11.2 Using msg2smtp.pl as an interface to mutt

GNU Anubis is shipped with msg2smtp.pl -- a perl script designed as an interface between it and mutt. The script is kindly contributed by Michael de Beer.

The script is located in the subdirectory `contrib' of GNU Anubis distribution. To use it:

1. Make sure its first line correctly refers to the full file name of the perl interpreter on your system. By default the first line reads

   #!/usr/bin/perl

   If the file name after `!' differs from the actual file name of the perl interpreter, update it. For example, if perl is installed in `/usr/local/bin/perl', the first line of msg2smtp.pl should read

   #!/usr/local/bin/perl

2. Copy the script to any convenient location. Simply running cp will do, e.g.

   cp anubis-4.0/contrib/msg2smtp.pl /usr/local/libexec

3. Add to your `.muttrc' the following line:

   set sendmail="/usr/local/libexec/msg2smtp.pl -h hostname -p port"

   where hostname and port specify the host name (or IP address) of the machine running anubis and the port it listens on, respectively.

Complete description of msg2smtp.pl and a discussion of its command line switches can be found in file `contrib/msg2smtp.txt'.