The muttrc man page says:
alternates [-group name] regexp [ regexp [ ... ]]
unalternates [ * | regexp [ regexp [ ... ]] ]
alternates is used to inform mutt about alternate addresses
where you receive mail; you can use regular expressions to spec-
ify alternate addresses. This affects mutt's idea about mes-
sages from you, and messages addressed to you. unalternates
removes a regular expression from the list of known alternates.
The -group flag causes all of the subsequent regular expressions
to be added to the named group.
alternative_order type[/subtype] [ ... ]
unalternative_order [ * | type/subtype] [...]
alternative_order command permits you to define an order of
preference which is used by mutt to determine which part of a
multipart/alternative body to display. A subtype of "*" matches
any subtype, as does an empty subtype. unalternative_order
removes entries from the ordered list or deletes the entire list
when "*" is used as an argument.
auto_view type[/subtype] [ ... ]
unauto_view type[/subtype] [ ... ]
This commands permits you to specify that mutt should automati-
*These* commands?
And also why aren't they separately discussed like the previous two?
cally convert the given MIME types to text/plain when displaying
messages. For this to work, there must be a mailcap(5) entry
for the given MIME type with the copiousoutput flag set. A sub-
type of "*" matches any subtype, as does an empty subtype.
mime_lookup type[/subtype] [ ... ]
unmime_lookup type[/subtype] [ ... ]
This command permits you to define a list of "data" MIME content
*These* *commands*?
Also do they both do the same thing?
types for which mutt will try to determine the actual file type
from the file name, and not use a mailcap(5) entry given for the
original MIME type. For instance, you may add the applica-
tion/octet-stream MIME type to this list.
P.S., nobody can login to http://dev.mutt.org/ even though they can
change their password.
tag 787968 +confirmed pending thanks Adding to the list of fix for the next upload, it's an easy patch
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mutt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 787968@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Antonio Radici <antonio@debian.org> (supplier of updated mutt package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:07:50 +0200
Source: mutt
Architecture: source
Version: 2.4.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Mutt maintainers <mutt@packages.debian.org>
Changed-By: Antonio Radici <antonio@debian.org>
Closes: 787968 1125291 1130822
Changes:
mutt (2.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream release.
* debian/patches:
- patches refreshed.
- debian-specific/530584-default-tmpdir-to-var-tmp{,-docs}.patch: removed,
as $tmpdraftdir is now supported and defaults to /var/tmp.
- upstream/1125291-fix-smime_pk7out_command-for-key-extraction.patch:
added to fix failed S/MIME key extraction on Debian 13
(Closes: 1125291).
- upstream/787968-muttrc-man-grammar-fix.patch: minor muttrc grammar fix
(Closes: 787968).
- upstream/shellcheck-errors.patch: to fix some lint errors for shell
scripts.
* debian/mutt.manpages:
- ship mutt_pgpring and pgpewrap manpages (Closes: 1130822)
* debian/control:
- removed Tokyocabinet which was deprecated upstream; added LMDB.
- added libxml2-utils for xmllint as B-D; also added shellcheck.
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