Special argument forces NeoMutt to stop option parsing and treat remaining arguments as address es even if they start with a dash

Print an expanded version of the given alias to stdout and exit

Attach one or more file s to a message (must be the last option). Add any addresses after the '' -- '' argument, e.g.:

Run in batch mode (do not start the ncurses UI)

Specify a blind carbon copy (Bcc) recipient

Enable cryptographic operations in the cases in which they're disabled by default. Those include:

Specify a carbon copy (Cc) recipient

Dump all configuration variables as '' name = value '' pairs to stdout

Like -D , but show one-liner documentation

Like -D , but hide the value of sensitive variables

Log debugging output to a file (default is " ~/.neomuttdebug0"). The level can range from 1–5 and affects verbosity (a value of 2 is recommended)

Using this option along with -l is useful to log the early startup process (before reading any configuration and hence $debug_level and $debug_file)

Edit draft ( -H ) or include ( -i ) file during message composition

Specify a command to be run after reading the config files

Specify an alternative initialization file to read, see FILES section below for a list of regular configuration files

Specify a mailbox (as defined with mailboxes command) to load

Start NeoMutt with a listing of subscribed newsgroups

Like -G , but start at specified news server

Specify a draft file which contains header and body to use to send a message. If draft is - , then data is read from stdin. The draft file is expected to contain just an RFC822 email — headers and a body. Although it is not an mbox file, if an mbox " From  " line is present, it will be silently discarded.

Print this help message and exit

Specify an include file to be embedded in the body of a message

Specify a file for debugging output (default " ~/.neomuttdebug0")

This overrules $debug_file setting and NeoMutt keeps up to five debug logs ({ file | $debug_file | ~/.neomuttdebug}[ 0- 4]) before override the oldest file

Specify a default mailbox format type for newly created folders

The type is either MH, MMDF, Maildir or mbox (case-insensitive)

Do not read the system-wide configuration file

Resume a prior postponed message, if any

Query a configuration variable and print its value to stdout (after the config has been read and any commands executed). Add -O for one-liner documentation.

Open mailbox in read-only mode

Specify a subject (must be enclosed in quotes if it has spaces)

Print the NeoMutt version and compile-time definitions and exit

Print the NeoMutt license and copyright information and exit

Start NeoMutt with a listing of all defined mailboxes

Open the first mailbox with new message or exit immediately with exit code 1 if none is found in all defined mailboxes

Open the first or specified ( -f ) mailbox if it holds any message or exit immediately with exit code 1 otherwise

Specifies the editor to use if VISUALis unset. Defaults to the Vi editor if unset.

For OpenSSL since version 0.9.5, files, mentioned at RANDFILE below, can be Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) sockets. Also, and if exists, ~/.entropyand /tmp/entropywill be used to initialize SSL library functions. Specified sockets must be owned by the user and have permission of 600 (octal number representing).

The user's email address.

Full path of the user's home directory.

Full path of the user's spool mailbox.

Path to search for mailcap files. If unset, a RFC1524 compliant search path that is extended with NeoMutt related paths (at position two and three): " $HOME/.mailcap : @MAN_DATADIR@/mailcap : @MAN_SYSCONFDIR@/mailcap : /etc/mailcap: /usr/etc/mailcap: /usr/local/etc/mailcap" will be used instead.

Full path of the user's spool mailbox if MAIL is unset. Commonly used when the spool mailbox is a maildir(5)folder.

If this variable is set, mailcap are always used without prompting first.

Similar to configuration variable $news_server, specifies the domain name or address of the default NNTP server to connect. If unset, @MAN_SYSCONFDIR@/nntpserver is used but can be overridden by command line option -g .

Like configuration variable $entropy_file, defines a path to a file which includes random data that is used to initialize SSL library functions. If unset, ~/.rndis used. DO NOT store important data in the specified file.

When set, specifies the default Reply-To address.

Defines an absolute path corresponding to @MAN_TEXTDOMAINDIR@ that will be recognised by GNU gettext(1)and used for Native Language Support (NLS) if enabled.

Directory in which temporary files are created. Defaults to /tmpif unset. Configuration variable $tmp_dir takes precedence over this one.

Specifies the editor to use when composing messages.

Specifies a X Desktop Group (XDG) compliant location for the system-wide configuration file, as described in FILES section below. This variable defaults to /etc/xdg. Bypass loading with command line option -n .

Specifies a XDG compliant location for the user-specific configuration file, as described in FILES section below. This variable defaults to $HOME/.config . Can be overridden by command line option -F .