puppet-mutt

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Usage
3. Parameters
4. Reference
5. Limitations

Overview

This module installs and configure mutt email client.

Usage

Simple installation with default options:

include ::mutt

Using maildir in ~/.maildir

class { 'mutt':
  folder => '~/.maildir',
  mbox_type => 'maildir',
}

Using system CA files for signature verification:

class { 'mutt':
  certificate_file => '/etc/certs'
}

Parameters

• alias_file

  • String. Location of your alias file.
  • Default: '~/.mutt/muttrc'

• certificate_file

  • String. Location of your ca certificates file.
  • Default: '~/.mutt/certificates'

• config_file

  • String. Location of your global mutt config file.
  • Note: Do not change this unless mutt has been compiled to look for the config file elsewhere. Otherwise it just will not read the config file at all.
  • Default: '/etc/Muttrc'

• date_format

  • String. Date format to use. Takes standard printf style arguments.
  • Default: If undef then we use the package defaults.

• delete

  • String. What mutt will do when deleting files on exit.
  • Default: 'ask-yes'
  • Valid Options: 'no', 'yes', 'ask-yes'

• folder

  • String. The location of your mbox (or maildir) folder. Should be in home.
  • Default: '~/mail'

• history_file

  • String. The location of your history file.
  • Default: '~/.mutt/history'

• hostname

  • String. The hostname to use in From: in emails sent with mutt.
  • Default: If undef then mutt uses your hostname (not fqdn).

• index_format

  • String. The printf style format for displaying email information in the mailbox view.
  • Default: If undef then we use mutt default.

• mbox

  • String. The location of your mbox.
  • Note: This should be the same as your $folder in 90% of cases.
  • Default: $folder

• mbox_type

  • String. The method of saving your emails to the disk.
  • Note: http://www.linuxmail.info/mbox-maildir-mail-storage-formats/
  • Default: mbox

• package

  • String. The name of the mutt package to install.
  • Default: mutt

Reference

Defines only two resources: Package['mutt'] and File['/etc/Muttrc'].

Limitations

This has been tested on RHEL 6.5 and Ubuntu 14.04 and has been found to work.