> Like everyone else, I get emails with links in them which need to be > clicked to change passwords, verify identity and such. I was a loyal mutt > user for years, but problems with URLs caused me to eventually change to > claws-mail. Recently, I tweaked my mutt config, and URLs seemed to work > better. So I switched back to mutt. All was fine until now. I got a > critical email with links in it, and it wouldn't work.
In my opinion, being unable to inadvertently click on hyperlinks in e-mail messages is a major security benefit of Mutt. If you do want to open a hyperlink without reading through the HTML source code, finding the URL, and pasting it into a Web browser, you could include a line in your .muttrc file such as the following: macro attach "\ef" "<pipe-message>cat > /tmp/mutt_attachment_temporary_file.html ; /usr/bin/firefox /tmp/mutt_attachment_temporary_file.html<Enter>" Then, when viewing the e-mail in the Mutt pager, type "v" (without the quotation marks), highlight the main text/html "attachment" (it should be listed with "no description"), and type "Escape-f" (on my keyboard "Escape" is the "Alt" key to the left of the space bar), and a copy of the e-mail will open in Firefox. You can then click on any hyperlinks if you're sure they are safe. Best regards, Greg Marks
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