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Re: URLs in Mutt

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> 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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Re: URLs in Mutt Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> - 2024-01-01 05:50 +0100

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