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<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Interesting Macros for Mutt</A></H2>
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<P><EM>Mutt</EM> is highly configurable and its working mode can be modified in a
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very flexible manner if the configuration variables inside <CODE>.muttrc</CODE>
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are well configured.
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<P>Here you can see some macros that help you to generate signed messages
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avoiding the <EM>PGP/MIME</EM> standard, to send it to receipts that don't
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support this type of signed messages following the <EM>PGP/MIME</EM>
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standard, and to edit the alias file and reload it without exiting
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<EM>Mutt</EM> (this last macro is not related to <EM>PGP/GnuPG</EM>, it is
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presented only as an example to show the macro power in <EM>Mutt</EM>).
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<P>It is possible to tell Mutt the key bindings you want to use with
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<EM>PGP/GnuPG</EM>. Even when some of this options are yet configured, we
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can change it or add others easily modifiying the configuration file.
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<H2><A NAME="sec-app-pgp"></A> <A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 Signing on the message body without using PGP/MIME with PGP5</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Before existing <EM>PGP/MIME</EM>, the signature in a message was included
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in the message body. This is a very common form of sending signed messages
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in many mail user agents.
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<P>If we want to sign like this, we have two options, leave the <EM>MIME</EM>
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type of the message or modify it as <CODE>application/pgp</CODE>.
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<P>To implement this two forms of signing in <EM>Mutt</EM>, we will add the
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following lines to the <CODE>~/mutt.varios/mutt.macros</CODE> file.
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Previously, we have to set this option file path in the <CODE>.muttrc</CODE> main
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configuration file (see
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<A HREF="Mutt-GnuPG-PGP-HOWTO-6.html#sec-opcion">Optional configuration files</A>):
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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macro compose \Cp "F/usr/bin/pgps\ny"
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macro compose S "F/usr/bin/pgps\ny^T^Uapplication/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign\n"
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>and now, pressing <CODE><Ctrl>p</CODE> or <CODE>S</CODE> we can include the
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signature into the message part that has the cursor on it, just before
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send the message.
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<H2><A NAME="sec-app-gpg"></A> <A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 Signing on the message body without using PGP/MIME with GnuPG</A>
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</H2>
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<P>As in the previous case, but with GnuPG. The macros are:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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macro compose \CP "Fgpg --clearsign\ny"
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macro compose \CS "Fgpg --clearsign\ny^T^Uapplication/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign\n"
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.3">7.3 Modifying the alias file and reloading it</A>
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</H2>
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<P>With this macro included in <CODE>~/mutt.varios/macros.mutt</CODE> you
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can edit with <EM>vi</EM> (changing the line you can use other editor) the
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alias file without exiting <EM>Mutt</EM> pressing <CODE><Alt>a</CODE>.
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<PRE>
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macro index \ea "!vi ~/Mail/.alias\n:source =.alias\n"
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.4">7.4 More macro examples</A>
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</H2>
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<P>The next listing has been obtained from Roland Rosenfeld and it shows
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macros to change the default signing/encrypting software and to sign
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without PGP/MIME with GnuPG:
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<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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# ~/Mail/.muttrc.macros
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# keyboard configuration file for Mutt-i
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# copied, modified and translated from the original:
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#
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################################################################
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# The ultimative Key-Bindings for Mutt #
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# #
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# (c) 1997-1999 Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.rhein.de> #
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# #
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# $ Id: keybind,v 1.36 1999/02/20 19:36:28 roland Exp roland $ #
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################################################################
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#
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# To use it, add the next line to ~/.muttrc:
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# source ~/Mail/.muttrc.macros
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#
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# Generic keybindings
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# (for all the Mutt menus, except the pager!)
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# With the next three we can change the encrypting default selected software:
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# <ESC>1 to use GnuPG
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macro generic \e1 ":set pgp_default_version=gpg ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"Switch to GNU-PG"
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# <ESC>2 to use PGP2
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macro generic \e2 ":set pgp_default_version=pgp2 ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"Switch to PGP 2.*"
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# <ESC>5 to use PGP5
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macro generic \e5 ":set pgp_default_version=pgp5 ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"Switch to PGP 5.*"
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#NOTE: Be careful with the last backspace at the end of the previous
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macros. If you write that line and the next in the same line, do not write
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it.
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# index, OpMain, MENU_MAIN
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# (Main menu)
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# The next macro only runs from the main menu (the one that appears when
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# you starts Mutt). The keys <CTRL>K permit us to extract the public keys
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# from a message if it has (this is known because it has the K letter in
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# the message line):
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macro pager \Ck ":set pipe_decode pgp_key_version=pgp2\n\e\ek:set pgp_key_version=pgp5\n\e\ek:set pgp_key_version=gpg\n\e\ek:set pgp_key_version=default nopipe_decode\n"\ "Extract PGP keys to PGP2, PGP 5, and GnuPG keyrings"
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# pager, OpPager, MENU_PAGER
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# (Pager menu)
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# It permits the same operations that previous, with the same key combinations,
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# but in this case from the pager menu:
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macro pager \e1 ":set pgp_default_version=gpg ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"switch to GNUPG"
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macro pager \e2 ":set pgp_default_version=pgp2 ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"switch to PGP 2.*"
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macro pager \e5 ":set pgp_default_version=pgp5 ?pgp_default_version\n"\
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"switch to PGP 5.*"
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# compose, OpCompose+OpGerneric, MENU_COMPOSE
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# (Compose menu)
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# The next operations are used from the compose menu.
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# That is, after you have composed your message and you close it to send it,
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# just before pressing the "Y" key that allows us to send it to the MTA.
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# In this case, we create a menu that appears when you press "P".
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# The options in this menu are going to be bound to MENU_PGP. This are the
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# main use options (encryption and signing).
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bind compose p pgp-menu
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# As many programs can't use PGP/MIME (especially from M$), the <CTRL>P key
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# will allow us to sign "as in the old times" (Application/PGP):
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macro compose \CP "Fgpg --clearsign\ny"
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# The next, <CTRL>S will allow us to sign using PGP/MIME with the private key
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# that we have defined as default. This macro is not necesary, as we can
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# do the same from the "P" menu:
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macro compose \CS "Fgpg --clearsign\ny^T^Uapplication/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign\n"
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>You can add more macros, and some other are yet configured as default in
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newer versions of Mutt. Some other options include:
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<LI><CTRL>K (extract public keys from a message)</LI>
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<LI><ESC>K (adjunt a public key to a message)</LI>
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<LI><CTRL>F (when using the key phrase to sign or decrypt a message, it is still in memory. With this you can delete it from memory)</LI>
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<LI>etc...</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>To see what other options are activated, you must go to the help menu (?)
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from the menu where you were.
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