Since I’ve been asked this several times, on the flight back from UDS-R, I decided to document my email workflow.
I have a medium-sophisticated mutt setup that I’ve been using and refining for the past 12 years or so. It used to be a lot more complicated but over time, I’ve been attempting to reduce the delta between my quirks and the mutt defaults, and this is about where I am today.
The remaining reasons for my quirks are:
- keybindings that are vim-ish
- supports 2 separate IMAP accounts (including google apps for your domain)
- color scheme and visual layout quirks
- fix some annoying default behaviors
In any case, if you’re interested, you can grab my setup over at github.


i use a different email client, but you’ve probably never heard of it.