Mutt Cheat Sheet General Commands q (x) exit the current menu (abort without saving) ^g cancel current action ? list all keybindings for the current menu The Message Index (browsing through mailbox) m compose a new message d (D) delete the current message (matching a pattern) u (U) undelete-message (matching a pattern) C (ALT C) copy the current message to another mailbox (decode first) s (ALT s) save-message (decode first) r (g) (L) reply to sender (all recipients) (reply to mailing list) f (b) forward message (bounce) / (ALT /) search (search-reverse) c change to a different mailbox/folder F (N) mark as important (new) l show messages matching a pattern o (O) change the current sort method (reverse sort) t (ALT t) toggle the tag on a message (entire message thread) T (^t) tag messages matching a pattern (untag) v view-attachments display-message jump to the next new message @ show the author's full e-mail address $ save changes to mailbox ^l clear and redraw the screen ALT k mail a PGP public key to someone The Pager (reading an email) go down one line (-) display the next page/message (previous) ^ ($) jump to the top (bottom) of the message / (ALT /) (n) search for a regular expression (search backwards) (next match) \ toggle search pattern coloring S (T) skip beyond quoted text (toggle display of quoted text) Composer (setting the send options for an email) y (P) (w) send the message (postpone) (write to folder) i check spelling, if available a (A) (D) attach a file (attach message) (detach) d edit description on attachment t (ALT f) edit the To field (From field) c (b) edit the Cc field (Bcc field) s edit the Subject r edit the Reply-To field p select PGP options ALT k attach a PGP public key ^f wipe PGP passphrase from memory f specify an 'Fcc' mailbox i.e. sent folder ^g means CTRL and the g key. ALT f means ALT and the f key. If you do not have an ALT key then use ESC then key. Do not type the brackets. Get the latest copy from http://files.zeth.net/mutt.txt