Mutt FAQ

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Can I integrate mutt with Gnome? For example, when I click on e-mail adress in browser (firefox), I would like to open mutt with new mail blank.
I want to let mutt deletes empty maildirs automatically, but 'save_empty' only works for mbox, why? How to achieve it for maildir?
I'm trying mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipient@domain Is there a way to do that without being prompted?
I'm running mutt 1.5.17+20080114. Everything I read online says mutt is not an MTA but "mutt -v" shows "+USE_SMTP". Is this contradictory? Can someone further my education?
While opening and viewing mutt attachments, mutt is not available until I close the attachment app (evince, chrome, etc) Is there any way to open attachments while keeping the mutt terminal available?
When creating a new message I would like mutt to fill the TO: field based on the directory in which I am curretly in. (maildir format) and I press m, mutt should put joe's address in the TO: field. If yes how can I achieve this?
I'm missing a setting I think. When I open gpg signed message I get: application/pgp-signature is unsupported (use 'v' to view ... mutt pgp setting: # automatically verify the sign of a message when opened set crypt_verify_sig=yes application/pgp-signature; gpg %s What am I missing?
I have configured mutt to use with GMail IMAP mailboxes. I set up mailboxes in my .muttrc in this way: mailboxes ! =ml-lug-list =ml-lug-org =[Gmail]/Drafts "=[Gmail]/All Mail" Can I configure mutt to check one of this mailboxes on startup automaticcaly? How can I set up a default mbox?
I'm trying to b[ounce] a message and I'm getting the following error on the mutt status line:- SMTP session failed: 550 Sender invalid So what is it saying? Obviously "Chris@" id invalid but how is mutt creating it and what is missing such that mutt can't create a valid address?
Is it possible to change the default "Re: your mail" subject that mutt uses when replying to emails that arrive without a subject to something less, er, passive aggressive -- or something in another language? Apologies if this is a FAQ, but it's rather difficult to Google, and I can find no mention in the manual.

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