutt.org/
• Manpage: https://neomutt.org/guide/
• Changelog: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/releases
• Repository: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt
• Package: master/make/pkgs/neomutt/
• Steward: Ircama

NeoMutt is a command-line mail user agent (MUA) derived from the classic Mutt client. It adds
many features that were never merged into the Mutt upstream: improved sidebar, virtual mailboxes,
conditional formatting, notmuch search integration (disabled in this package), NNTP reading, and
an active community-maintained patch set. Despite the rich feature set, NeoMutt keeps Mutt's
keyboard-centric workflow intact and is fully scriptable through hook commands, macros, and an
extensive muttrc configuration language.

The Freetz-EVO package cross-compiles NeoMutt using its autosetup-based configure script,
linking against the ncursesw and openssl libraries already present in the Freetz toolchain
staging directory.

Runtime details in Freetz⚓︎

• Binary path: /usr/bin/neomutt
• Runtime dependencies: ncursesw, libssl / libcrypto (OpenSSL)
• On targets with uClibc 0.9.28 the iconv library is also linked
• Externalization: supported for the binary; libncursesw and OpenSSL must also be present on
  the target (enable their respective EXTERNAL_FREETZ_LIB_* options if needed)
• Typical storage location: the binary can remain in flash (/usr/bin/neomutt); the mailbox
  and configuration should live on writable external storage (USB/NAS)

Build notes⚓︎

• NeoMutt uses an autosetup-based build system, not standard autoconf, so the generic
  Freetz PKG_CONFIGURED_CONFIGURE helper (which adds --cache-file and similar options)
  is not used. A custom .configured rule invokes ./configure directly with
  --host, --build, --prefix, and explicit staging-directory paths for ncurses and OpenSSL.
• Documentation generation is disabled (--disable-doc) to avoid a build-time dependency on
  DocBook tools not present in the Freetz host environment.
• NLS, IDN2, GPGME, GnuTLS, GSASL, Cyrus-SASL, Lua, notmuch, SQLite, TokyoCabinet, and LMDB
  are all disabled to minimise dependencies and binary size.
• RPATH hardcoding is prevented via PKG_PREVENT_RPATH_HARDCODING so the binary finds
  libraries correctly at runtime on the target.

Compile-time options summary⚓︎

Typical usage⚓︎

Minimal muttrc for a local Maildir⚓︎

Store this at /root/.muttrc (or on external storage and symlink):

set mbox_type = Maildir
set folder    = /var/media/ftp/uStor01/mail
set spoolfile = +INBOX
set record    = +Sent
set postponed = +Drafts
set trash     = +Trash

# Display
set sort      = threads
set sort_aux  = reverse-last-date-received
set pager_index_lines = 10

IMAP with TLS (e.g. Gmail)⚓︎

set imap_user       = user@gmail.com
set folder          = imaps://imap.gmail.com/
set spoolfile       = +INBOX
set ssl_starttls    = yes
set ssl_force_tls   = yes

Key bindings (defaults)⚓︎

Notes:
- NeoMutt is best operated over SSH; it requires a UTF-8 terminal for proper wide-character
rendering (e.g. PuTTY with UTF-8 encoding, or any modern terminal emulator).
- For SMTP sending, configure set smtp_url = smtps://user@smtp.example.com and store the
password in ~/.netrc or the NeoMutt credential helpers.
- The FritzBox system clock must be synchronised (NTP) before attempting TLS connections;
certificate expiry checks will fail if the clock is wrong.